Sanctuary Care Celebrates International Women’s Day
On International Women’s Day (8 March), the team and residents at Brambles Residential Care Home in Birchfield Road hosted a celebratory tea party for all
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Falls Prevention On The Agenda For Rospa Home Safety Congress
With falls being the leading cause of accidental death in older people, the RoSPA Home Safety Congress on Thursday, March 16, will put their prevention
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Veterans Meet Their Penpals
Veterans at The Royal Star & Garter Homes in Surbiton and pupils from Hinchley Wood School have become penpals in an initiative to get generations
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Lancashire Care Company Receives Good Inspection Results Across Its Group
Millennium Care Group is celebrating after all six of its Lancashire care homes were awarded ‘good’ ratings by the Care Quality Commission. The care company
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Care Home Coffee Morning Raises Hundreds For Charity
A CHARITY coffee morning at St Frances Church in Ingleby Barwick has raised hundreds of pounds for elderly residents and the Alzheimer’s Society. A raffle, bingo, cakes and hot drinks
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Complex Care Provider Launches ‘#Whyicare’ Campaign
A COMPLEX care provider has launched a campaign to share the voices of kind hearted and compassionate carers. The #whyicare project records the thoughts of team members who
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Industry Leaders Comment On Chancellors Budget
Industry leaders have given a positive response to Chancellor Philip Hammonds budget. Whilst overwhelmingly welcoming the announcement of an additional £2bn social care funding concerns
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Total Transformation – Second Edition
Scaling up promising models of care, support and community health services could increase cost-effectiveness for the NHS and local authorities – and improve outcomes for
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Majority Of MPs Say More Money Should Go To Councils’ Social Care Budgets
More than three quarters of MPs (78 per cent) say that additional funding should go to councils’ social care budgets, according to new polling by
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Study Links Tooth Loss With Increased Risk Of Dementia
The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: Tooth Loss and Risk of Dementia in the Community: the Hisayam Study Researchers in Japan have found that
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Ferndown Manor Marks Its Opening With Donation To Local School
Care UK’s new Ferndown Manor care home in Dorset opened recently. To commemorate this milestone the team has donated £250 to local pupils at Ferndown First
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National Living Wage: Face The Facts
In April the Government’s National Living Wage will rise from £7.20 per hour to £7.50 per hour for those aged 25 and over – but
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Kirsty Blackman MP Witnesses Dementia Research First-Hand On University Tour
As Aberdeen prepares to host the UK’s largest annual dementia research conference, Kirsty Blackman MP has had a sneak look at the pioneering science taking place
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New Forest Art Experience Creates Fresh Perspective For Care Home Residents
Five residents from a dementia care home enjoyed a creative day out in the historic Hampshire village of Buckler’s Hard. The party, from Colten Care’s
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Stockton Care Home Staff Enjoy Employee Motivation Day
STAFF in care homes across Teesside have been treated to a day of treats as part of Employee Motivation Day. The national day encourages business across the UK to
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