Staff Go Above And Beyond With Fundraising Efforts
Care workers came together and walked to great lengths as part of a campaign to provide care home residents with the highest quality of life.
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Belong Experience Coordinator Makes Independent’s National Happy List
Experience coordinator at Belong Crewe care village, Natalie Ravenscroft, has been recognised as one of 50 people making Britain a happier place in The Independent’s
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Green Tree Court Champions Dignity And Respect
Green Tree Court, Exeter’s CQC rated ‘outstanding’ nursing and specialist dementia care home, has marked a commitment to promoting dignity and respect with a new
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LGA Responds To Independent Age Report ‘A Taxing Question’
“This report is a positive contribution to the debate on what sort of care and support people want and how we fund these vital services”
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CQC Welcomes Extension Of Local System Reviews Programme
The Care quality Commission (CQC) has written to local system leaders in six local authority areas where they will be undertaking new or follow-up reviews
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UK Research And Innovation Launches New Mental Health Networks
Eight new Mental Health Networks have been announced by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) today, Thursday 06 September 2018, to bring researchers, charities and other
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Three-Quarters Of Adults In England Back Free Personal Care For Over-65s, Says Charity
Independent Age is calling for free personal care for all those who need it in England, who are aged 65 and over, to help solve
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Written Complaints Rise For GP And Dental Practices But Fall For Hospitals And Community Health Services
The NHS in England reported receiving 208,626 written complaints during 2017-18 – 0.1 per cent more than the previous year, figures published today show. This
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Providers Encouraged To Log On
A stellar array of top name speakers has now been finalised for the Care England 2018 conference & exhibition, ‘Logging On’, which will take place
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Dementia Symptoms Fluctuate Depending On Season
An international team of researchers have identified seasonal changes to measures of people’s memory and dementia risk in people with early stage memory problems and
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BUPA Leaders Immersed In Innovative Dementia Training
There are currently 850,000 dementia patients in the UK, set to rise to one million by 2025 and two million by 2051[1]. Despite the prevalence
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Hill Care Team’s Snowdon Summit Nets Over £1,400 For Charity
A TEAM from Chesterfield care home group Hill Care has raised over a thousand pounds for the Stroke Association after climbing one of the UK’s
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The Safety Net For Older People Living At Home Is Failing And In Urgent Need Of Repair – Says Age UK
A new interim report from the Charity Age UK warns that that the safety net we expect to be there for us as we age,
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Chubb Helps Protect Elderly and Vulnerable with New Monitoring Contract
Chubb Fire & Security Limited’s Community Care business is furthering the safety of elderly and vulnerable residents under the care of the Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership
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LGA Responds To Report By Age UK On Safety Net For Older People
Responding to a report by Age UK on the safety net for older people living at home, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the LGA’s Community
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