Patrick O’Hanlon, a 62-year-old resident living at MHA Greenways care home in Bognor Regis, recently enjoyed a trip inside a fire engine for the first time since he served as a firefighter 30 years ago.
Read more...The #BetterPay4SocialCare Action Week will be taking place from Monday 6th to Friday 10th September. To help raise awareness of care worker pay, 28 social care organisations across the country
Read more...Care home residents have enjoyed a hands-on look at Dorset’s most eye-catching taxi, helping disadvantaged children in the process.
Read more...Woodlands House made resident Sheila Longford’s 100th birthday a very fashionable occasion.
To celebrate, residents and staff members showcased fashions from the past 100 years, from 1920s glamour to 1960s flower power
Read more...A very special day in the calendar, hundreds of care homes and organisations will be celebrating older people on Sunday 3rd October
Read more...A total of 5,700 care home managers and care leaders have issued an appeal to the government for support to confront the November 11 mandatory vaccination law which is expected to cause
Read more...Researchers in South Korea have suggested that patients with Alzheimer’s disease taking a class of drugs known as gliptins have lower levels of the hallmark Alzheimer’s protein, amyloid
Read more...Residents at Parkfield House Nursing Home are celebrating after being awarded a funding pot of £10,000 by the National Lottery Heritage Fund for its “A Portrait of Parkfield” project.
Read more...Staff at The Gables Care Home went above and beyond to grant the wish of our resident June, who has always wanted to visit Iceland.
Read more...Dementia was the greatest cause of death for women in 2020 according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS).
The study revealed that 45,922 women in England and Wales died from dementia, surpassing the number that died fromCovid.
Read more...Despite very challenging times, Barchester’s Charitable Foundation is pleased to announce that over the last year it was able to gift £166,000 in grants to provide vital help to 65 small groups
Read more...Paris Smith solicitors, in conjunction with The Carer The coronavirus pandemic has affected the care sector in a profound and unique way. In an industry…
Read more...One resident at Sunrise of Hale Barns care home has recently received the green light for the publication of their book.
Read more...It’s World Friendship Day on 30 July and this year Theresa McNally, Creative Practice Manager at national dementia care specialist Vida Healthcare, shares her tips on how to communicate
Read more...Care providers fear they may soon not have enough staff to care for the country’s oldest and most vulnerable as a recruitment crisis depends. Provider…
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