Care Home Residents Deliver Sweet Surprise to Nurses
Residents from a New Forest care home delivered boxes of chocolates to nurses at Lymington Hospital as a thank-you for their work. The visit from…
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New Approaches Needed to Help Ease Symptoms Amongst People in the Last Days of Life
Patients in the last days of life at home or in care homes sometimes need fast access to medications to ease their symptoms but new…
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Exotic Animals Amaze Great Crosby Care Home Residents
Residents at RMBI Care Co. Home The Tithebarn, in Great Crosby, have recently enjoyed a friendly visit from a wide range of exotic creatures, including…
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New Research Reveals Anxiety is Gripping the UK as People Suffer in Struggle to Cope
New research from the Mental Health Foundation has revealed that 60% of UK adults experienced anxiety that interfered with their daily lives in the previous…
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ISO to Develop International Care Standards for Older People
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has revealed its plans to create an internationally recognised set of standards for the care of older adults. ISO…
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Skills for Care is Supporting Social Care Teams with #UnderstandingIntegration
Skills for care is running its #UnderstandingIntegration campaign throughout May which will explore what integration in health and social care means; what an Integrated Care…
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A “Right Royal Celebration” Across The Care Sector
I am almost speechless! Over the past couple of weeks we here at THE CARER invited care homes around the country to share with us…
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The Care & Occupational Therapy Show
Join us at The Care & Occupational Therapy Show 2023 at Westpoint Arena, Exeter on Wednesday 12th July 2023. If you are a care, occupational…
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Celebrations Fit for a King! Orchard Care Homes Wave Their Union Jacks with Pride
Always keen to celebrate important milestones and events, the people and staff from Orchard’s 23 Care Homes in the North of England and Midlands, brought…
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Iris Care Group Launches as Major New Care Organisation
Ludlow Street Healthcare and Holmleigh Care have relaunched under the new group brand name Iris Care Group. The announcement follows the merger of the two…
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Structural Weaknesses Left Social Care “Struggling” to Respond to Covid Pandemic says Report
Structural weaknesses left social care struggling to provide the service and protection that people needed during the initial waves of Covid-19. Lack of visibility of…
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Care Home Makes Resident Wish Come True
Cambridge-based care home, Cherry Hinton, part of the award-winning care home group, TLC Care, made a wish become a reality for one of their residents,…
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Unaddressed Weaknesses of Social Care Sector Impacted the Ability to Respond to Covid
Structural weaknesses left social care struggling to provide the service and protection that people needed during the initial waves of Covid-19. Lack of visibility of…
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Petition Launched to Demand Care Worker Pay Parity with NHS
“Social care deserves same respect as NHS” Dimensions, a not-for-profit supporting people with learning disabilities and autistic people has launched a petition calling for government…
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Cost of Unpaid Care in England and Wales Now Exceeds that of NHS Budget
The value of unpaid care in England and Wales is now estimated to be £162 billion, exceeding that of the entire NHS budget in England…
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