Six individuals have been honoured with a Royal Patron’s Award by The Abbeyfield Society.
The Royal Patron’s Awards are endorsed by HRH The Prince of Wales and awarded every year
Read more...A Worthing care home has been praised by both residents and relatives for its safe and caring environment, “family atmosphere” and “good leadership” both during and following the coronavirus pandemic.
Read more...Social care charity ENABLE Scotland is seeking to raise the basic rate of pay for its frontline workforce to £10 per hour from 1st October 2021.
Read more...Whistleblowing in the UK’s care sector rose to its highest recorded level in 2020, driven by health and safety concerns brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
Read more...From a VIP luxury train ride to playing Vegas casino slot machines, can you help to make a care home resident’s wish become reality?
Read more...Exemplar Health Care is encouraging its residents to express their creativity in conjunction with National Arts in Care Homes Day.
Read more...A generational change in how we treat patients in England is needed if the NHS is to address spiralling waiting lists and ensure the ‘missing’ 7 million patients who are not on the official waiting
Read more...The crisis in the energy sector could engulf the care sector forcing some homes to close as an extortionate increase caused by a trebling of wholesale gas contracts over the last five months hits the sector.
Read more...The new Minister for Care, Gillian Keegan MP, visited Royal Star & Garter in Surbiton to mark World Alzheimer’s Day on Tuesday 21 September.
Read more...Staff and residents at Barchester’s Hugh Myddelton House care home in Southgate were treated to a wine tasting masterclass hosted by Nick Parker and Lee Isaacs from Unity Wines
Read more...A Gwynedd care home group has been granted permission by a leading dementia organisation to establish an all-inclusive support service to those living with dementia and their families
Read more...Team members at a Winchester dementia care home staged a colourful 1960s-themed garden festival in response to a resident’s wish.
Read more...Michael Gove has praised care workers following a recent visit to Lakeview care home in Surrey.
The Surrey Heath MP visited the residential and dementia home on Lightwater Road, after a relative of the care home
Read more...Care home provider Colten Care has continued its involvement with the National Garden Scheme (NGS), welcoming dozens of visitors and raising hundreds of pounds for charities.
Read more...A Camden-based care home has marked this year’s National Day of Arts in Care Homes with residents enjoying entertainment from musical duo Champagne Enterprise.
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