British Caregiver Award 2016 – Award Winners Revealed
The British Caregiver Award was set up to shine a light on the amazing dedication shown by the UK’s 6.5 million unpaid carers and, in particular,…
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Sutton Expands Dementia Care Service After Improved Quality Of Care And Support For Families And Carers
Sutton’s specialist dementia nursing service has been expanded after it was found to improve care for people with dementia and provide increased support for carers….
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Dementia Awareness Top Priority For Care Home Provider During Annual Week-Long Initiative
The Orders of St John Care Trust, which runs 68 care homes across Lincolnshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, has once again supported Dementia Awareness Week…
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Buckinghamshire Care Celebrate Winning National Award
Buckinghamshire Care, the LA trading company for Buckinghamshire County Council, supports people across Buckinghamshire both in their own homes and in the community through opportunities…
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Inspections Reveal Care Home Improvement
Following re-inspection, nearly three quarters of care homes that we originally rated Inadequate have improved their ratings. This means over 12,000 people across England are…
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Loss Of Y Chromosome In Blood Cells Linked To Higher Alzheimer’s Risk In Men
A new study involving over 3,200 people has found that older men with a loss of the Y chromosome in some blood cells may be…
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Local Care Home Celebrates Dementia Awareness Week 2016
Staff and residents at Care South’s Maiden Castle House care home in Dorchester have had a fantastic time this week celebrating National Dementia Awareness Week…
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Social Care Organisations Invited To Benchmark Pay And Reward In New Study
A new benchmarking study that will reveal the latest pay and reward policies for frontline social care staff is being launched today by Agenda Consulting…
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Resident’s Daughter To Climb Britain’s Highest Mountain In The Dark For Alzheimer’s
Debbie Bivens, daughter of Margo Sneddon a resident of Reuben Manor care home, is taking on the Ben Nevis Midnight Challenge to raise funds for…
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Encouraging Improvement And Protecting People At A Time Of Change: CQC Launches New Five Year Strategy
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) today publishes its strategy for 2016 to 2021, setting out an ambitious vision for a more targeted, responsive and collaborative…
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Dorset Police And Alzheimer’s Society Making Dorset Dementia-Friendly
Dorset Police is working in partnership with Alzheimer’s Society, to establish ‘Safe Havens’, a local initiative which aims to make people with dementia and related…
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Care Homes Diagnosed As In Serious To Critical Condition
The outlook for care homes in the UK ranges from serious to critical, as staff costs, nurse shortages, poor funding and increasing red tape are…
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Quality Of Care Under Threat As NHS Enters Watershed Year
Nearly two-thirds of NHS trust finance directors and more than half of clinical commissioning groups (CCG) finance leads say the quality of patient care in…
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Daughter Of Late Resident Who Lived With Dementia Hosts Care Home Awareness Session
‘Dementia Champion’ Stephenie Stockley, returned to the care home where her father spent the last years of his life to support relatives and friends and…
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One Of Britain’s Most Pioneering Specialist Dementia Care Services Opened Blackburn On 19th May, During National Dementia Awareness Week.
EachStep Blackburn is a £5m state-of-the-art dementia care home that provides specialist residential, nursing and respite care. It has been developed by the award-winning national…
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