Responding to the latest ONS figures on coronavirus deaths in care homes, which show almost 20,000 care home residents have died with coronavirus, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, said:
Read more...Thanks to the public’s generosity during the first week of the Donation Drive-Thru, St Barnabas Hospice is able to open its first few shops in Lincoln from today.
Read more...Surrey-based maritime care home, The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, is marking the UK’s tenth annual Seafarers Awareness Week (6-12 July) with tales from the high seas from its seafaring residents and tenants.
Read more...One of the world’s largest comprehensive research studies into the long-term health impacts of coronavirus on hospitalised patients has been launched in the UK today, the Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock has announced.
Read more...From ice cream vans to wellbeing webinars, Encore Care Homes delivered a thoughtful week of events in celebration of World Wellbeing Week (22-26 June), a global awareness campaign about the importance of health and wellbeing.
Read more...Veterans in each of the charity’s Homes in Solihull, Surbiton and High Wycombe took part in the event, which was the culmination of Armed Forces Week (22-27 June).
Read more...‘Front line needs more support’ – care providers
Care providers today called on the Government to provide them with more support as the true number of coronavirus deaths and infections in care and nursing homes was revealed.
Read more...Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has welcomed the latest announcement from the Department of Health and Social Care regarding
Read more...The charity is to allow one on one garden visitors between friends, family and residents
Read more...Alzheimer’s Research UK has welcomed news that regular coronavirus testing for residents with dementia is set to begin in care homes.
Read more...Care home staff and residents in care homes for over 65s and those with dementia will receive regular coronavirus tests from next week as part of a new social care testing strategy.
Read more...Care and nursing homes are facing one of their toughest dilemmas since the onset of coronavirus as pressure mounts for them to open their doors.
Read more...Researchers from the US suggest that the menopause could account for women being at greater risk of dementia than men. The findings are published in the scientific journal, Neurology.
Read more...Social Work Awards, the charity behind the annual Social Worker of the Year Awards, has launched a new initiative to support and recognise inspirational social work during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read more...Sunrise of Hale Barns care home has opened a bar within ‘Reminiscence’, its Memory Care Neighbourhood. This is a dedicated neighbourhood for residents living with dementia.
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