Responding to the publication of the Labour Party’s election manifesto, Chris Ham, Chief Executive of The King’s Fund said: ‘Labour’s manifesto outlines a positive vision…
Read more...Children at a Romanian orphanage have expressed ‘surprise and delight’ at receiving bookmarks handmade by elderly care home residents in Hampshire. The reaction was witnessed…
Read more...Shirley care home tops out one year after comedian Ronnie Corbett helped launch the redevelopment of an MHA care home in Shirley, the new building…
Read more...We’re on the final countdown to ‘Foodmatters‘, the HCA’s National Leadership & Development Forum 2015, taking place in Glasgow next week. It’s a two-day Forum…
Read more...Skills for Health have announced a number of updates to its e-learning programme with a raft of new modules being launched to help health care…
Read more...Alzheimer’s Research UK, based in Great Abington, is calling for people across Cambridgeshire and beyond to sign up for the charity’s Defeat Dementia Walk to…
Read more...A tear-jerking film made by students that highlights ways in which nurses care for patients has attracted attention from some of the country’s leading names…
Read more...The importance of open dialogue about the use of restraint in social care Two new films from SCIE Two new films about the subject, from…
Read more...Local school children donned hard hats and high visibility vests to visit the site of a new care home in Hersden, Canterbury. Youngsters from Hersden…
Read more...Middle-aged and older people who are underweight with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of less than 20 kg/m2 are a third more likely to develop…
Read more...Three-quarters of MPs agree that central government funding for adult social care should be protected in the same way as money for the NHS. It…
Read more...Researchers in the United States have shown that activities such as arts and crafts and social engagement may reduce memory problems in old age. The…
Read more...A resident at Alexandra House care home was joined by her husband for a surprise diamond wedding anniversary celebration at the home. Enid Cromarty (81),…
Read more...With latest estimates suggesting 1.3 million people over 65 in the UK currently suffer from malnutrition[1], nutrition and hydration is a hot topic. With this…
Read more...A WELSH care provider has today (April 8, 2015) said its service users are getting sufficient end-of-life care despite a recent report revealing people who…
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