North Yorkshire Care Home Celebrates Community With Lockdown Artwork
The orangery wall at The Hall care home in Thornton-le-Dale has been decorated with a new community painting thanks to help from a local artist.
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Kick In The Teeth For Care Home Covid Heroes In Wales
Social care providers in Wales have called low pay for carers and nurses a “national disgrace” following public sector pay rises in other areas.
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Support Worker Celebrates Milestone Anniversary At Charity
A support worker from Barnston has shared her pride at marking 25 years of supporting people with learning disabilities to live the best life possible.
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Cambridgeshire Care Group’s Head Of Rehab & Nursing Commended After Completing Master’s – A Rarity In Social Care
The head of rehabilitation and nursing at a Cambridgeshire care group has received certification of the completion of her Master’s degree – a rare level of achievement reached in the social care sector.
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Worthing Veterans Sing Down Memory Lane
Residents of Care for Veterans (formerly The Queen Alexandra Hospital Home), based in Worthing, were treated to a trip down memory lane and an afternoon of entertainment as part of a special concert series organised by The Not Forgotten on Thursday 23rd July.
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New Research Reveals The Barriers And Benefits To Technology Use Experienced By Social Care Providers During Covid-19
New research has been published revealing the latest data and information on how social care providers have been using technology during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The Carer’s Newest Unsung Hero Is…
…Helen Miller, activities coordinator at Beechwood Care Home in Wishaw in Scotland
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Brunelcare Resident Turns 106-Years-Old
Dora Banfield, a resident at Brunelcare’s Deerhurst Care Home located in Speedwell, turned 106-years-old at the beginning of July. Dora has been a resident with Brunelcare for two-years and celebrated her milestone with an outdoor garden visit from her daughter, Mary.
Read more...Care Providers Should Encourage Staff And Service Users To Apply To Eu Settlement Scheme
Most EU citizens need to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) to ensure they are able to continue to live, work and access funding and services in the UK after 30 June 2021. EU citizens are important to care providers both as staff and clients.
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Webinar To Launch 0% VAT Campaign For Social Care
A consortium of home care providers has united to lobby the government for a change to the sector’s current VAT regime, which they say is punitive.
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Austerity ‘Ripped Resilience Out Of Health And Care Service’ Before Covid-19 Crisis Hit, Says IPPR
Austerity ‘ripped resilience out of health and care service’ before Covid-19 crisis hit, says IPPR
Underinvestment in social and community care left four in five hospitals with ‘dangerously low’ spare beds as crisis hit
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Forging Friendships At Borough Care
Many people worry that moving into a care home will mean they are lonely, but this couldn’t be further from the truth at Borough Care. Borough Care’s eleven homes for older people
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Residents At Hope House Care Home Reunited With Their Families
Residents at Hope House care home in Clayton-Le-Moors, Accrington, are overjoyed after being able to see their family face-to-face for the first time since government restrictions were eased.
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Adult Social Care Workforce Grows Again To Meet Increasing Demand
The number of people working in adult social care across has increased again to 1.52 million according to a new report by Skills for Care.
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Test And Trace Not Reaching Enough People Means We Risk A Second Peak
Responding to the latest NHS Test and Trace statistics, Dr Layla McCay, a director at the NHS Confederation, said: “I’m glad to see improvements in the proportion of people with coronavirus
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