Farm Animals Bring Smiles To Elderly Residents’ Faces
HOOVES clattered through the halls of an Ellesmere Port care home when residents were treated to an animal therapy session. Two miniature ponies, a goat…
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Best Care Home Ancillary Worker In Great Britain
HANDYMAN Chris Sorgorski has been named the best care home ancillary worker in Great Britain. The maintenance man for The Oaks Care Home, in Blyth,…
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Eye Changes Could Help Detect Alzheimer’s
Ophthalmology Retina: Retinal microvascular and neurodegenerative changes in Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment compared to controls New research in the US suggests that changes in…
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First Dementia Support Group Launched At Winchester Care Home
The Winchester care home, Tegfield House has launched a new support group for relatives who want to gain a greater understanding of their loved ones…
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More Than 80 % Oppose Use Of Robots In Care Sector
Results from a survey of over 2,000 people show significant resistance amongst the UK population to Artificial Intelligence (AI) being used to provide care. This…
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Chichester Care Home Hosts Young Visitors For A Celebration Of Reading
World Book Day gave residents at a Chichester nursing home the chance to share their love of reading with children from a nearby day nursery…
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Swallowing Awareness Day Campaign To Fly Around The World To Highlight How Dysphagia Is A Difficult Diagnosis To Swallow
Speech and language therapists will join forces with other health professionals and the public across the world to raise awareness of people’s eating, drinking and…
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Best Care Home Ancillary Worker In Great Britain
HANDYMAN Chris Sorgorski has been named the best care home ancillary worker in Great Britain. The maintenance man for The Oaks Care Home, in Blyth,…
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Chesterfield Woman Leaves £82,000 In Will For Pioneering Dementia Research
A former information technology manager who died with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease has left more than £80,000 in her Will to dementia research. Sheila McCree, who…
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Workforce Development Fund 2019-20 Open For Applications
The Workforce Development Fund 2019-20 is now open for grant applications. Both large national organisations and lead organisations of employer-led partnerships are eligible for the…
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LGA Responds To Age UK Report On The Social Care Burden On Women
Responding to an Age UK report on the social care burden on women, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the LGA’s Community Wellbeing Board, said: “Unpaid…
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Somerset Care Residents Can Cycle all Over the World
Residents at Stockmoor Lodge in Bridgwater have been invited to take part in an exciting three month project with Norwegian company, Motitech. Stockmoor Lodge welcomed North…
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Care Home Residents Offer up their Wisdom for International Women’s Day
To celebrate International Women’s Day on Friday 8th March, 12 female care home residents across the UK have been sharing the advice they’d give to…
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Orbis Abbey Rose Care and Residential Home Opens its Doors in Gloucestershire
A new specialist autism school and residential home has opened following a multi-million-pound takeover deal. Orbis Abbey Rose in Tewkesbury welcomed in its first visitors…
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Hormone Therapy Linked to Small Alzheimer’s Risk Increase
Researchers in Finland have found that women who receive hormone replacement therapy are at slightly higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s. The findings are published in…
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