The Boro’s Teen Volunteers Visit Teesside Care Homes
TEENAGERS from Middlesbrough Football Club’s National Citizenship Service (NCS) are spending the new few weeks volunteering at care homes across Teesside. The volunteers, all aged
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Poor Integration Affecting Care For Older People-CQC Review
Poor integration in local services is resulting in older people losing out on personalised, effective and responsive care, across according to the Care Quality Commission
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Families Urged To Join Alzheimer’s Society Memory Walks As 43% Say They Don’t Spend Enough Time Together
Alzheimer’s Society is urging families across the country to spend time together to tackle the biggest health issue of our time. By joining your local
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Take The Pledge, Says Care Group
Springhill Care Group is calling on care professionals and providers to join the Caring Heroes pledge and encourage awareness of the great unseen work being
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Charity Revitalise Receives World First
World’s first accessible German beach chair donated to disabled people’s charity by Lower Saxony with the German National Tourist Office The world’s first and only
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New Framework Offers Care Commissioners Easy Access To Tech-Enabled Care Products And Services
A new way for care professionals to purchase telecare and telehealth products and services has been launched by ESPO, the UK’s leading professional buying organisation
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Cornerstone Of NHS Reforms Faces Uncertain Future
Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) have secured better engagement from GPs than previous forms of commissioning but still face numerous barriers to putting power in doctors’
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Life Really Does Begin At 60 – But Financial Responsibilities Could Derail The Dream Retirement
29% of retired over 60s say they have more disposable income than they thought However, a quarter of retired over 60s are still helping children
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Carers UK Responds To Adass Budget Survey
Carers UK warns that without urgent and significant investment in social care, the consequences for families, the NHS and the viability of care providers are
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Council Tax Precept Fails To Close Adult Social Care Funding Gap
Charging residents extra council tax to pay for social care has failed to raise enough money to cover the cost of the new National Living
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Widnes Vikings And Community Integrated Care Host Dementia Support Group
Super League rugby team, Widnes Vikings, and social care charity, Community Integrated Care, held their second Chemics Café on 6th July, with a packed session
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Care Homes Tackle Loneliness In Stockton
NATIONAL Cheer Up the Lonely Day was celebrated by Stockton care home residents – who invited the community to join them for a tea party.
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Health And Care Integration Toolkit To Launch
A tool kit of resources to help local health and care leaders move further and faster on achieving their vision of integration will today be
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ADASS Responds To Carers Trust Report
Responding to the Carers Trust report, “Care Act for Carers: One Year On”, ADASS (Association of Directors of Adult Social Services) President Harold Bodmer said:
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Parkrunner Completes Running Down Dementia’s 100km In 10 Days
A parkrunner from Sittingbourne has completed Alzheimer’s Research UK’s new challenge Running Down Dementia in just 10 days. Launched with parkrun, which offers free timed
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