Maritime charity, The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, is bidding farewell to two of its longest-serving staff members who are retiring after collectively serving 95 years
Read more...Brenda Dawson has worked for charity care provider Ambient Support and its predecessors for 40 years as a care worker, a milestone celebrated with a surprise presentation
Read more...An Autumn Survey of over 100 councils by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) provides some of the first hard evidence of the devastating effects of the COVID-19 emergency on society.
Read more...A FATHER and son living over 4,000 miles apart have reunited for the first time in months thanks to one of the new Visiting Lounges at Encore Care Homes.
Read more...Every month at HC-One’s Westwood Lodge care home, in Manchester, Colleagues and Residents visit a different country (virtually of course).
Read more...The government’s proposals to ban the movement of social care workers between care homes will be difficult to implement in practice, according to Care England.
Read more...Need for support now and long-term reform
Care providers today called on the Government to remember to prioritise social care at this week’s spending review as the sector battles Covid-19 on the frontline.
Read more...New Age UK research estimates that one in seven older people who received social care prior to the pandemic have had their support reduced
Read more...A woman whose father was a resident in a care and died with Covid in April this year has won the first stage of a legal challenge over measures taken to protect those living in care homes from the pandemic.
Read more...The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published the results of CQC’s coronavirus (COVID-19) inpatient survey.
The report: ‘How care homes managed infection prevention
Read more...Residents at two Edinburgh care homes joined hundreds of people across the UK in a virtual singalong to celebrate the life of the late Dame Vera Lynn.
Read more...The UK care home sector has adapted immensely well to the challenges posed by COVID-19, resulting in a resilient trading performance, despite the continued challenges around staffing
Read more...Home care providers fear going out of business
Care providers who look after some of the country’s oldest and most vulnerable people urgently need Government support to survive as they wilt under the pressure of Covid-19.
Read more...A survey conducted by the National Care Forum (NCF) has revealed that just 24% of care providers are receiving COVID test results within 48 hours.
Read more...Residents and staff at Old Milton Road, a supported housing service for people with learning disabilities in New Milton, have been on a penguin-themed waddle in aid of Children in Need.
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