Outstanding Hat-Trick For Colten Care
A New Forest nursing home has become the third Colten Care home in less than a year to gain an official ‘Outstanding’ rating. Inspectors from…
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Local ‘Health And Care Heroes’ Sought For Awards Marking 70 Years Of The NHS
A competition to celebrate the NHS’s 70th birthday was launched in Westminster earlier this month. The NHS70 Parliamentary Awards will see English MPs put forward individuals and…
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Genetic Technique Reverses Alzheimer’s Processes In Mice
Researchers in the US have used genetic techniques to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s in mice that show features of the disease. The study, which…
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Wigmore Hall’s Singing With Friends Choir Performs At Buckingham Palace
Celebrating their first year together, Wigmore Hall’s choir for families living with dementia Singing with Friends performed in a very special concert at Buckingham Palace…
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Milestone Year For Macklin Care Homes
Job creation, 25 awards and new home in 30th Year CELEBRATING its 30th year in business, Macklin Care Homes experienced a milestone year in 2017…
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BMA Responds To Home Affairs Committee Delivery Of Brexit Report On Immigration
Responding to a report published by the Home Affairs Committee on the delivery of Brexit and immigration, Dr Andrew Dearden, BMA treasurer, said: “This report…
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Margaret Bids Fond Farewell To Care Home Job After 30 Years
Family-run Colten Care has bid a fond farewell to its longest-serving staff member. The Ringwood-based care home company threw a party for Margaret Scott, 70,…
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Old Fools’ At Southwark Playhouse To Raise Funds For Alzheimer’s Research UK
Old Fools by Tristan Bernays (Boudica Shakespeare’s Globe 2017) will hit the stage at Southwark Playhouse from 14 March to 7 April, with the production choosing to raise funds…
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Hospice Praises Care Home Residents For ‘Phenomenal’ Fundraising
People living with dementia have found a crafty way to support a New Forest hospice charity. Residents at Colten Care’s Linden House care home in…
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Care Home Residents To Benefit From Transformation Funds
Residents at two HC-One care homes will benefit greatly from Greater Manchester Transformation Funding awarded to them in partnership with Bolton Council. HC-One’s Bolton based…
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Aberdeen Couple Celebrate 62nd Valentine’s Day
An Aberdeen couple are perfectly placed to give lessons in love this Valentine’s Day – as it will be the 62nd time they will celebrate…
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Tina Hill Rewarded For Compassion At Chesterfield Care Home
A CARE home worker has been commended for her “kind, caring and compassionate” approach to the job. Tina Hill is a health care assistant at…
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1 In 3 People With Dementia Don’t Get The NHS Support They Are Supposed To
With the number of people living with dementia estimated to hit 1 million by 2020, Age UK is warning of an urgent and growing need…
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Arthritis Drugs Linked To Lower Alzheimer’s Risk
Scientists from the University of Southampton have teamed up with researchers from the University of Oxford to look at whether existing drugs for arthritis have…
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Hallmark Care Home Celebrates 15 Years
Hallmark Care Homes’ facility in Maesteg, Bryn Celyn Care Home, celebrated over a decade of delivering excellent relationship-centred care recently with a party to mark…
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