Hospices Should Be Used More To Ease Pressure On Hospitals Survey Shows
Nearly three quarters of UK adults (73 per cent) say hospice services should be used more to help relieve the pressure on hospitals according to…
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Cubs Bring Christmas To Care Home Residents
A Ferndown care home rang with the happy sound of Christmas carols and seasonal songs during a visit from the 2nd Wimborne Cubs. The youngsters…
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Great Oaks Emphasises The Importance Of Activities For Residents’ Wellbeing
Great Oaks, a specialist residential, nursing and dementia care home in Bournemouth hosted a festive family-friendly open day as part of its on-going strategy to…
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UK-Wide Community Volunteers From Nestle Give Helping Hand To Leeds Care Home
Paisley Lodge in Armley, Leeds, has been given a boost this week by a team of 25 volunteers, as part of a new partnership with…
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Care Home Nurses Celebrate Clinical Excellence
Care home nurses from across the South have come together for a team conference focused on learning and the pursuit of clinical excellence. More than…
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Apprentice Samantha ‘Captures’ Hearts And Minds At National Awards Event
Samantha Taws, a Care Worker from Newcastle’s Comfort Call, has been named ‘Care Apprentice of the Year’. She beat off stiff competition from two other…
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Council Funding To Be Further Cut In Half Over Next Two Years – LGA Warns
Already stretched councils in England will see the core central government funding they use to pay for vital services incliding protecting children and caring for…
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Study Suggests Links Between Hearing Loss And Dementia – Alzheimer’s Society Comment
A study published yesterday (7 December) has suggested that hearing loss could be a risk factor for cognitive decline or dementia. The researchers, based at…
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Admiral Nurses Awarded For Long-Standing Service
Dementia UK recognises the achievements of three pioneering Admiral Nurses for people living with dementia Dementia UK, a charity providing specialist dementia support, has awarded…
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The Boro Volunteers Bring Merry Christmas To Care Home
VOLUNTEERS from the Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation have been helping Stockton’s elderly prepare for Christmas. The teenagers from the club’s National Citizenship Service (NCS) donated…
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Mayor Unveils Students’ Murals At Widnes Care Home
ARTISTIC teens have brightened the lives of elderly care home residents in Widnes by creating murals of the town’s landmarks. The art and design students…
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£72,500 Cap On Social Care To Be Scrapped
The proposed £72,500 cap on social care costs due to come into effect in England is to be scrapped, a health minister has said. The…
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CQC To Conduct Further Eight Local System Reviews Of Health And Social Care
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have been asked by the Secretaries of State for Health and for Communities and for Local Government to undertake local…
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Dementia Charity Calls On Government To Include Condition In Future Life Sciences Plans
Alzheimer’s Research UK is asking the government to give more priority to dementia as plans develop to support the Life Sciences sector. The Sector Deal…
Read more...Funding Offered To Local Authorities To Reduce Delayed Transfers Of Care.
Delayed discharges cost the NHS an estimated £820m in 2016 due to approximately 2.7m older patients remaining in hospital when they no longer require acute…
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