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Last Friday (19 December), ITV’s Text Santa raised the highest total ever at £5,503,065, as millions of viewers tuned in to an evening of entertainment.

NHS England have released their weekly ‘winter health check’, the last of 2014, further revealing the  pressure that the NHS is currently under. Emergency admissions in the

A Hampshire theatre company will start 2015 by boosting funds for Alzheimer’s Research UK. The Unity Christian Theatre debuts its latest production, Once Upon A

Residents at Park House care home, which is based in Fawdon, Newcastle, and is part of Akari Care, welcomed a special VIP guest to officially

A new report suggests that encouraging people to adopt a healthy lifestyle may prevent around 80,000 cases of dementia in the UK each year. The

The Baring Foundation is making available up to £60,000 for a project to increase the participation of choirs in care homes for older people. Ideally this would

Life-long Fulham fan Ronald Hudson, 89, has fulfilled a lifetime’s ambition to watch his beloved team play in person for the first time. When Ian

The pupils from St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School visited Thornbank care home in Ipswich to celebrate Christmas with the care home residents with

A care home group has launched a new and updated whistleblowing policy as part of its “zero tolerance” approach to abuse and neglect. James Wood,

Allington House care home is spreading some Christmas joy with its festive fundraisers. Members of staff had a ‘Christmas jumper day’ and wore their jolly

Researchers at the Medical Research Council’s Cognition and Brain Sciences Unitopens in new window have discovered that specific mental abilities – such as problem-solving or

Care Provider, Hartford Care announces that it has raised over £30,000 for The Silver Line. The Silver Line helpline was founded by Esther Rantzen CBE

Alistair Burns, NHS England’s National Clinical Director, has teamed up with two Dementia Ambassadors, Dan Harwood and Paul Twomey, to give their views on improving

Research conducted in the UK reveals that certain pathways in the brain age at different rates, leading to differences in our ability to carry out

Residents and members of staff at Redworth House in Shildon put on their best Christmas fancy dress and enjoyed a festive fayre at the home.