Charities Criticise Government’s Continued Failure To Plan For Our Rapidly Ageing Society
Charities call for an urgent focus on the ‘crisis in social care’ and urge an extended remit for the planned auto-enrolment review. A group of
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Yorkshire In Bloom Award Hat-Trick For Wetherby Manor Care Home
Wetherby Manor care home in Wetherby has scooped three awards at this year’s Yorkshire in Bloom competition. The outstanding achievement – a gold award and
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Taste, Sights And Sounds Of Thailand Come To Lymington
A TASTE of Thailand came to Hampshire when a Lymington care home adopted a Thai theme for its annual barbecue. Residents at Colten Care’s Court
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Care Home To Receive Thousands Of Pounds After Fundraising Sky Dive
EachStep Blackley, a specialist dementia care home in North Manchester, will be receiving thousands of pounds after two daredevils plunged 11,500ft from the sky to
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Research Shows Care Home Construction On Track To Reach Five-Year High
The British care home market is an attractive source of investment, with the value of construction contracts forecasted to reach a five year high in
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Editor’s Viewpoint: Paying The Price For Care Cuts
Thank you all once again for the many “feelgood” stories that we are sent – awards, fundraising, special events, weddings, anniversaries – we are delighted to publish
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Care and health providers highlight importance of overseas workers
UKHCA welcomes the formation of the Cavendish Coalition of social care and health representatives, created to ensure that sufficient numbers of workers are available following
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Study Finds Youthful Characteristics In The Brains Of ‘Super Agers’
Journal of Neuroscience: Youthful Brains in Older Adults: Preserved Neuroanatomy in the Default Mode and Salience Networks Contributes to Youthful Memory in Superaging Researchers from
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Holmewood Care Home Charity Walk For Alzheimer’s
A CHARITY sponsored walk through Chesterfield raised almost £300 for Alzheimer’s Society. Staff and a relative from Holmewood Care Home, on Barnfield Close, trekked 8
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Older People Are Paying The Price For Cuts To Social Care
The care and support older people receive increasingly depends on where they live and how much money they have rather than their needs, according to
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Alzheimer’s Research UK Welcomes £45m Funding For Dementia Research
Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, has welcomed an announcement that dementia research projects across the UK will receive £45m from the
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Fourteen Lincolnshire Care Home Volunteers Recognised At Annual Ceremony
The hard work and achievements of care home volunteers throughout Lincolnshire were recently celebrated by one of the county’s top care home providers – The
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Care Home Residents Battle The Elements For Charity Walk
A care home in Bognor Regis has raised almost £600 for a dementia charity with a ‘Memory Walk’. More than 60 people, including staff and
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City Care Centre To Create 100 Jobs
A family-run business which turned tragedy into opportunity is creating 100 new jobs in Sheffield’s healthcare sector after announcing plans to open a new purpose-built
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Virtual Cruise Helps Residents Visit Mediterranean From Comfort Of Care Home
Residents at Parklands residential care home in Macclesfield left behind the downpours of the Great British Summer and explored the delights of the Mediterranean on
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