Dementia Care Specialist Awarded MBE
Dementia Care Specialist for Barchester Healthcare, Deena Heaney, from Alvaston in Derby, has been awarded an MBE, one of the UK’s highest accolades, for services to dementia care.
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Residents at Eastham Care Home Organise Virtual Walkathon to Raise Money for a Charity of their Choice
As part of Essex County Council’s Winter Deconditioning Games, Eastham Care Home, in Woodham Ferrers, have organised a virtual walkathon to raise money for Homeless Veterans UK.
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Bradford Artist Celebrates 100th Birthday
A Bradford woman who painted hundreds of landscape pictures and Yorkshire landmarks, many of which adorn the walls of local homes, has received a special message
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Country Needs to Trust Govt to Deliver on Care
Plea to support 1.5m older and vulnerable
Failing to provide proper care for our population is a major scandal that can be laid at the feet of the Government, a sector leader has said.
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Holmes Care Group Recognises Colleagues for Going the Extra Mile
The national ‘Going the Extra Mile’ competition, run by Holmes Care Group and Impact Healthcare to recognise care workers’ tireless hard work to deliver
Read more...ADASS Releases Contingency Survey 2022
A new survey by Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), which received responses from 94 of the 152 English councils responsible for social services
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10,000 Meals from Top City Hotel for Care Home Residents
Residents of 11 care homes across Lincolnshire are being provided with 10,000 luxury meals prepared by chefs at The Lincoln Hotel to support them through the omicron wave.
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NHS Leaders Warn of Dangerous Complacency Around Omicron Threat
The NHS is still facing several weeks of intense winter pressures, with health leaders urging politicians to avoid complacency around the ongoing threat posed by the virus.
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Anger as Government Spending on Dementia Research Decreases
Government spending on dementia research has decreased says Chi Onwurah, MP for Newcastle Central.
The Conservative Manifesto in 2019 contained a promise to double Research and Development (R&D)
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Free PPE for Frontline Extended for Another Year
The offer of free Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to frontline health and social care staff in England has been extended for another year.
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People are Dying Prematurely as a Result of NHS Backlog Says New Report
A new report indicates that the NHS backlog is causing people to die before their time, with 86% of surveyed clinicians agreeing that some patients are now terminally
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Making Ends Meat: Care Home Fundraises for Local Food Bank
Upton Bay, a Barchester care home in Poole, recently presented Hamworthy’s Food Bank with a huge donation of food, through funds raised from the home’s Christmas raffle.
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“Just Grim, Difficult and Relentless’ says NCF
In a survey published by the National Care Forum (NCF), we are seeing an increase in the pressures facing the social care sector as we see the impact of the Omicron
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Care Home Isolation Rules Revised down to 14 Days
Isolation rules for care homes have now changed for care homes in England so they only have to close to new residents and visitors for 14 days following a Covid outbreak
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Dementia Protein Changes Discovered in Terminal Childhood Disease
In a world-first, researchers at Newcastle University have found that the brains of infants who sadly passed away with an extremely rare genetic condition, Krabbe disease
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