Christmas Cards Bring Joy To All Ages In Nottingham
After a difficult year, the teams at New Care’s Ruddington Manor Care Centre and The Grand Care Centre, located in Wilford and West Bridgford respectively, decided to bring joy
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More Regions To Move To Tier 3 But Is It Enough To Protect The NHS
In his statement to the House of Commons today (Monday 14 December), the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced that Greater London and parts of both Essex
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Care Home Manager Among First To Receive Covid-19 Vaccine In Notts
A NOTTINGHAMSHIRE care group has seen one of its care home managers become one of the first recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine in the region with a roll-out to the rest of its team now underway.
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Care Home Residents To Get Vaccinations This Week
A designated care home in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board will be the first in Wales to receive the vaccine, with teams in additional Health Boards taking the vaccine to care homes later this week.
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Maritime Care Home Thanks Supporters After Difficult Year
Maritime charity, The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, and its care home Belvedere House is thanking its supporters for all their assistance over the last 12 months against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Care Home Covid-19 Vaccination Programme Begins In Scotland
A 90-year-old woman in South Lanarkshire has become the first care home resident to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.
Former carer Annie Innes was vaccinated at Abercorn House in Hamilton.
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Sunrise Senior Living UK And Gracewell Healthcare Scoop Two Major Awards
Sunrise Senior Living UK and Gracewell Healthcare have won two awards at this year’s BOC International Brilliance Awards. The care provider was named as the winner of the
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Veterans At Sunrise Of Winchester Receive ‘Forget You Not’ Gift Boxes
Sunrise of Winchester hosted a presentation on 3rd December to give ex-servicemen and women living at the care home The Not Forgotten’s ‘Forget You Not’ gift boxes.
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Independent Age: ‘Damning’ Figures Show Need For Social Care Reform
Campaigners are renewing calls for urgent government reform to adult social care after NHS figures revealed that almost a quarter of older people seeking help in England were denied it.
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Octogenarian Models Recreate Iconic Portraits For Fundraiser
Dementia care specialist Belong Crewe has released a special 2021 calendar to raise funds for a telescope for the village. Featuring its residents as life models, the project has recreated some of the world’s most iconic portraits for the calendar which can now be enjoyed by the local community.
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Age UK Warns Progress In Resuming Care Home Visiting Is Stalling
Age UK warns progress in resuming care home visiting is stalling and calls on everyone to pull together to make it happen
Charity publishes new report revealing just how devastating the suspension of visiting has been for many older people and families
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Older People’s Food Needs Investment, Local People And Campaigners Say
As local authorities decide their budgets ahead of spring 2021, local people, campaigners, and academics have written to councillors to urge them to invest in underfunded vital food services for older people.
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Ex-MI5 Secretary Sylvia Celebrates Her 100th With International Reach
A Dorset resident who played her part in Second World War military intelligence has celebrated her 100th birthday at a Blandford care home.
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Friends Of The Elderly “Give The Gift Of Joy And Warmth” This Christmas
Friends of the Elderly, the charity which runs care homes and services for older people throughout England, has launched its 2020 Christmas Appeal in its continuing work putting the care
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Care UK Urges Caution For Care Home Christmas Donation Scam
Care UK directors are urging care home managers from other providers to be vigilant after a quick thinking colleague at one of Care UK’s Surrey care homes potentially thwarted a criminal trying to access the home’s bank account
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