Mexborough Based Care Home Celebrates South Asian Heritage Month
A Mexborough based care home celebrated South Asian Heritage Month (SAHM) by baking some traditional Bangladeshi sweets. MHA Swallow Wood have been busy celebrating SAHM,…
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Health & Social Care UK’s Second Most Stressful Sector
Health and social care is the second most stressful sector in the UK, with a staggering 56% of employees reporting workplace stress. The sector ranks…
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Care Home’s Hawaiian Fete Helps Children with Special Needs
A Hampshire care home hosted a Hawaiian-themed summer fete to benefit a New Forest children’s charity. Residents, families and staff at Colten Care’s Outstanding rated…
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Celebrating 20 Years of Delivering Exceptional Care in Torbay
GrayAreas Ltd, the owner of Mount Olivet Nursing Home and Kingsmount Residential Home in Paignton, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Husband and wife team Robert…
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Evidence of Immediate Pressures to Social Care Growing
A survey of senior councillors by the Local Government Association shows councils are extremely concerned about the current pressures facing social care and the capacity…
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Afternoon Tea Week Is This Week! Your Chance to Win a Luxury Hamper
Afternoon Tea week is this week (August 8-14) We here at the CARER have a delightful luxury hamper waiting to be delivered to a care…
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Hastings Care Home Throws Family Fun BBQ Event to Reintegrate Residents into Local Community
A Hastings care home has thrown a family fun BBQ event in its grounds in a bid to rebuild stronger community links and bolster resident…
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Fixing Social Care: A Call to Action for the New PM
Care England, has written to Conservative leadership candidates Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP and Rt Hon Liz Truss MP calling for a commitment to ‘fix’…
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CCN response to LUHC Select Committee Report on Long-term Funding of Adult Social Care
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee has published its report on the Long-term Funding of Adult Social Care. The report which can be read here…
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Antipsychotic Drug Use Among Dementia Patients on the Rise, Study Reveals
The use of antipsychotic drugs to people suffering with dementia has increased by over 50% on average in care homes during the pandemic, new research…
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Wigan Warriors Fan Surprised with an Unforgettable Experience
For devoted Wigan Warriors supporter, Peter Adshead, what he expected to be a regular visit to watch his rugby team in action turned out to…
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Longfield Win Bronze and Silver Awards at Maldon in Bloom Gardening Competition
The people who live and work at Longfield Care Home in Maldon have been praised for their green-fingered skills after picking up not one, but…
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Building Cognitive Reserve Could Protect Against Memory and Thinking Decline
New research suggests that people who develop high ‘cognitive reserve’ by the time they reach 69 years old may reduce their likelihood of memory and…
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The Fremantle Trust Celebrates Glorious Gardens in Annual Gardening Competition
On Wednesday 3 August, residents, service users and colleagues of The Fremantle Trust came together at Icknield Court to enjoy a ‘blooming’ good celebration and…
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News Flash!!! Deadline Extended to Enter ‘Care Sector’s Got Talent 2022 Competition!
With the holiday season in full swing once again and so many of our amazing care teams enjoying a long awaited and much deserved break…
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