Rhona, 86, on ‘Last Lap’ of Memoirs with Support from Hastings Care Staff
A former teacher is close to completing her memoirs despite being registered blind, thanks to special technology and staff at a Hastings care home. Rhona
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Longest Serving Mothers’ Union Member Audrey Awarded
CHRISTIAN charity Mothers’ Union has recognised a Barnsley care home resident for more than six decades of membership. Deangate Care Home resident Audrey Kirk is
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Care Group Backs Call for Greater Dignity as People Get Older
A social care providers’ group has called on the country to give people the dignity they deserve as they get older. To coincide with Dignity
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Suffolk Care Home Achieves Outstanding Rating
A canine relations manager, a pub and a twilight club for residents who can’t sleep are just some of the ingredients that have led to
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Heritage Researchers Praise Maxims Makeover
Postgraduate researchers from the University of Birmingham have hailed a major Staffordshire heritage project as a shining example of the reuse of a historical site,
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Brain Stimulation Shows Promise For Alzheimer’s Disease In Early Trial
Scientists in the US have found that electrically stimulating regions of the brain in three people with Alzheimer’s disease was safe and appeared to show
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Chickens Dill And Rosemary At Bakewell Care Home
A DISABLED chicken named Dill and her sister Rosemary paid a visit to residents at a Bakewell care home. The pair belong to Wendy Watkins,
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Brexit Is Set To Make Recruitment More Difficult Says The Mental Health Network
One in 10 posts in specialist mental health services are vacant and Brexit is set to make recruitment more difficult, according to the Mental Health
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Surrey Choices Celebrates Supported Employment With Awards
Social care provider Surrey Choices held a celebratory awards event for businesses and its customers involved in its EmployAbility service this week. The ‘Making a Difference Awards’
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Elderly Share Fond Memories For Storytelling Week
A MONK, an army truck and a cruise were among the plotlines to elderly care home residents’ lives – shared for National Storytelling Week. The
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Disrupted Rest And Activity Patterns Could Be An Early Indicator Of Alzheimer’s
Scientists from the US have found a link between certain biological fingerprints thought to indicate early stages of Alzheimer’s and sleep disturbances. Their findings are
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Care Home Twitchers Take Part In Big Garden Birdwatch
ELDERLY Chester-le-Street twitchers have been monitoring their garden for flying visitors as part of the world’s biggest wildlife survey. Residents at Pelton Grange Care Home
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Guidance Launched For Nurses Considering Care Home Work
The Queens Nursing Institute (QNI) has launched a new educational resource for nurses who work or are considering working in the care home environment. The
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CQC Consults On Plans To Evolve Regulation Of Independent Healthcare Services In England
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is inviting people to give their views on plans to evolve its approach to regulating independent healthcare services in England
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NCF Welcomes The Health Committee’s Second Report Of Session 2017-19
The Health Committee calls on Health Education England to “Expand the Nursing Workforce at scale and pace”. The report recognises the challenges of there not
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