Maritime charity, The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, and its care home Belvedere House is thanking its supporters for all their assistance over the last 12 months against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read more...A 90-year-old woman in South Lanarkshire has become the first care home resident to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.
Former carer Annie Innes was vaccinated at Abercorn House in Hamilton.
Read more...Sunrise Senior Living UK and Gracewell Healthcare have won two awards at this year’s BOC International Brilliance Awards. The care provider was named as the winner of the
Read more...Sunrise of Winchester hosted a presentation on 3rd December to give ex-servicemen and women living at the care home The Not Forgotten’s ‘Forget You Not’ gift boxes.
Read more...Campaigners are renewing calls for urgent government reform to adult social care after NHS figures revealed that almost a quarter of older people seeking help in England were denied it.
Read more...Dementia care specialist Belong Crewe has released a special 2021 calendar to raise funds for a telescope for the village. Featuring its residents as life models, the project has recreated some of the world’s most iconic portraits for the calendar which can now be enjoyed by the local community.
Read more...Age UK warns progress in resuming care home visiting is stalling and calls on everyone to pull together to make it happen
Charity publishes new report revealing just how devastating the suspension of visiting has been for many older people and families
Read more...As local authorities decide their budgets ahead of spring 2021, local people, campaigners, and academics have written to councillors to urge them to invest in underfunded vital food services for older people.
Read more...A Dorset resident who played her part in Second World War military intelligence has celebrated her 100th birthday at a Blandford care home.
Read more...Friends of the Elderly, the charity which runs care homes and services for older people throughout England, has launched its 2020 Christmas Appeal in its continuing work putting the care
Read more...Care UK directors are urging care home managers from other providers to be vigilant after a quick thinking colleague at one of Care UK’s Surrey care homes potentially thwarted a criminal trying to access the home’s bank account
Read more...Jeremy Hunt has paid a festive visit to Sunrise of Guildford to turn on the care home’s outdoor Christmas lights.
While attending the socially distanced ceremony
Read more...Community support workers from Belong at Home Wigan, the local home care service provided by not-for-profit care group Belong, are working with artists and customers in a collaborative
Read more...UK experts say there’s an urgent need to de-medicalise end of life conversations
New Charter to support better life-long conversations about ‘What Matters Most’
Read more...As local authorities decide their budgets ahead of spring 2021, local people, campaigners, and academics have written to councillors to urge them to invest in underfunded vital food services for older people.
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