A group of primary school children from Brecon joined residents at a local dementia care facility as part of an intergenerational partnership during National Storytelling…
Read more...Alzheimer’s Research UK is calling on government to prioritise dementia research, following a new report that has revealed the number of people with the condition…
Read more...The glamour and glitz of the jazz age sparkled into life as care home residents stepped out in style to help people in the New…
Read more...An Aylesbury nursing home, MHA Hillside, is crossing the generations with its activity sessions by welcoming a local nursery group for weekly visits. Jade’s Daycare Nursery has…
Read more...Social care would be dealt a devastating blow if plans to end freedom of movement following Brexit go ahead, campaigners warned today. Responding to the…
Read more...The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) announces the launch of a new complaints guidebook for the UK care homes industry. In 2018, the Competition and…
Read more...The UK’s highest court has heard whether carers who carry out “sleep-ins” should be paid minimum hourly rates. Mencap support worker Claire Tomlinson-Blake is challenging…
Read more...Lilian Faithfull Care are opening their doors to support people newly diagnosed with Dementia in Gloucestershire. The first of this kind in the county and…
Read more...Vida Hall, the first care home of Harrogate-based specialist dementia care provider Vida Healthcare, has secured a CQC Outstanding rating for the second time since…
Read more...Staff at Amherst Court have been taking reminiscence to a whole new height recently, by taking residents over the River Thames in a sky lift….
Read more...Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has expressed concern about the cost of implementing the National Living Wage…
Read more...Care homes up and down the country are preparing for Care Home Open Day on 26 June for what will be the eighth year in…
Read more...Helen Whately MP has been appointed as the new Minister of State for Care after the Cabinet reshuffle. Helen was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of…
Read more...A social care campaigner has turned to verse To stop the crisis getting worse Mike Padgham, Chair of the Independent Care Group (ICG) has written…
Read more...The Beeches Residential Home organised a special Valentine’s Day treat for residents and their friends and loved ones, as a special treat on the romantic…
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