Bocking Care Homes’ Awards Success
The team at The New Deanery and St Mary’s Court residential care homes in Braintree are celebrating after being shortlisted for not one, not two…
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Mayor Praises Community Garden
The Mayor of Chesterfield, Stuart Brittain, has praised emh care & support, a specialist organisation that provides day services for people with learning disabilities, for…
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Local Services Face Further £1.3 Billion Government Funding Cut In 2019/20
Main government grant funding for local services will be cut by a further £1.3 billion (36 per cent) in 2019/20 despite many councils already struggling…
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Belong Take Home Double Gold At NAPA Awards 2018
When an 88-year old resident of Belong Crewe care village announced that he wanted to ride the world’s fastest zip wire to raise money for…
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Help Older People Stay Safe With New Initiative
A new initiative which promotes vital safety information for older people and their families is launching today, on the United Nations Day of the Older…
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Childhood Hardships Linked To Poorer Thinking Skills In Older Age
European researchers have found that socioeconomic hardships during childhood are associated with poorer memory and thinking performance in later life. The findings are published today…
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CQC Inspection Regime Having An Impact Landmark Report Finds
Care Quality Commission (CQC)’s “Ofsted-style” inspection and rating regime is a significant improvement on the system it replaced, but it could be made more effective,…
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Campaigner For Adult Social Care Vouchers Responds To LGA Green Paper Questions
Following the recent publication of the Local Government Association’s (LGA) Green Paper, ‘The lives we want to lead’, a campaigner for the introduction of an…
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Dainty Dinah Lives In The Memories Of Care Home Residents
MEMORIES of a Chester-le-Street confectionary landmark came flooding back to two care home residents during National Cupcake Week. Brenda Clifford, 80, and Lilian Maxwell, 84,…
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Georgia’s Skydiving For A Sensory Bathroom For Residents
Georgia Dawson, Act Up Senior Care Assistant at Borough Care’s Bamford Close in Cale Green, Stockport, is doing a skydive to raise money for a…
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Birmingham Hosts National Workshop On Tackling Health Inequalities
VODG (Voluntary Organisations Disability Group), a national charity that represents leading not-for-profit organisations who provide services to disabled people across England, has organised its second…
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New £1.5m Funding To Improve Care And Support
NHS Digital has announced £1.4m to improve care and support using predictive analytics and digital information sharing between the NHS and social care. NHS Digital…
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Octopus Healthcare To Fund Care Home Development In York For Growing Care Home Portfolio
Octopus Healthcare is delighted to announce the completion of a new deal to fund the construction of a 64 bedroom care home in Fulford, York….
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Five-Star Hotel Training Gives Care Home Chefs Food For Thought
Professional chefs at a south coast care home provider have begun receiving added training at one of the UK’s top hotels so they can continue…
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Tickets Sold Out For Care Sector Fundraising Ball
The upcoming Care Sector Fundraising Ball has proved to be popular among care providers and industry suppliers alike with all the tickets for the event…
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