Openreach Volunteer Team at Avalon Nursing Home
Giving a spring face-lift to the garden of the dementia home in Bridgwater where his father has been living for the past year was the…
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Care Homes
A Dream Of Horses And Hooves Comes True For Care Home Resident Gwen
A wish came true for Amberley Hall care home resident Gwen recently – when she got to see horses being shoed, the same way she…
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More Than 1 In 3 Over 65s (4.7 Million) Lack The Basic Skills To Use The Internet Successfully
New analysis by Age UK has found around 4.7million people aged 65 and over in the UK are unable to complete all eight of the…
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Community Turns Out for Open Day at Biddenham’s New £13m Care Home
Visitors turned out in large numbers for a first look inside a new £13 million care home in Biddenham, Bedford. Bentley Grange, a 60-bed care home…
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Why Online Reviews Are Becoming So Important For Care Homes
By Suman Saha, Co-founder and Medical Director at Doctify (https://www.doctify.com/uk) Word of mouth in social care is now taking place online. As a digital-first society,…
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Maintaining Morale and Combating Stress in the Face of Staff Shortages
By Sadie Besley, senior operations director, Randstad UK (www.randstad.co.uk) Care homes are suffering epic staff shortages. Staff burnout is sky high; some care teams have…
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What are the Benefits of Comparing Energy Prices for Care Homes?
By Ava Kelly of Love Energy Savings (www.loveenergysavings.com) If you run a care home, it’s important to keep close control of your outgoings. Yet with…
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You Are What You Eat: Chef With Michelin-Star Experience Embeds Person-Centred Meal Times In Care Home
By Ross Baxter, Chef at Exemplar Health Care (www.exemplarhc.com) For many of us, mealtimes are an important part of daily routine. They’re often much more…
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The ‘Invisible’ Power Behind A New Generation of Care Homes
Stephen Cavanagh, long-term care specialist at Ascom (www.Ascom.com), explores the importance of technology that integrates seamlessly and discreetly to create a new generation of care. …
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Make Your Patient Data Cyber-Secure by Design
Antonio Weiss, Senior Partner at The PSC (www.thepsc.co.uk/team/team-member/antonio-weiss/) and author of The Practical Guide to Digital Transformation on how to keep your patient data secure…
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Specialist Pharmacist Leads Unique Pilot To Prevent Falls In Elderly Care Homes
By Liz Butterfield, Immedicare (www.immedicare.co.uk) Specialist Pharmacist The COVID-19 pandemic continues to shine a spotlight on how we care for our elderly. The negative impact…
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Care Homes Face Increased Wage Bill From April 1st as New NLW Comes Into Force
The National Living Wage (NLW) has risen by 9.8% from £10.42 to £11.44, an increase of £1.02, the largest ever increase in the minimum wage…
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Sky’s The Limit As WWII Veteran Celebrates 100th Birthday
A Second World War veteran badly injured clearing enemy mines from a beach nearly 80 years ago has hit the heights to celebrate his 100th…
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Brixworth Care Home Resident Makes ‘Reconnection’ With Faith After Ten-Year Church Absence
A Brixworth care home resident has marked Easter by reconnecting with his faith after visiting a local church for the first time in a decade….
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‘OX’ Sparks Curiosity At Longlands Care Home
A fibreglass ‘ox’, gifted to The Orders of St John Care Trust (OSJCT) for their entry to Oxford’s summer art installation Oxtrail, was welcomed to…
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