High Wycombe Charity Worker Joins Elite Running List After Tokyo Marathon
A member of staff at The Royal Star & Garter Home in High Wycombe has joined an elite group of runners after completing the Tokyo…
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Meresworth Care Home Celebrates Relaunch Of Day Care Centre
Champagne corks were popping as members, residents and staff at Meresworth care home in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire celebrated the reopening of their much loved Day Care…
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Thousands More Care Workers Needed In Wales By 2030
Wales will need thousands more people to work in caring roles with adults and children by 2030 if it is to keep pace with the…
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Alzheimer’s Society Pays Tribute To Late Football Legend Gordon Banks
On the day of his funeral (March 4), Alzheimer’s Society has paid tribute to its much-loved Ambassador Gordon Banks OBE – who worked tirelessly to…
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Spring Is In The Air As Veterans Celebrate St David’s Day At The Royal Star & Garter Homes
Daffodils and Welsh flags filled The Royal Star & Garter Homes on Friday, 1 March as the Charity celebrated St David’s Day with veterans. The…
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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…
Read more...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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