Bampton Care Home Bring The Seaside To The Community
Rosebank Care Home opened its doors to the community and brought the seaside to Oxfordshire, at their popular annual summer fete. Relatives, friends and members…
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Care Home Cycling Challenge Raises Funds For Dementia Fight
86-YEAR-OLD Elsie Bunyard cycled almost three miles in just 15 minutes as part of a fundraising event at her Skelmanthorpe care home. The Longroyds and…
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New Government Must Make Society Fairer For Disabled People
National disability charity, Sense, responds to General Election result National disability charity, Sense, has responded to the General Election result, highlighting that whatever the makeup…
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Happy Hula Birthday St Catherines View!
Residents and staff of St Catherines View celebrated the Winchester care home’s fifth birthday with a Hawaiian-themed party. The landscaped gardens of the £8m Colten…
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Hill Care Cake Sale Adds To Alzheimer’s Society Fundraising
A CHESTERFIELD care home group has raised over £200 selling cupcakes to neighbouring businesses – with all proceeds going to the Alzheimer’s Society. The sale…
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Care System ‘Buckling’ Says Age UK As Major Care Homes Investigation Launches
A recent study into the quality of care homes which has sparked a much wider legal investigation has been called ‘a manifestation of our buckling…
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Deaths From Alzheimer’s Disease In Scotland Increase By 31% In One Year
Deaths from dementia in Scotland have soared by 31% in a year, according to new statistics released by the National Records of Scotland today. Provisional…
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Can Sustainability And Transformation Plans Deliver A Better Future For The NHS?
“In short, ‘No’, not unless they change direction”, say the authors of a new report, entitled ‘Sustainability and Transformation Plans: How serious are the proposals?…
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Care Home Honoured By Vegetarian Charity
The SilverCrest Group has been honoured for its commitment to vegetarian cuisine amongst the food it serves to residents. Morgana Court in South Wales, part…
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Barchester Says A Special ‘Thank You’ This Carers’ Week
This week is Carers’ Week and Barchester is saying a huge “thank you” to all of our wonderful carers! Barchester couldn’t provide the services it does…
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New Evaluation Phase For Ground-Breaking Dementia Dog Programme
HammondCare’s Dementia Centre has been awarded the tender to provide research evaluation of the ground-breaking Dementia Dog Project in Scotland. Director of the Dementia Centre,…
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CMA Outlines Emerging Concerns In Care Homes Market
The CMA has today published the initial findings of its care homes market study, and is investigating if some homes are breaking consumer law. The market…
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Martin Green Cuts The Ribbon On Swan Court – Precious Homes’ New Community Residential Service!
On the 7th June Professor Martin Green launched the first of three ‘tiered’ community residential and supported living services with social enterprise based in Kings…
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Icknield Court Serves Up A Series Of Treats For Carers’ Week
Princes Risborough-based care home, Icknield Court, run by local charity, The Fremantle Trust, has created a week-long celebration to recognise the vital role played by…
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Cornwall Care Attends Royal Cornwall Show
Last weekend, staff from Cornwall Care had a fantastic time exhibiting and meeting the public at the Royal Cornwall Show in Wadebridge. With two stands…
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