Responding to today’s report by the Care Quality Commission on the importance of having good quality staff to improve the adult social care sector, Cllr…
Read more...Residents at Balhousie Forth View Care Home have been enjoying an array of brand new sensory experiences after a member of staff braved a fundraising…
Read more...PYJAMA style uniforms for care home night staff have drastically reduced sleep deprivation, pacing and disorientation for residents living with dementia. The switch to scrubs…
Read more...Findings from the Care Quality Commission’s ‘Driving Improvement’ report – exploring how adult social care services from across the country have managed to turn around their inspection…
Read more...CHOCOLATES and flowers have been handed to volunteers at a Peterlee care home as a thank you for their “invaluable” support. Bannatyne Lodge Care Home,…
Read more...SCOTLAND’s first ever Dementia Friendly park is being launched yesterday (5th) in one of Stirling’s best used recreational areas by walking charity, Paths for All….
Read more...A new guide launches today, 7th June, to help care homes provide better support for the hundreds of thousands* of service men and women in…
Read more...NACC Care Chef of the Year 2018 winner, from left to right – Mark Taylor of Premier Foods; Sophie Murray, deputy chair, NACC; John Grover,…
Read more...Taking place from the 11th to the 17th June 2018, Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness for the UK’s 6.5m carers. It…
Read more...Care England, the largest representative body for independent care providers for adult social care has expressed disappointment that a number of councils have decided not to…
Read more...Hotelier and philanthropist Laurence Geller has pledged to champion the rights of people who are living with dementia after his appointment as an Alzheimer’s Society…
Read more...Adults with incurable diseases – including dementia, liver failure and stroke – are not receiving palliative care from hospices early enough during their illness because…
Read more...An Atherton care village has received the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) highest rating of ‘outstanding’ following an unannounced inspection. In a complimentary report after the…
Read more...Adult social care employers contribute £46.2 billion to the UK economy according to a new report published today. ‘The Economic Value of the Adult Social…
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Residents from a Sanctuary Care home in Ivybridge, Plymouth got their ‘skates on’ and enjoyed a special trip to a local ice-skating rink, many for…
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