Nutrition Tops Nation’s Care Home Priorities
Survey reveals 70% would recommend a care home based on nutritional policy New research from Bidvest Foodservice has revealed food and nutrition is one of
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Cambridge Volunteers Needed To Help Power The Fight Against Dementia
Fundraisers in the Cambridge area are being asked to come forward to join a new fundraising group to support Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading
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Research Projects Seeking To Improve Health Prospects For Older Men And Women Need Participants
Volunteers are sought for a major research programme undertaken at Leeds Beckett University, which will investigate factors that affect the health and quality of life
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Local Centenarian Celebrates 100th Birthday At Beauchamp House
Staff and residents at Care South’s Beauchamp House care home in Hatch Beauchamp, enjoyed a very special day at the home recently, when one resident
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“The Invisible Million” – Growing Numbers Of People Ageing Without Children
“It’s a constant battle to get any help for my mum even though she’s in her 80’s and has dementia!! I feel like I am
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Speaking A Second Language Shows Benefits In Alzheimer’s
Researchers in Italy have studied bilingual people with mild Alzheimer’s to understand how speaking two languages daily throughout life could be beneficial by increasing their
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Augustus Court Care Home Offer Free Dinners For The Older Community
Staff at a Garforth-based care home are welcoming hungry guests to their dinner table as they prepare to treat local elderly residents to a free
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25 Amazing Years Of Caring
Stocks Hall Nursing Home Burscough is celebrating 25 years of providing ‘Care’ for the people in West Lancashire. Preparation had long since been under way
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Care Act Faces Failure – Warn Councils
A landmark piece of legislation that sets out how elderly and vulnerable people receive care and support will fail unless the Government announces new money
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MP Takes Up Campaign For Care
A campaign being run by Springhill Care Group in Accrington to raise awareness of the unsung heroes of the care sector and the dangers it
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Gateshead Couple Celebrate Platinum Wedding Anniversary!
A Gateshead couple has toasted 70 years of happy marriage at a special party held at Alexandra House care home. David and Janet Baird, who
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Cuts To Care Sector Funding Force Care Homes Into Red
A new report published today suggests more and more care homes are struggling to remain profitable, with some 72% stating that funding and cash flow
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Warrington Care Home Celebrates Bard’s Birth With Burns Night Party
Haggis, neeps and tatties were the order of the day at Holcroft Grange, the Croftwood Care-run residential care home in Warrington, as staff and residents
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New Survey Reveals Leading Council Figures’ Concerns About Health And Social Care
Concerns are being raised by leading council figures in England about a lack of confidence in the Government’s plans for health and social care. Meanwhile
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Government Funding Measures Leave Two Thirds Of Councils Worse Off In 2017/18, LGA Warns
Government funding measures will force more than two thirds of councils to find millions more in savings than expected to plug funding gaps in 2017/18,
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