Adept Care Homes’ ‘Carer for a Day’ Initiative Redefines Resident Experience
Adept Care Homes has broken new ground with a transformative project, ‘Carer for a Day,’ designed to enrich resident care by immersing directors and support…
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Combined Service Of More Than 40 Years For Staff At Rugeley Home
Four staff members from a Rugeley home were acknowledged for their services which combined made a total of 45 years. Nina Varndell (20 years), Maureen…
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A Campaign Calls For Recognition And Support For Young Carers In North And Mid-Wales
A campaign is underway calling for recognition of young carers in North and mid Wales . Credu has appealed for businesses, schools, colleges, universities, and…
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Dorset House Resident’s Flying Start To His 80th Birthday Year Sitting In The Cockpit Of A Plane
A retired pilot who lives at a Dorset care home had his birthday wish come true when he sat in the captain’s seat of an…
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Hallmark Luxury Care Homes Opens New £23m Bath Home
A £23m, Hallmark Luxury Care Home which features a cinema, café, hair salon and it’s very own, gym supported by an in-house physiotherapist has officially…
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Annual Leave Report Uncovers Employees In The Health & Social Care Sector Are Taking 4% Less Annual Leave
A new report reveals that employees in the health and social care sector are not using their full annual leave entitlement, which means that they could…
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Blueleaf Care’s Employees Choose Macmillan Cancer Support
Care supplier Blueleaf Care has chosen Macmillan Cancer Support as its 2024 Charity of the Year, with fund-raising support that will include a cycle ride from Paris to London later in the year. Significant emphasis is…
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Support Choice-Based Safety Monitoring in Dementia Care Homes Prime Minister Urged
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable (CCFTV) is a national, a not-for-profit safety in elderly care organisation has written an open Letter to Prime Minister Rishi…
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Anchor Welcomes Julia Mixter As Executive Director – Business Services
Julia Mixter has been appointed to the role of Executive Director – Business Services at Anchor, England’s largest not-for-profit provider of older people’s housing and…
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Care Home In Ipswich Launches Free Lunch Club For Over 65s In The Local Community
Avocet Court Care Home in Ipswich is launching the launch of their latest venture aimed at building new links with neighbours and the local community…
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Blue Light Card Helps Members Save £6.7million With Free Ticket Initiative
Members of the Blue Light community, including those in the adult social and residential nursing care sector saved £6.7million on tickets for festivals, gigs, attractions…
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Providers Back UNISON Call For National Care Service
Social Care providers today put their weight behind a trade union call for the creation of a new National Care Service for England. UNISON is…
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Government Urged to Abolish ‘Unfair Dementia Tax’
An open letter calling for VAT to be removed dementia care was handed in to 10 Downing Street on by campaigners. The Filo Project, an…
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Government Issues Changes to Legal Migration Rules for Family and Work Visas
The government has issued a confirmation of visa ban for care worker dependants. On 4 December 2023 the Home Secretary, James Cleverly, announced future changes…
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New General Manager At Friends Of The Elderly Malvern
Friends of the Elderly’s Malvern-based Davenham, Perrins House and Bradbury Court, have welcomed a new General Manager, Jo Bennett. Jo joined Friends of the Elderly…
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