Singing Sessions Help Sheffield Residents With Dementia
SINGING and dancing therapy sessions have been taking place at a Sheffield care home to help residents living with dementia. The monthly activities are run…
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People Growing Older With Learning Disabilities Should Get Regular Health Checks, Says NICE
NICE says people growing older with learning disabilities need to have annual health checks to help them manage conditions that can quickly affect them as…
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20,000 Young People Become Dementia Friends
The Scout Association and Alzheimer’s Society unite to empower young people to help those living with dementia A staggering 20,000 Scouts have become Dementia Friends,…
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Teens Visit Elderly For Millers Community Project
MUSIC, games and henna tattoos took place at a Rotherham care home as part of a visit from teen volunteers. Eight teenagers from Rotherham United…
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Improving The Lives Of Care Home Residents With Intergenerational Learning
A new intergenerational scheme has been unveiled this month, in a bid to improve the emotional and physical wellbeing of care home residents and youngsters,…
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Leicester Tigers Drop In At Beaumont Hall’s Family Fun Day!
Residents at luxury care home Beaumont Hall were thrilled with a visit from Leicester Tiger’s Mascot last week at their Easter Family Fun Day. Welford took…
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Sleep Deprivation Link To Alzheimer’s Protein
Researchers in the US have found a link between a single night of sleep deprivation and increased levels of amyloid protein in brain regions implicated…
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Coventry’s Most Mature Lady Celebrates 109th Birthday
There was much to celebrate as the eldest recorded person in Coventry, marked her 109th birthday this week at her Sanctuary Care home. Surrounded by…
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Advinia Health Care Acquires 22 Bupa Care Homes Across The UK
Care home provider Advinia Health Care announced today the names of the 22 Bupa care homes it has acquired, as part of a deal with…
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Brighton Care Home Worker Takes On Daring Zip Wire Challenge For Veterans’ Charity
Patcham care home in Brighton is supporting its activities co-ordinator, Paula Grout, who is taking on a daring zip wire challenge to raise money for…
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Skills Network Adds Weight To Care Campaign
A national skills organisation has thrown its weight behind a campaign led by a Lancashire care home network to highlight the growing skills shortages facing…
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Rotherham Community Charity Boosts Creativity At Care Home
A COMMUNITY charity has been holding regular arts and crafts sessions at a Rotherham care home to boost elderly residents’ creativity. RotherFed has been visiting…
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Residential Care Savings Limit Increases In Wales
From today (April 9), people in Wales are able to keep up to £40,000 of their money before they need to self-fund the full cost…
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Summer Pressures Set To Equal Winter Crises
Doctors have warned of a ‘round-the-year crisis’ in the NHS after projections pointed towards a summer of strain – with pressures on services similar to…
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Care Home Welcomes 10 New, Fluffy ‘Residents’ For Easter
Easter brought a clutch of happy memories for the residents of a Christchurch care home, in the shape of 10, fluffy chicks. Colten Care’s Avon…
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