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The Care Provider Alliance is calling on adult social care providers, from small local services to large national organisations, to share their experience of and views about engagement with Sustainability
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The search is on for the KP of the Year 2018. The competition, which is the brainchild of warewashing specialist Winterhalter, is now in its
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An administrator at a care home in Bognor Regis has tackled a 100m-long zip wire to raise money for therapeutic ‘companion pets’ for the residents.
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A 75-year-old West Lothian pensioner has raised over £7,000 for local Alzheimer’s and dementia facilities by taking a dip in his local pool. An ex-military
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Work and Pensions Committee calls on Government to remove the “cliff-edge” in benefit calculation that sees Carer’s Allowance – £64.60 per week – withdrawn in
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A DANCE aerobics class has seen elderly Teesside residents making the most of the sunshine in their care home garden. Residents at Ingleby Care Home,
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The Care Quality Commission has published its findings following a local system review of Liverpool. This report is one of 20 targeted reviews of local authority
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Former Attorney General Dominic Grieve has backed a campaign launched this week to install CCTV in every care home. Conservative MP Dominic Grieve said there
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Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care has initiated a series of Freedom of Information requests across 152 councils
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BMJ: Dementia and Physical Activity (DAPA) trial of moderate to high intensity exercise training for people with dementia: randomised controlled trial Scientists in the UK
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A new scheme which encourages mothers with young babies to spend time with older people who are living with dementia is thriving at The Chocolate
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CARE home workers held a supermarket collection for the Stroke Association – raising hundreds of pounds for the charity. Staff from The Oaks Care Home,
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Over 50,000 avoidable emergency admissions for people with dementia last year 70% increase over last five years, tallying with cuts in social care funding 1
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Part of the Gainsborough Healthcare Group, Gainsborough Specialist Bathing has been re-appointed by Four Seasons Health Care to provide assistive baths that ensure utmost care
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A 23-year-old engineer from Lincoln has shaved his head, run a half-marathon and taken part in a skydive for Alzheimer’s Research UK – and all
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