Positive Mental Wellbeing Linked To Better Brain Health In Later Life
Positive mental wellbeing is related to better brain health among older adults and can even reduce the risk of dementia and cognitive decline later in…
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Dundee Youths Learn Skills For Life As Balhousie Care Group Steps Up Apprenticeship Opportunities
Two Dundee youths have been given valuable work experience – and a peek into life in a busy care home – as part of a…
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Care Cervices on Verge of Collapse – Government Must Act Now, warns New Coalition
Millions of vulnerable people are being deprived of the care and support they need because of the Government’s failure to grasp the crisis in social…
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Young Male Nursing Applicants Surge After ‘We Are The NHS’ Recruitment Campaign
A record breaking number of male school leavers have applied to be nurses following NHS England’s successful “We Are The NHS” recruitment campaign. The number…
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Watching TV For Longer Worsens Memory
Researchers at University College London have found that watching television for over three and a half hours a day is linked to a decline in…
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Care Home Art Session For School Pupils During Half Term
SCHOOL half term holidays saw Tyneside pupils visiting care home residents to take part in an arts and craft session. The children of carers at…
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Veterans’ Charity Shortlisted For Student Nursing Times Awards
The Royal Star & Garter Homes has been named as a finalist in the prestigious Student Nursing Times Awards. The Charity, which cares for ex-Servicemen…
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Alison Wins Wigan Council’s ‘Outstanding Care Home Staff’ Award
Alison Isherwood, experience day support worker and former volunteer at local state-of-the-art care village, Belong Atherton, has won the Outstanding Care Home Staff Award from…
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Celebrating Sanctuary Care’s Tech-Savvy Residents!
As part of Sanctuary Care’s ‘Technology in care homes’ month, the care provider shines a spotlight on its tech-savvy residents who wholeheartedly embrace modern technology…
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Second Outstanding Rating For North Yorkshire Care Home
The Care Quality Commission has rated the care being provided at St Johns House, Kirk Hammerton, North Yorkshire, to be Outstanding after an inspection in…
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Care UK Welcomes Overdue Government Social Care Recruitment Campaign
The Government has launched a new national recruitment campaign to help fill the 110,000 vacancies in the adult social care sector and a Care UK…
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Violet’s 100th Birthday Celebrated With Family And Friends
FAMILY and friends turned out to mark Violet Kenrick’s century of birthdays. The centenarian was joined by four generations of her family, from children to…
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Alarming’ Number Of Carers Neglecting Themselves
The Survey of Adult Carers has revealed 294 out of 527 people quizzed about self-care admitted they sometimes do not look after themselves or are…
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Shoreham Care Home Residents Relive Their Youth
Cavell House Care Home is winding back the years with a series of themed events for its staff and residents. The home, on Middle Road…
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Et Voilà! Bearsden Care Home Residents Learn French
Residents at a care home in Bearsden are proving it’s never too late to learn a new language by taking up French lessons. Meallmore’s Antonine…
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