Volunteers Tackle Loneliness Across The City
An army of volunteers across Birmingham are working to bring older people out of isolation. To mark International Day of Older Persons (October 1) volunteers…
Read more...An army of volunteers across Birmingham are working to bring older people out of isolation. To mark International Day of Older Persons (October 1) volunteers…
Read more...Children from across Sussex are collaborating with leading dementia care home in Seaford to produce an extravagant artwork. The Creative Instincts club at St. Nicholas…
Read more...In the lead up to Silver Sunday on 1 October, councillors from Westminster City Council will be visiting residential homes in the city, to meet…
Read more...Government has announced it will extend the suspension of minimum wage enforcement in the social care sector for a further month. The Voluntary Organisations Disability…
Read more...The Beth Johnson Foundation (BJF) and older people’s charity, Anchor, have launched a new report that recommends the innovative use of drama, music and dance…
Read more...Pharmaceutical company Axovant Sciences has today announced that their drug RVT-101 (also known as intepirdine) has failed to produce a benefit to people living with…
Read more...A Taunton care home, which has been undergoing a series of improvements and refurbishments, is celebrating its ‘re-opening’ with a visit from the Mayor of…
Read more...Residents from four HC-One homes in Yorkshire enjoyed an afternoon tea by the seaside on a trip to Scarborough as part of the care company’s…
Read more...Dove Court residents are now able to enjoy a monthly movie-going treat, thanks to dementia friendly screenings at The Light Cinema in Wisbech. The home,…
Read more...The adult social care sector contributed an estimated £41.8 billion to the English economy reveals ‘The State of the adult social care sector and workforce’…
Read more...Unheeded warnings over the state of social care have left the care of our oldest and most vulnerable adults in danger, a providers’ group warned…
Read more...A community care village in Crewe, run by state-of-the-art care village operator Belong, has officially opened its new dementia garden. The garden was designed by…
Read more...Anchor has partnered with Legrand’s Assisted Living & Healthcare division to maintain the grouped living systems and nurse call systems that keep its staff and…
Read more...All five of Czajka Care Group’s care and nursing homes now boast the prestigious Gold Standard Framework Accreditation Quality Hallmark Award, after Fairmount Nursing Home…
Read more...A recent survey conducted by Hales Care has found that 65 percent of UK carers have suffered emotional and mental health problems themselves whilst caring…
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