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Residents and staff at a family owned care home provider have raised £32,000 for good causes in the past year. The amount means Colten Care

A new online tool has been published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) to make it easier to understand safeguarding statistics at

BRAMLEY apple week is being celebrated at Middlesbrough care home The Gables.   Resident and keen gardener Harry Hutchinson, 88, planted a bramley apple tree

Residents and staff at Arthur’s Court care home in Somerset are celebrating after the service was received one of the highest ratings in a nationwide

The total number of council-based adult social services staff2 has decreased by 25 per cent over the last five years, according to new figures published

A new report by the International Longevity Centre – UK (ILC-UK) argues that our ageing society offers significant social and economic opportunities but only if

The National Care Forum (NCF) has announced the appointment of Vic Rayner as Executive Director to succeed Des Kelly OBE who leaves at the beginning

A NEW Forest care home had a flipping good time by celebrating Pancake Day with a race in its grounds. Three residents at Colten Care’s

The Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA) has called for an emergency cash injection by the government into social care so that local authorities can purchase more care

A US study of over 1,000 healthy people has linked markers of poorer physical fitness in midlife with a smaller brain volume almost two decades

Budding yoga enthusiasts and newcomers alike are invited to limber up for a national event launched by Alzheimer’s Research UK to raise money for vital

New research by the Malnutrition Task Force reveals that only half (51 per cent) of health professionals thought malnutrition was a priority in their organisations. Only 47 per

Charity Citizens Advice has called for a minimum period of notice on changes/increases in care home fees after a report found residents are being hit

A gentle giant bid a fond farewell to residents at a Sanctuary Care home in Worcester recently, with a final goodbye before his retirement. Pets