One In 10 Care Homes Turn Away Obese Residents Due To Lack Of Bariatric Facilities
Nearly half of staff say their care home doesn’t have the right resources and equipment to care for residents over 25 stone With one in…
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The Carer Issue #43 – Winter 2019
Click to read issue #43 of The Carer – Published Winter (January) 2019.
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98-Year-Old Pens D-Day Memoir
A 98-YEAR-OLD D-Day survivor has published his first autobiographical book on his experiences during World War Two. William Glen, who lives at Bield’s Carntyne Gardens…
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Fornham House Thanks Staff For Over 125 Years Of Combined Service
A group of eleven staff members from Fornham House residential home in Fornham St Martin near Bury St Edmunds, has been officially thanked for their…
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Bagpipes, Haggis And Traditional Scottish Dancing Help Veterans Enjoy Burns Night
Residents tucked into haggis as part of a traditional Burns Night supper at The Royal Star & Garter Homes. It was part of a string…
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Care Provider Alliance Launches New Ways Of Working Guide
The Care Provider Alliance (CPA) has published a short guide to new ways of working across the independent and voluntary adult social care sector. The…
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Belong Morris Feinmann Achieves National Accreditation For End Of Life Care Quality
Didsbury care village, Belong Morris Feinmann, has received the national ‘Six Steps’ end of life accreditation, following its completion of the rigorous ‘Six Steps to…
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Intensive Blood Pressure Treatment Reduces Memory And Thinking Decline
Researchers from the SPRINT MIND study in the US have found that treating high blood pressure reduces the risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The…
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Belmont Healthcare Continues Growth Trajectory With Acquisition Of Kent Care Home
Care service provider, Belmont Healthcare, has completed an acquisition worth in excess of £2 million of Haslington Lodge care home, in Greenhithe, Kent. Belmont Healthcare…
Read more...Care Leader Speaks Out Over ‘Breaking Point’ Campaign
Worried providers have spoken out over the worsening crisis in social care which has left care homes at ‘breaking point’ and the threat of many,…
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CQC Announces New Chief Inspector Of Adult Social Care (ASC)
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has appointed Kate Terroni as Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care (ASC). Kate is due to start the role in…
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Buxton Lodge Enjoys A Super Scottish Supper On Burns Night
Residents at Buxton Lodge care home in Caterham‑on‑the‑Hill, Surrey were treated to an evening of all things Scottish as they took part in Burns Night…
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Government Must Act Now To Keep EU Care Staff Coming To Work In The UK
The already fragile social care workforce will receive a further body blow under any Brexit scenario and older people in the South could be especially…
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Official Opening Of New Luxury Care Home By The Mayor & Mayoress Of Kettering
Kettering’s newest care home, Westhill Park, has been officially opened this week by special guests the Mayor and Mayoress of Kettering. The home opened its…
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Councils Accused Of Abandoning The Elderly By Not Paying Enough To Look After Them
Many UK councils have made no increase in what they pay care homes in the last year Care providers are having to turn away council…
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