Scotland’s health secretary admitted the Scottish government failed to take the right precautions when moving elderly patients from hospitals into care homes during the pandemic.
Read more...Controversial restrictions preventing people in residential care over the age of 65 from taking trips outside the home have been dropped from Government guidance being pursued with legal action from campaigners.
Read more...A care home manager who has dedicated more than half her life to social care, has been named a Healthcare Hero in a nationwide search celebrating key workers.
Read more...Broadcast, print and online journalists across the UK are being recognised for their remarkable efforts to make life better for people with dementia, by Alzheimer’s Society in the charity’s Dementia Hero Media Awards 2021.
Read more...The Health and Safety Executive is urging employers to review the stress-causing factors in their workplaces and the work that their employees do.
Read more...A new resource that supports health and social care professionals to use museums as part of a care practice when working with older people has been launched.
Read more...Artistic care home residents have spoken of their pride at having their paintings featured in an online exhibition.
The showcase at the Pendine Park care organisation features the work of their residents at their homes in Wrexham
Read more...The Social Care Sector has long called for senior care workers among other key roles to be added to the Shortage Occupation List. Aston Brooke Solicitors
Read more...Friends of the Elderly’s Dementia Champion Dedicated To Caring
At Friends of the Elderly’s Redcot Care Home in Haslemere, Surrey which specialises in residential care
Read more...Findings from the tenth report of REACT-1, one of the country’s largest studies into COVID-19 infections in England, have been published today (Thursday 8 April)
Read more...Responding to the scientific briefing on the AstraZeneca vaccine, Ruth Rankine, director of the NHS Confederation’s PCN Network, said: “The key message to take away from both the EU
Read more...A new report published today shows how palliative and end of life care in the UK was compromised by shortages of PPE, essential medicines, and equipment, because these services
Read more...Staff and residents at Barchester’s Wilsmere House care home, in Harrow Weald celebrated Easter with a whole host of different activities including Easter Egg Hunt
Read more...Paisley Lodge care home in Armley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, (part of Orchard Care Homes’ portfolio of residences for the elderly), has opened its doors again to welcome the family back into the home.
Read more...The pandemic has fuelled a nation of Zoom users, as friends and family connect virtually for the first time during the lockdowns, according to new research from Audley Villages.
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