Toon Army elderly tour St James’ Park on International Men’s Day
A VIP tour around Newcastle United’s 52,000-seater stadium was enjoyed by Tyneside care home residents for International Men’s Day. Elderly fans living at Waverley Lodge…
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Employees With Early Onset Dementia Are Receiving A Lack Of Support In The Workplace And Early Dismissal
Employees with early onset dementia face a lack of support at work and early dismissal, with those working in low paid employment losing their jobs…
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Avery Healthcare Win Excellence In Training At Laingbuisson Awards
Avery Healthcare is delighted that its comprehensive and sector leading training and development strategy and programmes were recognised with a second prestigious and independent sector…
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Award For Brightening Residents’ Lives
Activities Manager Jo Whitehouse has won a prestigious award for her work providing a creative and varied programme of activities to brighten the lives of…
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Blechley Park Reunion for Betty
Esme who is a resident at Chatterwood and who is known as Betty recently went to Bletchley Park for a Veterans reunion where she had…
Read more...Care Leader Writes To Every MP Over Crisis
A social care spokesman is to write to every single MP calling for emergency measures to end the crisis in the welfare of our oldest…
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Colten Care’s Children In Need Totaliser Hits £5,000
Residents and staff at Colten Care’s 20 homes in the South have raised more than £5,000 for Children in Need. A Strictly Come Tea Dancing…
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Improving Dementia Care And Treatment Saves Thousands Of Pounds In Care Homes
Improving staff training in care homes and reducing reliance on harmful medications saves thousands of pounds per year, as well as improving quality of life…
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Half Of Over 55’s Fear Something Will Happen To Them And No One Will Notice
Half (50%) of older adults who feel lonely fear something will happen to them and no one will notice, while nearly a fifth (19%) of…
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Care Home Enjoys Furnominal Visit From Pet Pooches
A PACK of paw-fect visitors popped in to see Runcorn care home residents. Simonsfield Care Home, on Boston Avenue, welcomed several dogs from Furnominal Pet…
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Combine Innovation And Evidence Says SCIE
In a new paper published earlier this month, the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has called on national and local policy makers to invest…
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Exchange Programme For Hospice And Care Home
AN EXCHANGE programme of staff is taking place between a hospice and a care home. A nurse and a nursing assistant from Rosebridge Court care…
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Riversway Care Duo Honoured
Members of staff at Bristol’s Riversway Nursing Home have been named among the best in the region at a top award ceremony. Staff from the…
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Care Home Thanks Teen Volunteers On World Kindness Day
BIG hearted teenagers got a special thank you from elderly care home residents on World Kindness Day. Graduates from the Safe in Tees Valley National…
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Charity Offers Long-Term Health Conditions Guide
With 58 per cent of people over 60 living with long-term health conditions* Independent Age, the older people’s charity, has been listening to older people…
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