Care Home Nurses Celebrate Clinical Excellence
Care home nurses from across the South have come together for a team conference focused on learning and the pursuit of clinical excellence. More than
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Apprentice Samantha ‘Captures’ Hearts And Minds At National Awards Event
Samantha Taws, a Care Worker from Newcastle’s Comfort Call, has been named ‘Care Apprentice of the Year’. She beat off stiff competition from two other
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Council Funding To Be Further Cut In Half Over Next Two Years – LGA Warns
Already stretched councils in England will see the core central government funding they use to pay for vital services incliding protecting children and caring for
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Study Suggests Links Between Hearing Loss And Dementia – Alzheimer’s Society Comment
A study published yesterday (7 December) has suggested that hearing loss could be a risk factor for cognitive decline or dementia. The researchers, based at
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Admiral Nurses Awarded For Long-Standing Service
Dementia UK recognises the achievements of three pioneering Admiral Nurses for people living with dementia Dementia UK, a charity providing specialist dementia support, has awarded
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The Boro Volunteers Bring Merry Christmas To Care Home
VOLUNTEERS from the Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation have been helping Stockton’s elderly prepare for Christmas. The teenagers from the club’s National Citizenship Service (NCS) donated
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Mayor Unveils Students’ Murals At Widnes Care Home
ARTISTIC teens have brightened the lives of elderly care home residents in Widnes by creating murals of the town’s landmarks. The art and design students
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£72,500 Cap On Social Care To Be Scrapped
The proposed £72,500 cap on social care costs due to come into effect in England is to be scrapped, a health minister has said. The
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CQC To Conduct Further Eight Local System Reviews Of Health And Social Care
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have been asked by the Secretaries of State for Health and for Communities and for Local Government to undertake local
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Dementia Charity Calls On Government To Include Condition In Future Life Sciences Plans
Alzheimer’s Research UK is asking the government to give more priority to dementia as plans develop to support the Life Sciences sector. The Sector Deal
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Funding Offered To Local Authorities To Reduce Delayed Transfers Of Care.
Delayed discharges cost the NHS an estimated £820m in 2016 due to approximately 2.7m older patients remaining in hospital when they no longer require acute
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Elderly Population Rise Places Higher Demand On Care
The number of elderly people in the UK will increase in the coming years as new statistics show life expectancy is rising and is consistently
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Four Seasons Under Threat As Debt Talks Continue
Private equity firm Terra Firma has urged the main lender to Four Seasons Health Care one of Britain’s biggest care home operators to accept a
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A Third Of UK Unpaid Carers Do Not Seek Medical Support
A third of UK carers do not seek medical support for a mental health condition, according to the Embracing Carers™ survey by science and technology
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TV Star Serenades Residents At Atherton Care Village
Christmas came early for residents and guests at the specialist dementia care village on Mealhouse Lane, when singer Jolan, finalist of BBC One’s hit show,
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