‘Only together,’ the charity’s first-ever influencing campaign, highlights the low level of specialist support currently available to families affected by dementia, and how access to quality care could be improved.
Read more...A Borders care home has created personalised hobby boxes for its residents, enabling them to continue to enjoy their favourite activities while adhering with social distancing measures.
Read more...A New Forest care home has ‘brought the outside in’ with the launch of a peaceful indoor oasis to support residents’ mental and physical wellbeing.
Read more...Residents and Colleagues at HC One’s Alexander Court care home, are thrilled to have won in a category of the HC One annual gardening competition.
Read more...The Not Forgotten, a British Armed Forces charity which supports serving and ex-service men and women has produced a Christmas DVD which will be distributed to 1,500 care homes across the UK.
Read more...More than two and a half million vulnerable people across England will be offered free Vitamin D supplements for the winter, the government has announced.
Read more...BUBBLED-UP pensioners at a care home are proudly flying the Saltire flag as a week of dedicated activity culminates in a glamorous St Andrew’s Day Ceilidh Ball today (30 November).
Read more...– Inaugural Healthcare Heroes Awards recognise social care sector heroes throughout COVID-19 pandemic –
Global property adviser Knight Frank has launched the inauguration of Knight Frank’s Healthcare Heroes Awards
Read more...Brunelcare, a Bristol based charity with nearly 80-years experience in caring for older people, has launched a new campaign to celebrate the amazing work of its employees and inspire others to join the team.
Read more...Care providers are gearing up for further staff shortages in advance of new rules that will prevent the movement of staff between care settings introduced through the Regulation 18 clause
Read more...Government requests medicines regulator evaluate whether supply of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine can be authorised
Vaccine must first meet the UK’s high standards of safety, efficacy and quality
Move would mean potentially faster access to the vaccine for UK patients, if approved
Responding to the Chancellor’s Comprehensive Spending Review Dr Chaand Nagpaul, BMA council chair, said:
Read more...During the COVID-19 pandemic, social care provider Optalis has adapted its Day Services to ensure continued support to the local community across Wokingham, Windsor and Maidenhead.
Read more...A Resident at HC-One’s Larchwood care home, in Essex, turned 100 last week and to mark the special occasion, Colleagues went that extra step further for Winifred Woodham.
Read more...The Relatives & Residents Association (R&RA) has accused the government of giving with one hand and taking with the other with its policy of banning care home residents
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