Providers warn against complacency
Another rise in Covid-19 care and nursing home deaths provides a stark warning that the virus hasn’t gone and is still claiming the lives of loved ones, carers said today.
Read more...A care home in Ixworth has introduced a new visiting pod to allow residents and their loved ones to meet indoors this winter, as the Covid-19 pandemic continues.
Read more...A resident who celebrated her 104th birthday at a Hertfordshire care home has shared some words of wisdom to the younger generations; ‘Life is short, so make the most of it!’
Read more...The Activities Coordinator at Abbeywell Court Care Home has been named as a Residential/Nursing Care Home Champion in the Dignity in Care Awards 2020.
Read more...Temporary ‘pods’ are being provided to care homes across Wales to better facilitate visits over Christmas and the winter months, the Health Minister has announced.
Read more...Maritime charity, The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, is bidding farewell to two of its longest-serving staff members who are retiring after collectively serving 95 years
Read more...Brenda Dawson has worked for charity care provider Ambient Support and its predecessors for 40 years as a care worker, a milestone celebrated with a surprise presentation
Read more...An Autumn Survey of over 100 councils by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) provides some of the first hard evidence of the devastating effects of the COVID-19 emergency on society.
Read more...A FATHER and son living over 4,000 miles apart have reunited for the first time in months thanks to one of the new Visiting Lounges at Encore Care Homes.
Read more...Every month at HC-One’s Westwood Lodge care home, in Manchester, Colleagues and Residents visit a different country (virtually of course).
Read more...The government’s proposals to ban the movement of social care workers between care homes will be difficult to implement in practice, according to Care England.
Read more...Need for support now and long-term reform
Care providers today called on the Government to remember to prioritise social care at this week’s spending review as the sector battles Covid-19 on the frontline.
Read more...New Age UK research estimates that one in seven older people who received social care prior to the pandemic have had their support reduced
Read more...A woman whose father was a resident in a care and died with Covid in April this year has won the first stage of a legal challenge over measures taken to protect those living in care homes from the pandemic.
Read more...The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published the results of CQC’s coronavirus (COVID-19) inpatient survey.
The report: ‘How care homes managed infection prevention
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