Record-Breaking Total For ITV’s Text Santa
Last Friday (19 December), ITV’s Text Santa raised the highest total ever at £5,503,065, as millions of viewers tuned in to an evening of entertainment….
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Squeeze On Social Care Intensifies Pressure On NHS: Emergency Admissions At Record High
NHS England have released their weekly ‘winter health check’, the last of 2014, further revealing the pressure that the NHS is currently under. Emergency admissions in the…
Read more...Andover Panto Group To Tread The Boards For Alzheimer’s Research UK
A Hampshire theatre company will start 2015 by boosting funds for Alzheimer’s Research UK. The Unity Christian Theatre debuts its latest production, Once Upon A…
Read more...Akari Care Home In Newcastle Launched Complete Refurbishment With Open Day And VIP Guest
Residents at Park House care home, which is based in Fawdon, Newcastle, and is part of Akari Care, welcomed a special VIP guest to officially…
Read more...Report Suggests Healthy Lifestyle Could Prevent 80,000 Dementia Cases A Year
A new report suggests that encouraging people to adopt a healthy lifestyle may prevent around 80,000 cases of dementia in the UK each year. The…
Read more...A Choir In Every Care Home – Invitation To Tender
The Baring Foundation is making available up to £60,000 for a project to increase the participation of choirs in care homes for older people. Ideally this would…
Read more...Life-Long Fulham Fan Attends His First Match, With A Little Help From A Bield Manager
Life-long Fulham fan Ronald Hudson, 89, has fulfilled a lifetime’s ambition to watch his beloved team play in person for the first time. When Ian…
Read more...Ipswich Care Home Residents ‘Sign Up’ For School
The pupils from St Margaret’s Church of England Primary School visited Thornbank care home in Ipswich to celebrate Christmas with the care home residents with…
Read more...Care Home Group Launches New Whistleblowing Policy
A care home group has launched a new and updated whistleblowing policy as part of its “zero tolerance” approach to abuse and neglect. James Wood,…
Read more...Billingham Care Home Spreads Some Festive Joy
Allington House care home is spreading some Christmas joy with its festive fundraisers. Members of staff had a ‘Christmas jumper day’ and wore their jolly…
Read more...Brains Age Differently-Leading To Gradual Loss Of “Mental Abilities”
Researchers at the Medical Research Council’s Cognition and Brain Sciences Unitopens in new window have discovered that specific mental abilities – such as problem-solving or…
Read more...Hartford Care Raises Over £30,000 For The Silver Line
Care Provider, Hartford Care announces that it has raised over £30,000 for The Silver Line. The Silver Line helpline was founded by Esther Rantzen CBE…
Read more...Don’t Let Care Home Residents Slip Through The Dementia Net – Alistair Burns
Alistair Burns, NHS England’s National Clinical Director, has teamed up with two Dementia Ambassadors, Dan Harwood and Paul Twomey, to give their views on improving…
Read more...Thinking Skills Decline At Different Rates As We Age
Research conducted in the UK reveals that certain pathways in the brain age at different rates, leading to differences in our ability to carry out…
Read more...Festive Fun At Redworth House Care Home
Residents and members of staff at Redworth House in Shildon put on their best Christmas fancy dress and enjoyed a festive fayre at the home….
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