Dementia-Arts Collaboration Achieves Awards Success
Where the Arts Belong, a unique arts collaboration between dementia care specialist, Belong, and Liverpool contemporary arts centre, Bluecoat, has won the Creative Arts Award…
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Social Care
Care Home Residents Show their Support for People at Risk of Homelessness
Funds raised by the residents of a Dorset care home will be used to improve the mental health of people at risk of homelessness. Colten…
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Scotland Launches Health and Social Care Consultation
Older people are being asked how health and social services should change to help make Scotland the best place in the world to grow old….
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Peers Reject Government’s Proposed Health and Care Bill Amendment
The government was last night dealt Lords defeat to the care cap, as Peers voted 198-158 to remove a last minute alteration to care home…
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Quadruple Award Win for Care Professional James
A NATIONAL Trainer at Accomplish Group took home an astonishing four awards recognising his positive impact in the care sector at a recent prestigious ceremony….
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Resident Marks 10-year Anniversary with the Help of a Famous Face
A 93-year-old resident at Signature at Purley celebrated her 10th anniversary living at the care home, with the help of cake, a glass of bubbly…
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“It’s a War and We Have to Stick Together” – Care Workers Share their Experience
There is a “moral obligation” to provide more psychological support to care home staff as they continue to live with the impact of the COVID-19…
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Runwood Homes Launch Environmental Poetry Competition
Across the Runwood Homes Group, homes will be focusing on the environment as the theme of the month, as part of the organisation’s group-wide dignity…
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70% of Public Against Scrapping Free Tests for Care Home Visits
An Alzheimer’s Society poll has revealed that 70% disagree with the Government’s decision to scrap free lateral flow tests for care home visitors, while only…
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Care Home Characters Leap Off the Page for World Book Day
Residents and staff at a Dorset care home got well and truly into character as they celebrated the World Book Day annual celebration of reading….
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Gillingham Care Home Goes Football Crazy Over AFC Bournemouth Community Sports Trust Visit
Residents at Care South’s Fern Brook Lodge care home recently put their footballing skills to the test with another visit from the AFC Bournemouth Community…
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Luck of the Irish – Pop Star Wish Comes True for Bury St Edmunds Care Home Resident
A care home resident was delighted to receive a very special message from her favourite pop star. 87-year-old Sheila Lilley, from Care UK’s Glastonbury Court…
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The London Children’s Ballet Comes to Local Care Home
Residents and staff at Magnolia Court care home in Golders Green experienced an afternoon of joy when The London Children’s Ballet came to visit. London…
Read more...RCP Warns the UK Is Facing a Crisis in Care for Older People
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is warning that a combination of a rapidly ageing population and a lack of NHS workforce planning means we…
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Flipping Good Fun as Dorset Care Home Marks Pancake Day
A Sturminster Newton care home had a flipping good time by celebrating Shrove Tuesday with a pancake race. Residents and team members at Colten Care’s…
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