Tech Helps A Modern Care Home Connect While Residents Isolate
DEDICATED staff at a city care home have hailed the importance of an early investment in tech – with it yielding huge benefits during the latest lockdown.
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Surrey Care Leader Steps Down After 48 Years In The Industry
Erica Lockhart, CEO of the Surrey Care Association is set to retire at the end of March, following 48 years of service to the care industry
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Call To Resume Visiting In Care Homes
The National Care Forum – the leading member association for not for profit social care providers – joins with colleagues Age UK, Relatives and Residents Association
Read more...NHS Faces Mammoth Task To Recover Treatment Backlog But Has Never Been COVID-Only
Responding to the report What’s next for the NHS? by think tank Reform, Dr Layla McCay, director of policy at the NHS Confederation, said:
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Local Care Home Ham It Up For Chinese New Year Celebrations
Magnolia Court in Golders Green welcomed the Year of the Pig with a day of celebration and activities, which were a delight for the staff and residents.
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New Technology To Help Identify Those At High Risk From Covid-19
New technology has been introduced in England to help clinicians identify for the first time, a new group of people who may be at high risk from COVID-19
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Stornoway Care Home Residents Receive 2nd Dose Vaccinations
On Tuesday 2nd February 2021One home to have Residents vaccinated with the 2nd dose of the Pfizer vaccination.
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Support Workers Raise Funds For Learning Disability Service
People with learning disabilities in Redditch are set to benefit from a refurbished sensory room, after their support workers got on their bikes to raise over £1,700.
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Walk Of Hope In Memory Of Sir Tom
Chief Operating Officer, Sam Manning from Excelcare asked their 33 Care Homes if they would take part in walking a minimum of 1-lap of either an indoor or outdoor space
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92-Year-Old Sunrise Of Hale Barns Resident Virtually Meets With Altrincham Football Club
Stan Riley, a 92-year-old resident at Sunrise of Hale Barns care home, has had a video call with Altrincham Football Club players and the club’s Chair.
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Providers Back Call For £10 An Hour Carer Wage
…but call for social care reform to fund it
CARE CAMPAIGNERS today backed calls for hard-working care staff to be paid a minimum of £10 an hour to look after the country’s most vulnerable.
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The Abbeyfield Society Announces Sudden Passing Of Chief Executive Officer, David Mccullough
The Abbeyfield Society has paid tribute to chief executive David McCullough who passed away suddenly on 8 February 2021, saying he had “great empathy for others”.
Read more...Occupancy In Care Homes-Care England Calls For “Occupancy Strategy”
Care England has written the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, encouraging him to put in place a system of occupancy strategy in the care home
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Relief All Round As Vaccine Rollout Reaches Wellbeing Care Group
Residents and care staff across Suffolk are experiencing ‘hope and relief’ having recently received their first round of COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Government White Paper On NHS And Social Care Reform Is A Tentative Start
The government has published its white paper outlining proposed reform of the NHS and social care.
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