Kent Care Home Makes Resident’s Dreams Come True With Furry Visitors
A Kent care home has made one of its residents’ dreams come true by welcoming friendly alpacas to the home as part of its ‘Together-We-Can’…
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Local Care Home Hosts Charity Brunch
Parley Place care home hosted a Professionals charity brunch to support and raise funds for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation. This hugely successful event provided delicious bacon…
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Parklands Changes Perceptions With Intergenerational Sports Day
Care home residents and school children in Alloa have taken part in a joint sports day at Meallmore Group’s Parklands home, as part of an…
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Local Carer Celebrates 25 Years Of Service With Chorleywood Beaumont Care Home
A House keeper and part of the domestic team at Chorleywood Beaumont Care Home in Chorleywood, has received a prestigious 25 Year Long Service Award…
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New £5.7m Specialist Nursing Home Opens To Sunderland Community
Exemplar Health Care has now opened a new £5.7m care home in Sunderland. The official opening follows a formal registration visit by the Care Quality…
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Kitchen Assistant Celebrates 25 Years Of Service With Local Nursing Home
Susan Okolie, a Kitchen Assistant at Magnolia Court care home in Golders Green, was thrilled to receive a special gift to acknowledge her unfailing commitment…
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‘Guerrilla’ Campaign Launched to Bust Myths About Care Homes
Not-for-profit care group Greensleeves Care has launched Keys To Open Minds – a campaign to de-bunk common myths about life in care homes. The guerrilla-style…
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91% of UK Healthcare Workers Are Missing Out on Maximising Vital Financial Support
New research from Sodexo Engage reveals that only 9% of UK healthcare workers report utilising their workplace benefits to their full potential. As the cost…
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St Helen’s Hall Care Home’s Jackie Smith Wins National Award
Jackie Smith from St Helens Hall Care Home has scooped ‘The Amazing Activities Co-ordinator Award’ in this year’s Stars of Social Care Awards and been…
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Seaside Sunshine For Barnsley Care Home Residents
CARE home residents in Barnsley have been making the most of the summer sunshine with a seaside walk down memory lane. Residents, staff, family members,…
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Social Care Leader Receives OBE in King’s Birthday Honours List
Social care leader Zoë Fry has been awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) medal for services rendered to social care and to nursing,…
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Yorkshire Nursing Home Plans To Expand To Meet Demand
Work to extend a popular Steeton Nursing Home has started, after planning approval was granted for the first phase of development, which will create dozens…
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Addressing Care Crisis: Care England’s Roundtable Underscores Need for Better Care Worker Support
Against a backdrop of a critical staffing crisis in the social care sector, Care England hosted a roundtable discussion titled, “The Value of Care Workers:…
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Mayor In Attendance As Local Care Home Celebrates 75 Years With Sponsored Walk
Rush Court, in Wallingford, is part of the Elizabeth Finn Homes group, which marks 75 years this summer since its inception in the late 1940’s….
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1.5 Million Older Unpaid Carer Admit To Feeling Under Strain
Research by Age UK has found that 1.3 million, 61% of older unpaid carers (age 65+) have felt unhappy or depressed[i]. The same research also…
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