Edinburgh Fringe Comes To A Care Home
Six comedians brought Edinburgh Fringe to Gracewell care home in Newbury for a stand-up comedy event organised by review site carehome.co.uk. The event at Gracewell…
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Revealed: England’s ‘Disastrous’ 75,000 Care Worker Black Hole
England’s troubled social care sector has a ‘disastrous’ staffing ‘black hole’ with 75,000 vacant posts, new figures released by GMB, the union for care workers,…
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Elderly Should Consider Residential Care Before A ‘Health Crisis’
Very old people would feel more in control of their lives if they thought about a future move to assisted accommodation or residential care before…
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Borough Care Marking World Alzheimer’s Month
Borough Care is marking World Alzheimer’s Month, as Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia affect many of its residents. September 2019 marks the 8th World…
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Eileen Marks Her Milestone Birthday At Cherry Garth Care Home
Eileen Leighton celebrated turning 100 on 9th September with a special party at Cherry Garth care home in Holmer Green alongside family and fellow residents….
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ADI Launches ‘Let’s Talk About Dementia’ Global Campaign For World Alzheimer’s Month
This September, Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) launches a global campaign under the theme of ‘Let’s Talk About Dementia’ for World Alzheimer’s Month. Every September, World…
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Dyson Raises £17,500 For Dementia Research
It was the biggest year yet for the annual Dyson Football Marathon – as players raised more than £17,500 for Alzheimer’s Research UK following eight…
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MP’s Call For New National Care Body To Fix “Workforce Crisis”
Workforce reform in social care must be carried out “as a matter of national priority” to “avoid financial wastage on a broken and incoherent system”,…
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Beach Party Funffor Borough Care Residents
Determined to keep summer going for as long as possible, despite the weather, residents and staff at Borough Care’s Silverdale home in Bredbury recently enjoyed…
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More Young People Needed To Future-Proof Care Workforce In Wales
More young people are needed to join the care workforce in Wales if it is to have enough workers to meet the challenges of the…
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Who cares about care? Public interest in care reform damaged by ‘policy paralysis’ reveals Just Group’s Care Report 2019
Repeated delays to long-awaited Green Paper undermining interest More than half think care reform policy is being neglected due to Brexit Many over-45s appear to…
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Residents and visitors at a Poole care home enjoyed dancing and companionship with a free ‘open house’ vintage tea dance.
Scientists have visualised for the first time protein ‘tangles’ associated with dementia in the brains of patients who have suffered a single head injury This…
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Vintage Tea Dance Sets Feet Tapping
Residents and visitors at a Poole care home enjoyed dancing and companionship with a free ‘open house’ vintage tea dance. The get-together at Colten Care’s…
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Almost 4.5 Million Older People Claim To Have Felt Lonely During Later Life
In a typical week almost 2.6 million people aged 65 and over speak to three or fewer people they know, with over 225,000 often going…
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Doreen Fulfils Her Dream With A Special Swim To Mark Her 80th Birthday
Doreen Smith, a resident at Lewin House nursing home in Aylesbury, celebrated turning 80 by making waves at Stoke Mandeville Stadium. This marked the first…
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