Caring Heroes Campaign Wins Charity’s Support
A leading charity providing support for care workers has added its weight to the campaign to highlight the growing crisis in the sector led by…
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Second OFSTED-Style Rating Of CCG Dementia Care Reveals Mixed Picture
NHS England have published the end of year results from the Clinical Commissioning Group Improvement and Assessment Framework (CCG IAF). The results provide CCGs with an…
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Improving Older People’s Lives Is Child’s Play At St Monica Trust
Residents at a St Monica Trust retirement community are hoping to revolutionise the way older people are cared for by taking part in a ground…
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Scarecrow Brings Local Pupils And Care Home Residents Together
Residents at Hartismere Place care home in Eye, Suffolk were joined by pupils from St. Peter and St. Paul CEVA Primary School as part of…
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‘Rock Against Dementia’ To Raise Funds For Dementia Therapy Equipment At State-Of-The-Art Care Village
A charity concert by Macclesfield rock band ‘Unfinished Business’ is the latest in a series of initiatives to raise funds for a specialist virtual reality…
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Bampton Care Home Unveils Memory Lane Dementia Corridor
Staff and residents at a Bampton based care home were joined by the Chairman of West Oxfordshire District Council for the unveiling of its Memory…
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Sculpture Unveiled At Suffolk Care Home
A beautiful outdoor sculpture, commissioned by Care UK from a talented local artist, has been unveiled at a care home in Bury St. Edmunds. The…
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A Lancashire Care Home Buzzes With Excitement As It Launches A Campaign To Save The Bees, Together With Its Local School & Community Groups.
The new ‘Haslingden Bee Keeping Project’ is the bee’s knees, as it launches at Haslingden Hall & Lodge care home in Lancashire, with help from…
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New Sensory Garden Is Berry Popular At Ochilview Court
Green-fingered tenants at a West Lothian retirement development have been given the welcome addition of a new herb garden. Bield’s Ochilview Court in Armadale hopes…
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New Framework To Promote Person-Centred Approaches In Healthcare
Skills for Health, Health Education England and Skills for Care have announced a new Framework to support person-centred approaches for the health and social care…
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Lifelong Kopite Meets Liverpool Hero On 100th Birthday
Ann Muirhead, a resident at Whetstone Hey care home in Great Sutton, celebrated her 100th birthday in style at a party with family, friends and…
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Government Announces Additional Support For Social Care Providers
Government announces measures to temporarily suspend minimum wage enforcement activity for social care sleep-in shift pay. The government has announced it has temporarily suspended enforcement activity…
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Quality And Cost Of Care Still A Postcode Lottery Across England
Over the past six months quality improvements have been seen across residential, nursing and home care services. In December 2016 care quality had slumped by…
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UK Chief Executives Back 2017 “CEO for a Day” Student Initiative as Global Participation Nears 1,000
Twenty-one UK chief executives of leading organisations – including Sainsbury’s, Asos, Williams F1, Mumsnet, The Cabinet Office, Domino’s Pizza Group and Getty Images – are…
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Nine-Year-Old And Her Mum Smash Target In Alzheimer’s Research UK’s Virtual Fundraising Campaign
At just nine years-old Zara Bishop, and her mum Rachel Bishop, have signed up to Running Down Dementia, Alzheimer’s Research UK’s first virtual running event,…
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