Care Home Residents Join Mass Singalong To Commemorate Fallen Heroes
Residents at two Edinburgh care homes joined hundreds of people across the UK in a virtual singalong to celebrate the life of the late Dame Vera Lynn.
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Care Home Operators Demonstrate Resilient Performance Despite The Challenges Of COVID-19
The UK care home sector has adapted immensely well to the challenges posed by COVID-19, resulting in a resilient trading performance, despite the continued challenges around staffing
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Urgent Need To Save Care Providers From Closure
Home care providers fear going out of business
Care providers who look after some of the country’s oldest and most vulnerable people urgently need Government support to survive as they wilt under the pressure of Covid-19.
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Survey Reveals Less Than One In Four Providers Receive COVID Test Results In 48 Hours
A survey conducted by the National Care Forum (NCF) has revealed that just 24% of care providers are receiving COVID test results within 48 hours.
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Residents And Penguins Waddle For Children In Need
Residents and staff at Old Milton Road, a supported housing service for people with learning disabilities in New Milton, have been on a penguin-themed waddle in aid of Children in Need.
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Century Celebrations For Local Care Home Resident
Celebrations have been in full swing at Magnolia Court, as one of its residents reaches her centenary in style.
Rosie was joined by staff, relatives, and other residents as she received a telegram from the Queen in recognition of her landmark birthday.
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Hospice Takes Retail Online To Ensure Support During Second Lockdown
As the nation is plunged into another lockdown and uncertainty about when shops can open again, Lincoln-based St Barnabas Hospice has taken steps to allow supporters to carry on helping.
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Care UK Reach Final Of National IT Awards For Supporting Care Home Teams During The Pandemic
Care UK reached the finals of a prestigious national award for the exceptional efforts its IT team put into ensuring care home colleagues could operate efficiently
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Expanded Study Tests Immune Response Of Care Home Staff And Residents
An expansion of the current Vivaldi study will test thousands more care home staff and residents for their immune response to coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Air Pollution Linked With Brain Shrinkage In Older Women
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable (CCTV) is calling for an independent review on all care home evictions served to vulnerable elderly, as well as wells as help for families left without support.
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Brendoncare Meadway Selected For Trial Coronavirus Testing
Winchester-based charity, The Brendoncare Foundation has been selected as one of 20 care homes across the country to take part in a four-week trial for rapid testing of care home visitors
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Local Care Home Apprentice Wins Regional Apprenticeship Award
A catering assistant from a care home in Walsall has received praise for winning the Apprentice of the Year, West Midlands Region, of the National Apprenticeship Awards for 2020.
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Dorset Leader Of Multi-Award-Winning Learning Programmes Shortlisted For Care Champion Award
Alison Innes-Farquhar, former Director of People Development and Engagement, before her retirement in June 2020 at care provider HC-One, has been shortlisted
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Prepare Now For Tougher Inspections Ahead, Care Homes Warned
Care homes owners across the country need to start planning now for tougher CQC inspection criteria, a law expert from Preston has warned.
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Newcastle-Under-Lyme Care Home Coordinator Wins Dignity In Care Award
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.
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