Long Serving Care Home Worker Carer Of The Year
A dedicated care home worker from High-Spen village who has spent over 17 years at Dovecote care home in Tyne and Wear has been recognised…
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Cambs MP Sponsors Westminster Exhibition For Alzheimer’s Research UK
Heidi Allen, MP for South Cambridgeshire, has sponsored an exhibition in the upper hall of Westminster to help raise awareness of dementia research with the…
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Colten Care’s Annual Charity Totaliser Tops £32,000
Residents and staff at a family owned care home provider have raised £32,000 for good causes in the past year. The amount means Colten Care…
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Safeguarding Adults: New Online Comparison Tool
A new online tool has been published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) to make it easier to understand safeguarding statistics at…
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Bramley Apple Week Celebrated At Teesside Care Home
BRAMLEY apple week is being celebrated at Middlesbrough care home The Gables. Resident and keen gardener Harry Hutchinson, 88, planted a bramley apple tree…
Read more...Somerset Care Home Receives Top Rating In National Survey
Residents and staff at Arthur’s Court care home in Somerset are celebrating after the service was received one of the highest ratings in a nationwide…
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Number Of Adult Social Care Staff Employed By Councils Shrinks By A Quarter Since 2011
The total number of council-based adult social services staff2 has decreased by 25 per cent over the last five years, according to new figures published…
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Future Of Ageing Bleak Without Better Planning
A new report by the International Longevity Centre – UK (ILC-UK) argues that our ageing society offers significant social and economic opportunities but only if…
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Vic Rayner Appointed As Executive Director Of NCF
The National Care Forum (NCF) has announced the appointment of Vic Rayner as Executive Director to succeed Des Kelly OBE who leaves at the beginning…
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Flipping Good Fun As Care Home Marks Pancake Day
A NEW Forest care home had a flipping good time by celebrating Pancake Day with a race in its grounds. Three residents at Colten Care’s…
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RNHA Calls For Emergency Cash Injection Into Social Care To Help Alleviate NHS Bed Blocking Crisis – Response To Lord Carter’s Report
The Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA) has called for an emergency cash injection by the government into social care so that local authorities can purchase more care…
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Midlife Fitness Linked To Brain Volume Two Decades Later
A US study of over 1,000 healthy people has linked markers of poorer physical fitness in midlife with a smaller brain volume almost two decades…
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Alzheimer’s Research UK Launches Yoga For Alzheimer’s Nationwide
Budding yoga enthusiasts and newcomers alike are invited to limber up for a national event launched by Alzheimer’s Research UK to raise money for vital…
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Only Half Of Health Professionals See Malnutrition As A Priority
New research by the Malnutrition Task Force reveals that only half (51 per cent) of health professionals thought malnutrition was a priority in their organisations. Only 47 per…
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Charity Calls For Care Home Fee Reform Over Price Increases
Charity Citizens Advice has called for a minimum period of notice on changes/increases in care home fees after a report found residents are being hit…
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