Care Home Video Conversations Soar 478% as Charity Tackles Loneliness
A UK charity connecting care home residents with volunteers has recorded a 478% year-on-year increase in the amount of time spent on video calls, as…
Read more...A UK charity connecting care home residents with volunteers has recorded a 478% year-on-year increase in the amount of time spent on video calls, as…
Read more...The summer may start with Gloucestershire’s notorious bone-breaking Cheese Rolling on Cooper’s Hill – but at least one Cotswold cheese rolling tradition now ends rather more safely, with a 90-year-old care home resident taking the title.
Read more...90-year-old Nottingham Panthers superfan returns to the ice after six years to relive special memories shared with her children and grandchildren.
Read more...A Derbyshire care home is celebrating after being crowned a winner in a gardening competition involving services across Salutem Care and Education.
Read more...Milewood teams in Whitby stepped up to raise funds and awareness for a suicide prevention project.
Read more...The National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) has launched the National Day of Arts in Care Homes 2026 and is inviting care providers across the UK to take part on Thursday 24th September.
Read more...A group of residents and team members from Brendoncare Otterbourne Hill care home have their daredevil colleagues to thank for their visit to the Isle of Wight.
Read more...You better beer-lieve that residents at Boroughbridge Manor care home in Boroughbridge, were more than hoppy to raise a glass, and sample some top craft ales, bitters and lagers, in celebration of National Beer Lovers’ Day.
Read more...Residents at a Rotherham care home are staying active, rediscovering lifelong hobbies, and building new friendships via an inclusive gardening club that has already produced potato, lettuce, and beetroot harvests.
Read more...Staff at a care home in Leicester have helped to make a resident’s dream come true.
Read more...A resident at Oadby Manor in Leicester, has swapped the care home for the counter of a local newsagent after staff helped her fulfil her…
Read more...Residents, relatives, members of the local community and the care team came together at Three Bridges Care Home for ‘Cliff Fest’, a special summer celebration inspired by Cliff, a much-loved member of the Three Bridges community who sadly passed away earlier this year.
Read more...Care home occupancy across England has continued a gradual climb through the summer, according to the latest quarterly adult social care provider statistics published by…
Read more...Stratton Court retirement village and care home in Cirencester, is bringing back its wonderfully whacky Gloucestershire cheese-rolling event for a second year, and this time…
Read more...Residents from Hugh Myddelton House care home in Southgate enjoyed a special day out at Myddelton House Gardens in Enfield, making the most of the beautiful weather and exploring the gardens’ rich history.
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