Lost Loved Ones Celebrated At Colten Care Homes
Families and friends have gathered at care homes across the South to share memories of loved ones they have lost in the past year. All…
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Luxury Care Home in Birstall Funded by Clydesdale & Yorkshire Banks
A brand-new, purpose-built care home has been developed in Birstall on the Northern outskirts of Leicester after receiving a multi-million pound funding package from Clydesdale…
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Public Health Doctors Condemn Cuts
Public health doctors have overwhelmingly condemned severe funding cuts to public health services. Doctors at the BMA public health doctors conference in London agreed that…
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TOWIE’s Georgia Kousoulou Helps Launch Independent Age Fundraising Challenge
Georgia Kousoulou from The Only Way Is Essex helped launch the brand new charity fundraising challenge for Independent Age, the older people’s charity, on Saturday…
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Compass Group UK & Ireland’s Healthcare Team Raise Over £150,000 For Alzheimer’s Society
Compass Group UK & Ireland’s Healthcare team, part of the largest food and support services firm in the UK, has marked Dementia Awareness Week by…
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Private Payers Sustain Care Home Market-But May Not Avert Capacity Crisis
The value of UK care home market for older people reached £15.7 billion in 2016 (about 1% of GDP). The market continues to grow, at…
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Paisley Care Home Hosts ‘Braemount’s Got Talent’
A Paisley care home hit all the right notes when it invited members of the local community along for its inaugural ‘Braemount’s Got Talent’. Bupa’s…
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Widnes Care Home Hosts Dementia Awareness Week Event
A WIDNES care home is helping to raise awareness of dementia as part of a national week-long initiative. Dementia Awareness Week runs from Sunday to…
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Boyzlife Make Care Home Resident’s Dream Come True
A care home resident had her dreams come true when Boyzlife stars stopped off to visit her while in Glasgow. Alice Sergeant, a resident at…
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Dementia Deaths Set to Quadruple by 2040
Alzheimer’s Research UK has highlighted the need for more investment in dementia research, following a study which revealed that the number of people dying from…
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Awards Galore for Healthwatch Essex Ambassadors and Trustees
Healthwatch Essex – the independent charity that listens to and represents the voice of users of health and social care in Essex – has been…
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Dementia Survey Asks How Ready We Are To Care
Caring for people with dementia is mainly done by family members, yet how many feel obliged, rather than willing, to do so? This is the…
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‘Oldest Old’ Abandoned By Care System As 800,000 Struggle With Essential Tasks
Age UK is calling on political parties to put social care at the heart of their election manifestos as it reveals that a third of…
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Teesside Elderly Enjoy Trip To Cinema During Dementia Awareness Week
A DEMENTIA friendly screening of classic 1956 musical The King and I was shown in Middlesbrough as part of national Dementia Awareness Week. The rare…
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JMW: Lasting Power Of Attorney Cases Multiply As Dementia Diagnoses Rise
The number of people appointing a Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) to handle their affairs in the event of them losing mental capacity has risen…
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