Postcode Lottery For Welsh Care Fees
A “terrible ten” local authorities who pay the lowest care home fees in Wales have been named and shamed – with Swansea rock bottom.
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Residents At Preston Care Home Launch Their Own Radio Play
A group of residents at Finney House in Preston, all aged between 83 and 99 have taken part in an inhouse production of a radio play that was specially written just for them.
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Health Secretary “Hints” At Care Resident Isolation Reform
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said care home residents and their families may have some “good news” as the Government is “working on” how care home residents can leave their care homes for trips
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Reverend Jim’s Weekly Worship Comforts Fellow Care Home Residents
A Dorset care home has thanked one of its residents for leading services of worship every Sunday since the first lockdown began more than a year ago.
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More than 1,000 Care Pros Tune in to One-of-a-Kind Virtual Conference
NATIONAL Care Group, one of the UK’s leading providers of care and support services to vulnerable adults, brought together more than 1000 colleagues virtually last night (28 April), in what was the biggest
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Residents At Rotherham Care Home Enjoy ‘A Cold One’ At The Hollow Arms
The ladies and gentlemen at Moorgate Hollow care home in Rotherham have been enjoying pints, wines and cocktails galore at their very own Hollow Arms public house.
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Allegra Care And Moorfield Acquire Hampshire Based Sentinel Health Care Group
-First acquisition for newly formed £125m UK nursing home partnership-
Allegra Care, the UK-focused care home operator, and Moorfield Group, a leading UK specialist real estate fund manager acting on behalf
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Blaenau Gwent Care Home Centenarian Celebrates Milestone Birthday
A Red Rose care home resident has marked her 100th birthday with a card from the Queen and a special outdoor visit from her niece.
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60 Million Pfizer/Biontech Vaccines Secured For UK Booster Programme
An extra 60 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine have been secured by the UK government to help support the booster Covid-19 vaccination programme beginning from the Autumn.
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Double Celebrations For 100th And 90th Birthday Girls At Winchester Care Home
There were double celebrations at Winchester’s Tegfield House Care Home in when two of its residents enjoyed their 100th and 90th birthdays on the same…
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National Care Forum Adds IHSCM Member Benefit
The National Care Forum has created a new partnership with The Institute of Health and Social Care Management (IHSCM) for the benefit of its members.
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Celebrities Join Forces With NHS And Public Health England To Encourage Cancer Checks
Sir Andrew Strauss, the ex-England cricket captain who lost his wife to lung cancer, has backed an NHS and Public Health England campaign urging people to get checked if they test negative for Covid-19
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HC-One’s ‘Wednesday Wisdom’ Prize-Winner Selected
Margaret, a Resident from Chaseview Care Home in Burntwood, Staffordshire, has won HC-One’s ‘Wednesday Wisdom’ initiative for sharing her wise words, The ‘Wednesday Wisdom’ initiative…
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Former Colonel Secretary Celebrates 100th Birthday At Local Care Home
A woman living in Elmcroft Nursing Home in Shoreham-By-Sea has celebrated her 100th birthday with a tea party.
Muriel Murray, known to her friends as Peggy, was born in Surrey on April 14 1921, and has lived at the home since last year.
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Rugby Legends Join Dementia Prevention Study, Funded By Alzheimer’s Society
Informal pilot study with football legend Alan Shearer also begins
Alzheimer’s Society is delighted to announce that former world-leading rugby players, Shane Williams and Ben Kay
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