Care Home Resident Celebrates 104th Birthday
A resident at a care home Machynlleth has celebrated her 104th birthday surrounded by family and care home staff. Morfydd Bowyer, who was born on…
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Film Starring Role for Hampton Care Home
Hampton Care Home was recently chosen as a setting for the film Wake, which premiered in London recently. The gritty ten-minute ‘short’ marks the writing…
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“Been A Very Rewarding Journey”, Says Staff Member At Stafford Home Who Celebrates 25 Years’ Service
A staff member at a Stafford home who has been working there for 25 years says it’s “been a very rewarding journey”. Suzie Pritchard started…
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Support For Unpaid Carers Tumbles As They Bear The Brunt Of Social Care Crisis Ignored By Budget
New NHS England data shows support has tumbled for unpaid carers as they continue to prop up a social care system that was largely ignored…
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New Wichelstowe Care Home Celebrates Halloween in Style with Public Pumpkin Carving Contest
Willowbrook View, a new luxury care home in Wichelstowe which will open its doors in January 2025, made a big splash in the community this…
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Urray House Celebrates 10 Years at the Heart of the Community
Urray House Care Home in Muir of Ord marked its 10th anniversary with a lively celebration attended by residents, families, and members of the local…
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It’s Chills and Thrills Galore as Green Park Nursing Home Gets into the Halloween Spirit!
The people who live at Green Park Nursing Home in Warrington have been unleashing their inner child this week, as they not only celebrate Halloween…
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Burnley Care Home Residents Sing with Volunteers to Help Stroke Survivors ‘Find Their Voice Again’ in Support of World Stroke Day
Colleagues and residents at HC-One’s Dove Court care home, in Burnley, Lancashire, joined up with friends from BT companions to support national campaign Sing4Stroke with…
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Knitting Veteran Joan Appeals for Help to Continue Her Craft of Comfort for Families in Need
Brunelcare tenant and lifelong knitter Joan is appealing for help from the local community and beyond so she can continue her incredible work creating knitted…
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Britain’s Oldest Nurse Daisy, 84, Among The Gold Winners at Wales’s Social Care Oscars
Britain’s oldest nurse Daisy Richards was among the stars of the social care Oscars in Wales. Daisy, 84, who qualified in 1958 and is still…
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Care Sector Hit by Double-Whammy Rising Costs Could Force Providers Out
Measures announced in yesterday’s Autumn Statement will make it harder to provide care to older, vulnerable and disabled adults, campaigners warned today. The care provider…
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Chancellor To Increase Social Care Spending
A “significant real terms funding increase” for local government next year has been promised by chancellor Rachel Reeves in today’s Budget (30 October). This will…
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Newest Cheltenham Care Home Welcomes Mayor to Grand Opening
Brand-new residential care home, Crofton Springs in Cheltenham, welcomed the Mayor of Cheltenham Councillor Paul Baker to its Grand Opening earlier this month. Guests enjoyed…
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Somerset Care Homes Unite to Support Fair Frome Food Bank
Two Somerset care homes, Frome Nursing Home and Catherine House Care Home, have once again come together to support the Fair Frome Food Bank. The…
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RCN Warns Of Collapsing Nursing Workforce “Putting NHS At Risk”
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is warning that entire regions in England are being left behind by a failing nurse education system as our…
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