The training and development at Banstead-based maritime charity and care home, the Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, has been recognised at the postponed 2020 Great British Care Awards which took place on 23 July.
Read more...ELDERLY care home residents were treated to an exclusive music concert thanks to the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival.
With restrictions easing, Cramond Residence was delighted to welcome Jed Potts
Read more...More than 85 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine have been administered across the UK, the latest figures show, as the government continues to urge everyone eligible to get their vaccines
Read more...Age UK has published a new report about the appalling impact of the pandemic on millions of older people aged 60 plus in the UK in the early part of this year. This is the second wave of research
Read more...Staff and residents at Southgate Beaumont care home, in Enfield, invited members of the local community to join them for a garden breakfast event last Friday.
Read more...Research presented at the 2021 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in Colorado, shows that more must be done to tackle the barriers to recruitment and retention of participants
Read more...MHA Elmside care home recently hosted a re-enacted wedding ceremony, as the close-knit family of resident Beryl Taylor, 95, decided to ‘take the wedding to their nan’ in the home’s beautiful gardens.
Read more...Professional Care Workers’ Week returns for its second year, this year taking place between September 6–10, aiming to shine a light on the work happening in the social care sector and to explore
Read more...One resident at Sunrise of Hale Barns care home has recently received the green light for the publication of their book.
Read more...A new report calls for a new framework and funding to make assistive technology ‘mainstream’ in adult social care services, including providing the infrastructure to roll this out effectively in rural areas
Read more...The staff and residents at Harleston House in Lowestoft are demonstrating the ways in which they prevent loneliness within the home, in time for International Day of Friendship on Friday 30th July.
Read more...Research presented at the 2021 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in Colorado this week shows global dementia cases are set to triple, with 152 million living with dementia by 2050
Read more...Hartford Care’s care homes have been in a festive mood, celebrating Julymas with parties and barbecues in the sunshine instead of the snow.
Read more...A pair of long-time friends who lost touch and ended up residing in the same Dartford care home without recognising one another, have had their friendship rekindled ahead of International Day
Read more...11,171 certificates of sponsorship were used for health and social care workers in the UK during the first quarter of this year. Each certificate equates to a migrant worker. At the start of 2018, there were 3,370.
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