LGA Responds To ADASS Budget Survey 2017
Responding to the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services’ budget survey 2017, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, Cllr Izzi Seccombe,…
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Care Home Residents Visit The Past On Armed Forces Day
CARE home residents in Stockton-on-Tees got a ticket to the past as part of Armed Forces Day celebrations. Mandale House Care Home staff dressed as…
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Local Care Service Celebrates 10th Birthday With Mad Hatter
Staff and clients at homecare and healthcare provider, Nurse Plus, raided their fancy dress boxes in aid of a Mad Hatter themed tea party to…
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Disabled People Must Not Be Left Out Of Social Care Conversation
National disability charity, Sense, responds to latest ADASS report, which revealed that despite increased funding councils will still be forced to cut care budgets National…
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LGA Responds To Reform Report On Social Care
“We need fundamental changes to the social care system if we are deliver a long-term sustainable funding solution that works for everyone in society.” Responding…
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EU Migrants Welcome To Remain In UK Indefinitely As Prime Minister Outlines Special Settled Status Deal
Prime Minister Theresa May announced today plans to allow EU citizens living in the UK to remain here as residents following Brexit designed to put…
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Care Home Provider Receives Prestigious Health And Safety Award
Barchester Healthcare are celebrating after receiving a prestigious award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) for their contribution to occupational health…
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Pop-Up Car Wash Raises Funds For Chesterfield Care Home Residents
A POP UP car wash has raised over £200 for Chesterfield care home residents. Springbank House Care Home, on Ashgate Road, organised the car wash…
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95 Year Old Edna Enjoys Dream Come True Dancing Experience At The Tower Ballroom, Blackpool
Recently Edna Adams, Reginald Wilson, Dolly Foreman and Betty Bennion living at Stocks Hall Ormskirk Home, complete with Betty McLouighlin & Gemma Jacobs – Activities…
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New Report Reveals How Public Can Help Save Modern Medicine
Adapted from I. Holanec, ‘What you need to know about antibiotic resistance’, p12, IFoA Longevity Bulletin Issue 08, May 2016 A new report by the…
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Welcome Extra Funding Does Not Remove Needs, Demands, Increased Costs And Difficult Decisions In Adult Social Care, Says ADASS
Despite welcome extra funding and councils protecting and planning to spend more on adult social care budgets, difficult decisions and more cuts need to be…
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Avery Raises An Incredible £5,000 During Dementia Awareness Week.
Care home operator Avery Healthcare Group were delighted to present a cheque for £5,000 to the Alzheimer’s Society from their ‘Forget Me Not’ events on…
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Perthshire Care Home Residents Learning French In Foreign Language Workshops To Help Tackle Dementia
Balhousie Ruthven Towers Care Home in Auchterader has been working with social enterprise Lingo Flamingo to offer French classes to residents in a bid to…
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HC-One Makes Residents’ Dreams Come True
National home care provider HC-One has been pulling out all the stops to make residents’ wishes come true at Meadowbank House in Bolton. The ‘Grant…
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95-Year-Old Care Home Resident Didn’t Let The Blitz Get In The Way Of Exemplary Career
Care home staff were always aware she’d devoted her life to education – but few had any idea of the hardship she’d endured as she…
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