Golf Trip For Two Residents At Burnley Home As Part Of Seize The Day Initiative
A Burnley home arranged for two residents to channel their inner Rory McIlroy and play some golf. Stephen Bird and Geoff Bowell are residents at…
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Local Care Home Embraces Flower Power
Residents at Hugh Myddelton House in Southgate celebrated Chelsea Flower Show which took place from 23 to 27 May 2023 – as well as watching…
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Care Home Bids Fond Farewell To Ducklings As They Fly The Nest
A Surrey care home has waved goodbye to three of its latest residents who have flown the nest having enjoyed a brief spell of specialist…
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Resident Flies to South Africa at 99!
Anne Fitzmaurice, a resident at Cotswold Home, Burford, since February 2021 has moved to South Africa to be with her son and family. At the…
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Rivermede Court Residents Raise Awareness of Dementia with Wonderful Art Installation
Residents at Rivermede Court care home in Egham, all at different stages of their dementia journey, have created an inspiring and insightful art installation to…
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Pet Therapy Brings Paw-Sitive Benefits To Edinburgh Care Home
Four-legged friends provide companionship to elderly residents AN Edinburgh home specialising in dementia care has launched a pet therapy programme to combat loneliness and improve…
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Open Day Hailed A Great Success and Lots Of Visitors At Jubilee House
An open day to celebrate the transformation of a Whitby nursing home has been hailed as a great success. Jubilee House threw open its doors…
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Miracle’ Song by Absolute Novices on its Way to a Recording Studio
For Carers Manchester, doing something different for this year’s Carers Week celebrations (5th – 11th June 2023) was a must. And unwaged Carers from across…
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Lower Intake of Flavours Linked to Age-Related Memory Loss, Suggests New Study
People who consume fewer plant-based chemical substances, called flavanols, as part of their diet may be more likely to experience age-related memory decline, suggests a…
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More Geriatricians Needed to Meet the Needs of the UK’s Ageing Population
The British Geriatrics Society today launches a new report, The case for more geriatricians: Strengthening the workforce to care for an ageing population. Geriatricians are…
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Global Health Leaders Call for Greater Investment into Healthy Ageing
A Coalition bringing together 15 organisations and 12 individuals, including the European Public Health Association, the International Pharmaceutical Federation, and Professor Sir Michael Marmot, University…
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Adopt a Grandparent Soars to New Heights with Help from Barclays Digital Eagles
As independent charity, Adopt a Grandparent approaches the 100,000 volunteers milestone, Barclays Digital Eagles is supporting the scheme by providing digital training to care home…
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Eurovision Fever Takes Over Halstead Care Home
Eurovision fever took over a Halstead care home this weekend. Residents at Care UK’s Colne View, on Dame Mary Walk, spent the week preparing for…
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New Research Aims to Revolutionise Care for Older People
New research on social care and older people resulted in a toolkit designed by The Open University aimed at transforming the well-being of older people…
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Gosport MP pushes for Older Person’s Commissioner
Dame Caroline Dinenage has once again asked for better rights for children to see their grandparents following parental separation in Questions to the Justice Secretary –…
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