The Care Innovation Challenge is Back!
The Care Innovation Challenge, a hackathon-style creative weekend of idea generation and prototype trialling, will return in July 2022. With cash prizes for the top…
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Accelerated Deaths of People with Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Highlights Urgent Need for Funding
Alzheimer’s Research UK said more funding is needed for dementia research after figures reveal COVID-19 pandemic may have indirectly accelerated other causes of death, including…
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NHS Leaders Call for Action to Offset Spiralling Fuel Prices and Keep Health Care Staff on the Road
Key NHS staff across the country, including district nurses, physiotherapists and midwives who are needed to drive hundreds of miles to see and treat home-bound…
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Over 14 Million Steps Recorded in Challenge to Enable Care Home Sensory Gardens
Housing and care residents, their family members, and staff at housing association Central and Cecil (C&C) have recorded a combined step count of over 14…
Read more...Nationwide Survey Reveals Healthcare ‘Postcode Lottery’ for Older People in Scotland
The standard and availability of healthcare for older adults in Scotland differs significantly depending on where they live, according to research led by the University…
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Free Covid Tests Must Continue for NHS Staff, Warn Health Leaders
Concerns are growing among NHS leaders that in a matter of days their frontline staff could be made to pay for their own Covid-19 tests…
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High Tech Solution to Improve Recruitment Success in Care Homes Shortlisted for a National Award
Care UK will go head-to-head with household names like Adobe and Coca-Cola in May, in a bid to win a prestigious national award set up…
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HC-One Care Homes Celebrate Nutrition and Hydration Week
HC-One care homes across the UK celebrated the annual Nutrition and Hydration week from the 14th to 20th March which aims to highlight and promote…
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Care Home Residents Celebrate World Poetry Day
Rhyming couplets were the order of the day at Cubbington Mill care home in Leamington Spa where residents were keen to get involved in World…
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Councillors Join the Fun at Local Care Home for 15th Anniversary
Local councillors, family and friends have joined residents and staff at a Southbourne care home to celebrate the home’s 15th anniversary. Glebe House on Stein…
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Bournemouth Care Home Resident Recalls Her Own Wartime Resilience in Celebration of Women’s History Month
Nina Ansell, a resident at RMBI Care Co. Home Zetland Court, in Bournemouth, was born on 22 September 1921. She had just turned 18 when…
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Norwood Care Home Enjoys a Slice of British Pie Week
Residents and staff at MHA Norwood care home in Ipswich embraced British Pie Week by taking part in a variety of pie-themed activities. There were…
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St Patrick’s Day Gets the Green Light at Ashcombe House
Residents and staff at Ashcombe House in Worting road celebrated all things Irish for St Patrick’s Day this week. The home was decorated with shamrocks…
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The National Association of Care Catering Launches its Care Chef of the Year 2022 Competition
The National Association of Care Catering’s (NACC) Care Chef of the Year competition has opened for entries, officially starting the association’s search for the best…
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Study Reveals Sharp Decline in Covid-19 Immunity in Care Home Residents
Vaccination-acquired immunity against Covid-19 significantly wanes after three months among elderly care home residents, indicating that regular booster jabs may be required for this “vulnerable”…
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