Combatting Social Isolation In Retirement Living
With National Loneliness Week underway, Midland Heart is celebrating projects at some of its retirement living schemes to help beat social isolation and forge vital…
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Messy Youngsters Make Coasters For Elderly
NURSERY children got messy at a Teesside care home when creating hand painted coasters for elderly residents. Youngsters from Rosedene Nurseries were visiting The Beeches…
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Blood Pressure Drug Increases Blood Flow In Brains Of People With Alzheimer’s
Blood pressure drug increases blood flow in brains of people with Alzheimer’s Hypertension: Effects of Nilvadipine on cerebral blood flow in patients with Alzheimer’s disease…
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Sleep In Care Staff “Forced To Sleep In Offices” Says Report
Care staff on overnight shifts are having to bed down at work in offices or on dirty mattresses – sometimes without anywhere to wash, according…
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Tesco Shoppers Help Veterans’ Charity Scoop Top £4,000 Grant
The Royal Star & Garter Home in Solihull has won the highest grant available in a Tesco Bags of Help initiative. The Charity scooped £4,000…
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Barchester Healthcare Wins Prestigious Health & Safety Award
Barchester Healthcare are celebrating after receiving a prestigious Healthcare Services Industry Sector award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) for their…
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Therapy Donkeys Are Mane Attraction At Skelmersdale Care Home
Residents at a care home in Skelmersdale have been enjoying animal therapy thanks to a visit from a new equine friend. Stocks Hall Skelmersdale Care…
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Next Prime Minister Must Not Duck Social Care Challenge, Says NHS Confederation
Responding to Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham’s expected comments about social care at Confed19, Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which leads…
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Housing Association Celebrates Success Of Intergenerational Community Project
A housing association is celebrating the success of its Stenhousemuir community empowerment project, which brings generations together to read. Cairn recently hosted an event to…
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Entertainer Gets Care Home Residents Singing And Dancing
ENTERTAINER Keeley May’s cabaret show has been a hit with elderly care home residents across South Yorkshire and Derbyshire. The professional singer has performed at…
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One in Three with Learning Disabilities Fear Being Victimised in a New Job, Survey finds
Over a third of people with learning disabilities or autism feel they would be treated unfairly in a new job by colleagues because of their…
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Tanglewood Care Team Moonlights for St Barnabas
Nine members of staff from Tanglewood Care Homes took part in Lincoln’s St Barnabas Hospice Moonlight Walk, contributing to the £13,000 which has been pledged…
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Local Care Home Honours Carers For National Carers Week
Care home provider Barchester Healthcare has paid special tribute to all of their carers throughout the company for National Carers Week, to thank them for…
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Frances Celebrates Her 100th Birthday At Chesham Leys Nursing Home
Frances Woolnough, a resident at Chesham Leys nursing home run by The Fremantle Trust, enjoyed a special party with family and friends on Monday 17th…
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Dementia Tops Cancer As Cause Of Death For People Over 75 In England
Dementia tops cancer as cause of death for people over 75 in England Alzheimer’s Research UK is calling on the government to fund more dementia…
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