Like a scene from the Great Escape, residents are now routinely seen escaping a Southport based care home using their home rickshaw! In the face of the latest restricting COVID
Read more...A VAN NAMED Vincent is set to revolutionise the way Suffolk’s over 65’s are supported within their community.
Read more...St Georges Court Care Home In Cambridge have always had good relationships with their local schools. Residents have missed seeing the children and the friendships
Read more...The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has revised its “Registering the right support” guidance to make it clearer for providers who support autistic people and/or people with a learning disability.
Read more...The National Care Forum (NCF), the leading representative organisation for not-for-profit social care providers, and the University of Leeds are today launching the findings
Read more...Residents at HC-One’s Melbury Court care home in Durham made a short trip to the homes car park to salute the NHS Spitfire that flew across the North East on September 22nd.
Read more...There were celebrations at a Bristol care home this week to mark the 106th birthday of Anne Brokenbrow, who made the national news headlines when she was “arrested” last year.
Read more...Jean and Alan Watts, two residents at Sunrise of Westbourne, have celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary.
Read more...Prime Minister Boris Johnson once again pledged to fix social care in his keynote party conference speech. Upon arriving at Downing Street 15 months ago, Mr Johnson
Read more...A Surrey-based care home group and a City Livery Company have teamed up to delight residents with a virtual classical music concert, all as part of a pilot study designed
Read more...New research published in the scientific journal, Environmental Research, links air pollution to brain changes associated with diseases like Alzheimer’s.
Read more...Residents of a care home can now video call their families for the first time thanks to a new ultrafast broadband connection co-ordinated by NHS Digital.
Read more...People aged 65 and over make up just 6% of NHS talking therapy patients in England, suggesting a need for more options and support for those experiencing mental health issues in later life
Read more...New research published in the scientific journal Lancet Psychiatry reports that over half of those who contracted COVID-19 on mental health wards also had dementia.
Read more...“Social care deserves parity of esteem with the NHS, with the pandemic highlighting the incredibly valuable role of social care in its own right.”
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