Lawyer Warns Vulnerable Patients Are Missing Out On Care Funding
A lawyer who specialises in advising older and vulnerable people says thousands of patients may be missing out on NHS funding for care that they are…
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Belong Celebrates Care Champions At Annual Award Ceremony
Dedicated staff of the not-for-profit care operator, Belong, have been recognised for their achievement of professional qualifications, successes in national award schemes and nominations in…
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The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes’-Reveals 4 Out Of 5 Sufferers Lose Their Jobs
With dementia now reaching epidemic proportions and is now the nation’s biggest killer, a ground-breaking new series supported by The Alzheimer’s Society, Channel 4 last…
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Charity Launches Immersive VR Dementia Training
A new training resource, launched by Alzheimer’s Research UK and Bournemouth University, uses virtual reality to help healthcare professionals improve their understanding of the symptoms…
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Second World War Veteran Celebrates 101st Birthday
Friends and family joined a Second World War veteran at The Royal Star & Garter Home in Surbiton to help celebrate her 101st birthday. A…
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Golf Day Raises Funds For Disability Sports With Support From Lawrie Mcmenemy
Southampton O.T.A.R.S, part of Southampton City Council Day Services put on their 8th annual Golf Day with the support of ex Southampton Football Club Manager…
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Care Sector Urges Action On Quality Rating Of Inpatient Units
Over 40 social care sector charities call on the Joint Committee on Human Rights to question the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in parliament about the regulation of…
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Allithwaite Care Home’s Facebook Post Of Staff In Pyjamas Goes Viral
An Allithwaite care home’s Facebook post about how its night staff wear pyjamas for the benefit of residents with dementia went viral reaching 13 million…
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Urgent Call For £1bn A Year To Reverse Cuts To Public Health Funding
Two leading health charities say that the government must make a clear and urgent commitment to restoring £1bn of real-terms per head cuts to the…
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Carers Suffer 6,000 Serious Injuries From Violence At Work
Care workers suffered more than 6,000 violent attacks resulting in serious injuries during the last five years, shocking new official figures show The horrifying statistics,…
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Unions Launch Survey To Help Working Carers
Wales TUC and Carers Wales are today launching a new survey aimed at helping working carers in Wales. Roughly 1 in 7 people are carers,…
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Street Party To Remember Those Who Fought On D-Day
AN INDOOR street party was held at a Runcorn care home to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Staff at Simonsfield Care Home, on Boston…
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Barchester Healthcare 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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Son Of Local Care Home Resident Launches Unique Training Programme At Encore Care Homes
Encore Care Homes has added a new module to its successful ‘Mind the Gap’ dementia training programme, which was launched last year across the care…
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock Pledges £3.5bn Social Care Boost
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has promised a £3.5bn cash boost to support the social care system as he begins his campaign to become the UK’s…
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