The report from the Academy of Medical Sciences points to an alarming lack of information about multimorbidity, where a patient suffers several diseases simultaneously. While…
Read more...When care home manager Saad Baig decided to introduce a wishing tree into the reception of his home in Middlesex, no-one imagined it would result…
Read more...Residents at Marnel Lodge care home in Basingstoke, Hampshire are celebrating after it performed strongly in a nationwide survey of care home residents and their…
Read more...The woman behind Balhousie Care Group’s innovative dementia practices has been recognised with a national award shortlisting. Yvonne Manson, dementia nurse consultant with the Perth-based…
Read more...The Care England 2018 conference & exhibition, ‘Logging On’, which takes place at Church House, Westminster, on Wednesday, 14 November, will focus on the application…
Read more...GREEN fingered care home residents have been taking part in gardening therapy sessions in Stockton-on-Tees. Taking advantage of the good weather, residents at The Beeches…
Read more...A coalition of organisations which represent the NHS and health professionals is calling for urgent action to reduce the £1.7 billion paid last year alone…
Read more...It’s not too late to be involved in Care Home Open Day 2018. Tomorrow, 21st April marks this year’s Care Home Open Day and care homes are…
Read more...A resident has died in a fire which broke out at a care home for people with learning disabilities. Over 70 firefighters were called to…
Read more...A Kettering couple in their 80s have celebrated a milestone anniversary. Maurice Tyrell, 87 – a resident of Thorndale care home – and his wife,…
Read more...A new awards programme for NHS, public health and social care organisations was launched on Wednesday 18 April, supported by the Department of Health and…
Read more...HILL CARE homes across the North of England are celebrating National Care Home Open Day with a wide range of events and activities. The theme…
Read more...New research is being funded to identify how to meet the housing needs of an ageing population. The research, to understand at a local level…
Read more...Councils cannot charge people for the first six weeks of intermediate care, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has warned, follow ing an investigation…
Read more...New research to understand, at a local level, what sort of mainstream housing older people live in, is being funded by the Centre for Ageing…
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