Not Time To Ease Restrictions In Care Homes
Group fears a spike in deaths if care lockdown is eased Care providers fear a spike in the number of care and nursing home deaths…
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Care Home Residents Zoom To Fitness
Residents of Wren House Care Home in Warminster haven’t let recent visiting restrictions get in the way of their regular exercise regimes, with fitness classes…
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VE Day Moments Of Celebration At Castle View, Windsor
The residents and staff of the new Castle View retirement village in Windsor pushed the boat out for VE Day with a full day’s programme…
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Care Homes Account For 40% Of All Coronavirus Deaths In Week Ending May 1
Care home deaths accounted for some 40% of coronavirus-related fatalities registered in England and Wales in the week ending May 1, with at least 10,535…
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Cambridgeshire Care And Rehab Group Calls For Change In Perceptions Of Social Care Sector During Coronavirus Crisis
A Cambridgeshire care community is calling for a change in perception of the social care sector, as it expresses concern about the narrative in the…
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Derbyshire Centenarian Celebrates 100th Birthday By Beating Coronavirus
Margaret Hallford lives at Eckington Court care home in Derbyshire and has enjoyed a double celebration this week after recovering from coronavirus in time to…
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Encore “Going The Extra Mile” With Staff Welfare
AFTER going the extra mile for elderly residents, Encore Care Homes are keen to look after the welfare of its own carers and support staff…
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Care Home Resident And War Veteran Writes Poem To Celebrate VE Day
A resident at Patcham Nursing Home in Brighton is leading VE Day celebrations with a poem he has written for the occasion. Len Goldman, 103,…
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VE Day Celebrations Provide opportunity To Connect Music To Happy Memories
Carers and families are being encouraged to embrace VE Day as an opportunity to open conversations around music to help people living with dementia rediscover…
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Brunelcare Commemorates VE Day
“The air raids didn’t stop them, they continued to deliver meals to the most vulnerable” Brunelcare, founded in 1941 at the height of WW2, is…
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Life-Long Friends Reunited At Care Home During Covid-19
Two life-long best friends have been reunited at The Chanters care home in Atherton, Greater Manchester, during the Covid-19 outbreak. Annie Strike, 96, and May…
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Academy Trust Sending Hundreds Of Books To Care Homes To Connect Old And Young Through Coronavirus Crisis
— Elderly and students will send each other book reviews and recommendations — An academy trust is extending its innovative reading campaign into care homes…
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Time For A Cuppa
One of the things residents at Borough Care’s Bryn Haven home for older people in Brinnington are missing most during lockdown is having a cup…
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Care With Courage: Royal Star & Garter Launches Campaign Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Care with courage from Royal Star & Garter on Vimeo. A charity which cares for ex-servicemen and women has launched a new fundraising campaign during…
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Maritime Care Home Flies The Flag To Mark VE Day 75
Staff and residents at Surrey-based maritime charity and nursing care home, The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, commemorated a very special VE Day 75 from afar…
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