R&RA Launches Campaign Calling For End To Isolation Of Older People In Care
The Relatives & Residents Association (R&RA) has launched a campaign calling to #EndIsolationInCare. The charity believes the continued isolation
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Sir Cliff Richard Puts Smiles On Hundreds Of Residents Faces
The Postcards of Kindness scheme has been successfully implemented across the Excelcare group and delighted the residents who have taken part.
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Residents At Wigston Care Home Amazed With Pamper Session
Residents at HC One’s Magna care home have been enjoyed a weekly pampering session thanks to the home’s wellbeing coordinator. Every Thursday, the Wigston home’s…
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Fixing Social Care: The Fundamental Choices
As the Government prepares to unveil its long-awaited plan for social care, a new report by the Centre for Policy Studies weighs up the three leading options
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Two Newcastle Care Home Colleagues run 24 Miles in 24 Hours to Raise Money for Residents Fund
Two Colleagues from HC-One’s Kirkwood Court care home in Newcastle have ran a mile every hour for a day to raise money for the homes Residents fund.
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Care Home Puts Art And Soul Into Recreating Fringe For Residents
FUN-loving pensioners who were missing out after the world’s biggest arts festival was cancelled have been treated to a bespoke day of events instead.
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More than half a billion pounds to help people return home from hospital
£588 million will provide up to 6 weeks of funded care and support for people being discharged from hospital
Funding could pay for additional support including domiciliary care, community nursing services or care home costs
Charities Call For Social Care Bosses To Drive Uptake Of The Flu Vaccine
Leading respiratory charities have written to social care bosses in England urging them to pull out all the stops to drive staff uptake of the flu vaccine to avoid a potential deadly
Read more...NHS Leaders’ Plea To Prime Minister – ‘Honour Your Promise On Social Care’
The NHS will not have any hope of clearing the backlog of routine operations unless there is a comprehensive and funded plan to support social care services through the winter months.
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Bloxwich Care Home Turns Into Tavern For Special Evening
Who needs to go to the pub when you can bring the pub to you?
Residents at HC-Ones Ash Grange care home in the West Midlands enjoyed an early evening get together in their communal lounge which had been transformed into a pub.
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Burnley Care Home Is Contender For National HC-One Gardening Competition
Residents at Lancashire based Dove Court Residential and Nursing Home had a lovely time potting plants in hanging baskets and pots in preparation for the HC-One’s gardening competition held on Friday 18th September 2020.
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LGA Responds To Carers UK Report On Need For More Support For Carers
Responding to a Carers UK report on how two in three employers say more support from care services are needed to keep staff in work and the need for greater investment
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Significant Decrease In Dementia Diagnosis Rate
Figures suggest a decrease in the number of people being officially diagnosed with dementia, between February and June 2020, due to the coronavirus lockdown.
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New Research Reveals The Barriers And Benefits To Technology Use Experienced By Social Care Providers During Covid-19
New research has been published revealing the latest data and information on how social care providers have been using technology during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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London Pulse Netball Club Teams Up With Anchor Hanover To Provide Netball Coaching Sessions For Care Home Residents
London’s Only Vitality Netball Superleague Team, has teamed up with Anchor Hanover, England’s largest not-for-profit provider of care and housing for older people to provide netball coaching sessions for care home residents.
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