Greensleeves Care’s newest home, Lavender Fields in Sevenoaks, welcomed BAFTA award-winning actors Miriam Margolyes and Virginia McKenna, and an international quality film crew to the…
Read more...Borough Care residents will be participating in a number of different gardening activities during National Gardening Week (Saturday 27 April – Sunday 5 May). Gardening…
Read more...Leading life-safety systems manufacturer, C-TEC, has appointed Chris Bradley as its new Southern Distribution Account Manager. With over 10 years’ experience in the industry, Chris has…
Read more...Responding to the report issued today by the Select Committee on Intergenerational Fairness and Provision, David Sinclair, Director of the International Longevity Centre – UK…
Read more...Poor oral health is independently associated with problems in later life, according to the findings of a new study. The research shows that elderly people…
Read more...New research commissioned by the older people’s charity Independent Age shows that over half (51%) of homeowners in England over the age of 50 fear…
Read more...Having two generations come together is really something quite special. For a group of care home residents at Bupa The Links Care Home, once a…
Read more...The Southern Care Show promises to be an exciting new care event for 2019. Taking place at Farnborough International Exhibition Centre on Tuesday 14th May…
Read more...London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and Moreland House care home have agreed to change their charging policies after a resident paid too much for…
Read more...Cross-sector concerns have repeatedly been raised about the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill since proposals were introduced last summer. The Bill, which campaigners fear will dilute existing human…
Read more...Estimates on the number of people living with Alzheimer’s disease could be well below the actual number, according to an expert. Dr Clifford Jack, an…
Read more...A ‘team’ of residents from a Salisbury care home proved that age is just a number by competing in the city’s popular Park Run. Amongst…
Read more...A CARE home resident has rekindled her love of singing after joining a choir dedicated to raising awareness of Parkinson’s disease. Barbara Millican thought she…
Read more...Three state-of-the-art Belong care villages have received the highest possible national accreditation for end of life care provision, being awarded ‘Platinum’ status by the Gold…
Read more...Apetito, the UK’s leading food producer for the health and social care sector, has won the UK’s highest business accolade, The Queen’s Award for Enterprise:…
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