Undeterred by major sporting events being cancelled or played behind closed doors due to the pandemic, care homes across the country are taking matters into their own hands.
Read more...Gracewell of Sutton Coldfield care home has opened its very own bar.
Named The Royal Oak, the bar was opened by a socially distanced soiree where residents who reside on the first floor, the Memory Care Neighbourhood
Read more...Reported £3bn funding boost targeted at NHS
The care of older and vulnerable adults through social care appears to have again been forgotten in a £3bn cash injection to fight a second wave of Covid-19, campaigners fear.
Read more...A national poetry and painting competition has been launched to help capture the thoughts and feelings of social care and support staff working in care homes and making home care visits during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read more...Staff deserve better recognition
Social care staff have been praised for their amazing and selfless contribution to the frontline fight against coronavirus.
Read more...Construction work has restarted at Forest View as Kibble plans to open two new residential care houses for children aged 5 – 12. The houses will provide a therapeutic living space for children with experience of trauma.
Read more...Containment strategies through an attendance and access system with zero contact and temperature measurement can be a key to avoiding easy spread of Covid-19 across the Care and Nursing Home Communities
Read more...Care home managers slam City Council “woeful” handling of COVID-19
New data from the Sheffield Care Association has revealed that a third of all care home beds in the city could face closure in a matter of weeks.
Read more...The government today (16 July 2020) announced a three-year £62million Community Discharge Fund to help local authorities discharge people with learning disabilities and/or autism from inpatient settings into more appropriate care in less restrictive settings or into the community.
Read more...Responding to the findings of an RCN survey showing an increase in nursing staff thinking of leaving the profession, Danny Mortimer, chief executive of NHS Employers, which is part of the NHS Confederation, said:
Read more...Prime Minister Boris Johnson has committed for the first time to an independent inquiry into the handling of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK.
Read more...“I swapped my pots and pans for PPE and haven’t looked back!”
David Lewis, 49, decided to leave his previous role Managing a portfolio of 12 high-end restaurants in Bristol, to become a Community Carer with
Read more...A resident at Linden House care home in Epsom celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by her Linden House friends, a relative and staff at the Surrey-based home.
Read more...More than £15,000 has been raised for Royal Star & Garter through the 2.6 Challenge.
The challenge was a nationwide initiative aimed at helping charities feeling the financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of cancelled
Read more...Colleagues at The Old Vicarage care home in Leigh, Dorset have all received a special gesture of thanks from the residents who live at the home.
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