Trial Aims To Improve Muscle Strength In Older People
A UK-wide clinical trial is set to examine whether a commonly used heart pill and a food supplement could improve the health of older people…
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Lancashire Council To Increase Care Home Fees By Over 6%
Lancashire Country Council is to spend an extra £1.7million in payments averaging 6.3 per cent per resident. The increased payments will be made to 340…
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Care Home Manager Celebrates A Quarter Of A Century Of Service
It was a particularly special day for Cheryl Dobie, Home Manager at Prince Alfred care home in Liverpool, after staff and residents threw her a…
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Barchester Thanks ‘Amazing’ Nurses This International Nurses’ Day
This International Nurses’ Day, Barchester Healthcare has thanked the fantastic nurses working in its care homes and hospitals across the UK. The care provider has…
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Assistive Technology Sees 83 Per Cent Fall Reduction In Care Home
A Leicestershire care home has “significantly” reduced the number of falls among its older residents after introducing a pioneering new approach. Holmes House in Wigston,…
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Researchers Investigate Benefits Of Yoga For Early Memory Problems
A research team in California has studied the impact of yoga on memory, mood and brain function in a small group of people with early…
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Report Reveals Future Challenges For Delivery Of End Of Life Care
A number of key challenges face the delivery of quality end of life care, including increased competition for funding and a need for better integration…
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Britons More Comfortable Discussing Death, But Too Many Still Not Taking Action
More than half of people in Britain feel more comfortable talking about their own death or that of people close to them than they did five…
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Dementia Care Home Turns Birthday To Matchday For Baggies Fan Stanley, 90
A family-owned Dorset care home teamed up with two Premiership football clubs to enable a 90-year-old fan with dementia to attend their match as a…
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Harrogate Care Organisation Awarded Gold In Healthier Choice Awards
Harrogate Neighbours is first care home to be accredited. A Harrogate care organisation has been awarded the highest standard in a new initiative to recognise…
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Sales Director Kris Brearley Takes Home The Bomb McNab Charity Shield!
14th April 2016 saw the St Georges Park Hilton host the Cedabond Awards, where R H Hall Sales Director, Kris Brearley, Sales Director Kris Brearley…
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Action Needed To Ensure High Quality And Personalised Care For Everyone At The End Of Their Lives, Urges CQC
A national review by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found that people from certain groups in society are experiencing poorer quality care at the…
Read more...Danshell Healthcare Group has acknowledged the fantastic contributions made by members of its team.
A national review by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found that people from certain groups in society are experiencing poorer quality care at the…
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Danshell Recognises Outstanding Employees
Danshell Healthcare Group has acknowledged the fantastic contributions made by members of its team. The Danshell Staff Recognition Awards honoured staff who have gone above…
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Dementia Researchers Tell Their Story On BBC’s Horizon
Researchers from the University of Exeter will appear on BBC Two’s flagship science strand Horizon this week [8pm on Wednesday May 11] to talk about…
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