Care Home Uses Pies To Help Residents Remember
PIES helped care home residents living with dementia to recall their younger days. The smells, tastes and sights of one of the nation’s favourite dishes…
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Social Care Charities Collaborate To Explore New Models Of Dementia Care
Last week The Kings Fund in London played host to a day of collaboration exploring new models of care for those living with a dementia…
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Plans Approved For £15 Million Belong Beeston Village
Planning permission has been granted for the development of a £15 million care village in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, which will see the former Myford’s factory site…
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Blood Bests Could Hold Key To Early Alzheimer’s Diagnosis Before Memory Loss
Researchers have developed a test to detect biological signs associated with the early stages of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. The findings are published today (Monday…
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Care Home Residents Celebrate The Life Of Robbie Burns
Residents of a Chichester care home are marking the life of Scotland’s most famous poet with films, music and a traditional Burns Supper. Colten Care’s…
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Springhill Care Group Gets Disability Confident Employer Status
Springhill Care Group has been certified as a Disability Confident Employer following a successful assessment. The Disability Confident Scheme aims to help employers make the…
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New International Research On Venefits Of Sport For Older Woman Living With Dementia Given Funding
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has awarded over £35,000 to an innovative project between the University of Hertfordshire and Juntendo University, Japan, which…
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Technicolour Dressing Gowns To Keep Elderly Warm This Winter
JOSEPH’S technicolour dressing gowns were knitted by care home residents in Saltburn-by-the-Sea. Residents at Hazelgrove Court Care Home, on Randolph Street, created the gowns for…
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VODG Warns That Rush To Reform Mental Capacity Laws Will Fail To Protect Human Rights
The government must resolve confusing and troubling aspects of its mental capacity law reform if it wants to strengthen people’s human rights, a disability services…
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Hillingdon Carers Partnership Cited As Example Of Good Practice
A report by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) has cited the Hillingdon Carers Partnership as an example of good practice. ADASS,…
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Edinburgh Man Is Crowned Top Care Home Chef In The Country
Months of head-to-head heats and a showdown final have seen residential care home provider Care UK crown Graham Watson Care Home Chef of the Year….
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Social Care Charities Collaborate To Explore New Models Of Dementia Care
Last week The Kings Fund in London played host to a day of collaboration exploring new models of care for those living with a dementia…
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Gateshead Care Home Rated Outstanding By CQC
The Care Quality Commission has rated the care being provided at Northbourne, a care home in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, to be Outstanding after an…
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Six Health And Social Care Organisations Named Top Employers By LGBT Equality Charity Stonewall
Health and social care organisations make up seven per cent of the 2019 Top 100 Employers list, released by lesbian, gay, bi and trans equality…
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St Ives House Residents Knit Blankets For Babies In Uganda
A Bournemouth based care home, St Ives House, meet once a month at the home to create beautiful handcrafted gifts for everyone to enjoy! Recently…
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