Additional funding has to be raised for the council to pay the £600+ per week that the Rowntree Trust recommends to provide a decent level…
Read more...The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is seeking views on its plans for the next five years as it develops its approach to regulation. CQC has…
Read more...The initiative to highlight the unseen work conducted behind the scenes by care workers is gathering widespread support from the industry including the leading organisation…
Read more...Research published indicates that a cancer drug, bexarotene, could potentially be used to help protect against Alzheimer’s disease. The international team of researchers, from the…
Read more...A dedicated care home worker from High-Spen village who has spent over 17 years at Dovecote care home in Tyne and Wear has been recognised…
Read more...Heidi Allen, MP for South Cambridgeshire, has sponsored an exhibition in the upper hall of Westminster to help raise awareness of dementia research with the…
Read more...Residents and staff at a family owned care home provider have raised £32,000 for good causes in the past year. The amount means Colten Care…
Read more...A new online tool has been published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) to make it easier to understand safeguarding statistics at…
Read more...BRAMLEY apple week is being celebrated at Middlesbrough care home The Gables. Resident and keen gardener Harry Hutchinson, 88, planted a bramley apple tree…
Read more...Residents and staff at Arthur’s Court care home in Somerset are celebrating after the service was received one of the highest ratings in a nationwide…
Read more...The total number of council-based adult social services staff2 has decreased by 25 per cent over the last five years, according to new figures published…
Read more...A new report by the International Longevity Centre – UK (ILC-UK) argues that our ageing society offers significant social and economic opportunities but only if…
Read more...The National Care Forum (NCF) has announced the appointment of Vic Rayner as Executive Director to succeed Des Kelly OBE who leaves at the beginning…
Read more...A NEW Forest care home had a flipping good time by celebrating Pancake Day with a race in its grounds. Three residents at Colten Care’s…
Read more...The Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA) has called for an emergency cash injection by the government into social care so that local authorities can purchase more care…
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