More Support Needed For People With Sight Loss Living In Care Homes
New research, released by sight loss charity Thomas Pocklington Trust, shows staff, care home residents living with sight loss and their family members have a…
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Care Homes’ Charity Bag Pack Raises Funds For Dementia Fight
A CHARITY bag pack at a Teesside supermarket has raised over £700 for the Alzheimer’s Society. Staff from four care homes in Stockton and Hartlepool…
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Berwick Care Made Time For A Cuppa
Funds raised to help families living with dementia Act-tea-vists from Berwick Care gathered for a Time for a Cuppa tea party on Friday the 3rd…
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International Participation At The Cleaning Show At All Time High
The Cleaning Show 2017, taking place at the ExCeL Centre in London on March 14th to 16th, will have a strongly Italian flavour for the…
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Government Must Commit To Closing Social Care Funding Gap
The Chancellor should bring forward £1.5bn funding from the improved Better Care Fund to plug the hole in social care funding in the year ahead…
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Social Care Not Just About Elderly People – Councils
Social care is not just about looking after elderly people, with councils today warning that care and support for other groups are also “seriously under…
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Lack Of Social Care Is Piling Pressure On Surgeries And A&Es
Almost 9 out of 10 GPs (89%) think reductions in social care are leading to extra pressures in their surgeries. Even more (93%) think that…
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World Duty Free Staff Launch A Fundraising Battle For Alzheimer’s Research UK
World Duty Free staff at Manchester Airport are embarking on a fierce fundraising battle to raise more money for the UK’s leading dementia research charity…
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Pancake Day Doesn’t Fall Flat At Sycamore Hall Care Home!
Residents at Sycamore Hall Care Home in Ripon- part of the New Century Care Group – enjoyed a very special and extra fun Pancake Day…
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Jayne Connery Goes To New Heights With Support From Care Protect
Care Protect is supporting high profile dementia awareness campaigner, Jayne Connery, to undertake a nerve wracking wing walk in aid of BRACE, the Alzheimer’s research…
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BUDGET: Prudential Highlights Key Pensions Issues For The Spring Budget
Les Cameron, head of technical at Prudential, highlights the key pensions issues the Chancellor needs to address in the Budget: Money Purchase Annual Allowance “The…
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New Study Suggests Link Between Autoimmune Diseases And Dementia
BMJ: Associations between specific autoimmune diseases and subsequent dementia: retrospective record-linkage cohort study, UK Researchers from the University of Oxford have found that people admitted…
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Sicker Patients The Main Reason For A&E Winter Pressures
Sicker patients with more complex conditions are the main reason for worsening performance in A&E departments, according to The King’s Fund’s latest Quarterly Monitoring Report….
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OSJCT Recognised In Linca Awards
Eight care professionals at The Orders of St John Care Trust (OSJCT) have been recognised in the 2017 Lincolnshire Care Awards. Organised by Lincolnshire Care…
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CQC Ratings Strengthen Colten Care’s ‘Provider Of Choice’ Goal
All 19 of the established care homes built and run by South Coast operator Colten Care have been officially rated ‘Good’ by the care industry…
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