RoSPAunches Unintentional Product-Injuries Survey
RoSPA has launched a survey to find out more about the causes of the hundreds of thousands of unintentional injuries that happen in the UK…
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Cardboard Cut-Outs Stand In For Absent Party Leaders
Call for firm election pledges over social care Life-size cardboard cut-outs of the three main party leaders took to the stage today when the politicians…
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L R Chief Executive Tracey Stakes and Deputy Chief Executive Tracy Paine with the Residential Care Award at the LaingBuisson 2019 award ceremony
Belong Scoops National Care Award
Not-for-profit care village operator, Belong, has won the Best Residential Care Accolade at the prestigious LaingBuisson Awards 2019, which recognise the industry’s finest examples of…
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Scientists Discover Secret of “Supercentenarians”
People that live to be 100 or even older – supercentenarians – may have a specific quirk of their immune systems to thank. That’s according…
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Hospice Dementia Service Named ‘Best Team’ In National Awards
St Cuthbert’s Hospice, Durham, has been honoured with a national award at the prestigious Dementia Care Awards at a high-profile Gala Night held earlier this…
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Norwich Doctor Raises Awareness of Dementia in Powerful Charity Campaign
Norwich-based clinician and researcher, Prof Michael Hornberger, takes the spotlight in a hard-hitting new charity film, exploring the impact vascular dementia has on the brain….
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Barchester Healthcare Acquires 24 brighterkind Care Homes from Private Equity Firm Terra Firma
Barchester Healthcare has purchased 24 brighterkind care homes from Terra Firma, for an undisclosed sum. Barchester has more than 12,000 beds and looks after 11,000…
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Brunelcare Lead the Way with Mindfulness
Brunelcare, a Bristol based charity providing housing, care and support for older people in the South West for over 75 years, is set to open…
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Anchor Hanover Wins Large Residential Care Provider of the Year at LaingBuisson Awards
Anchor Hanover scooped the Large Residential Care Provider of the Year Award at the LaingBuisson Awards earlier this month. The not for profit company was…
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Nearly Half of UK Adults Can’t Name a Single Type of Dementia
A new UK-wide poll commissioned by Alzheimer’s Research UK has revealed that nearly half (46%) of UK adults are unable to name a single type…
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Through Unity There is Strength- Care England Hold Health & Social Care Conference
Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, held another very successful conference focusing on the health and social care…
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Veterans At Sir Aubrey Ward House Enjoy Talk To Mark Remembrance Day
Marlow-based care home, Sir Aubrey Ward House, welcomed PhD student Axel Dessein, from the Centre for Grand Strategy at King’s College London, to speak with…
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James Terry Court Resident Born On First Remembrance Day Celebrates 100th Birthday
A resident at RMBI Care Co. Home James Terry Court, in South Croydon, celebrated her 100th birthday on Remembrance Day. Gladys Wilson enjoyed a party…
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Lancashire Care Home Supports BBC Children In Need
Staff from a Residential Care Home in Ormskirk, Lancashire have supported the annual fundraising extravaganza by ‘dressing up’ for the day and getting in the…
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Health Leaders Demand End To Social Care Crisis
Health leaders have warned that the persistent neglect of social care is damaging patient care across the NHS and risks not making the most of…
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