Christmas Comes Early for Care Home Residents
Vida Healthcare has partnered with local organisations and schools to coordinate cards and trees for the specialist dementia care provider’s residents and staff in the run up to Christmas.
Read more...
Author: News
Residents At Magnolia House Receive Seasons Greetings From Local Primary School
Magnolia House, a residential care home for the elderly in Cottingham, has received handmade Christmas cards from the students at Croxby Primary Academy.
Read more...
Home Care ‘Elves’ Spread Christmas Joy With Cupcakes And Christmas Dinner Across Bournemouth This Festive Season
Cupcakes, Christmas dinners and presents – meet the festive home care elves on a mission to raise a smile this Christmas.
Read more...
Schools Take Christmas To Local Care Villages
Schoolchildren who would normally be regular visitors to Belong care villages in Atherton and Wigan are finding creative ways to bring Christmas cheer to residents.
Read more...
NHS Seeks Views On Next Steps For Assessing Urgent Care
Patients, clinicians, and the public are being invited to give their views on a comprehensive set of indicators for urgent care.
The updated standards aim to capture what matters clinically and to patients
Read more...
More Than 830,000 PPE Items To Be Donated To West Midlands Care And Voluntary Workers
More than 830,000 items of PPE are being donated to the region’s care and voluntary organisations on behalf of West Midlands Mayor Andy Street.
Read more...
Youngsters Send Festive Cheer To Shielding Elderly Residents
A Girls’ Brigade company have been spreading Christmas cheer to residents in a local care development by sending bespoke Christmas cards.
The 1st Troon Girls’ Brigade in South Ayrshire have designed
Read more...
Government Issues Tier 4 Care Home Guidance
New guidance issued by The Department of Health and Social care has banned close-contact care home visits in Tier 4 areas.
The guidance issued on Saturday night (19 December)
Read more...
Barking Hall Nursing Home Coordinates Local Foodbank Donation
In December, Barking Hall Nursing Home in Barking, near Needham Market, has been delighted to be able to donate a large supply of food and goodies to the Stowmarket and Needham Market Foodbank
Read more...
Strictly’s Head Judge Sends Christmas Message To Wiltshire Care Homes
As the residents at Blenheim House Care Home in Melksham settled in for their usual Saturday night “Strictly Club” imagine their surprise when in full technicolour
Read more...
Dorset Care Home Residents Enjoy Festive ‘Away Day In Lapland’
Creative staff at a Sturminster Newton care home put residents firmly in the mood for Christmas with a surprise ‘flight to Lapland’.
Read more...
Powys Care Home Staff Put On A Show
Staff at a care home in Welshpool were so determined to give their residents a wonderful Christmas this year, despite the on-going pandemic, that a group of carers got together and wrote
Read more...
Fleetwood Hall Care Home Launches First Contact Visits For Families
Fleetwood Hall Care Home has launched its first contact visits for families – and they are proving to be hugely popular.
Families are welcome to visit residents
Read more...
Long COVID Patients To Get Help At More Than 60 Clinics
Thousands of patients suffering with the long term symptoms of coronavirus can now access specialist help at more than 60 sites, NHS England announced today.
Read more...
Carers Left To Care Alone Without Support This Christmas
Unpaid carers looking after older, disabled and seriously ill relatives say they are facing a bleak holiday, with the majority telling Carers UK they have gone so long without suppor
Read more...