CQC Begins Rollout of New Assessment Framework
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has announced that it has begun the roll out of its a new assessment framework in the South region with…
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Liverpool Football Club Memories Captured In App To Support Fans Living With Dementia
LFC Foundation and Forever Reds have come together with National Museums Liverpool to help create first-of-its-kind interactive app content to support Liverpool FC fans living…
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Getting Routines Right for People Living with Dementia
By Bernadette Mossman, Healthcare Director at Vida Healthcare (https://vidahealthcare.co.uk) Amidst 55 million global dementia cases and 10 million new diagnoses annually, emphasising specialised care routines…
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7 In10 Councils Now Unsure If They Can Balance Their Budget Next Year
England’s largest councils say they are in ‘significantly worse’ financial position than before the Autumn Statement, as a new survey reveals that local authorities now…
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Why It’s Time To Move Beyond Short-Term Solutions To Recurring Winter Challenges
By Julie Tyas, Senior Qualified and Registered Social Worker and Senior Social Care Consultant, Access Health, Support & Care (www.theaccessgroup.com) Every winter, the social care…
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Longevity Experts Set Out Bold Solutions To Maximise The Opportunity Of Longer Lives
Financial incentives for exercising, a leg up to adulthood with a ‘decent start’ lump sum payment for school leavers and allowing bereaved or separated individuals…
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Care Home Carol Singers Light Up Forest Of Christmas Cheer
More than 30 residents from six care homes joined forces to sing carols and entertain visitors at a church Christmas tree festival. Performers from homes…
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Horse Whisperer Celebrates Her 100th Birthday With Bournemouth Mayor
Joan Rollason, a resident at RMBI Care Co. Home Zetland Court, in Bournemouth, has celebrated her 100th birthday at the care home, located near the…
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Staff At Parley Place Care Home Elf Themselves For Elf Day!
Staff at Parley Place Care Home in West Parley swapped their uniforms for costumes on National Elf Day and enjoyed a visit from some new…
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Dorset Care Chief Voices Fears For Sector Over Plans To Cut Net Migration
New plans to cut net migration will mean separating overseas care workers from their families and could destabilise the vulnerable social care sector, says Dorset…
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Belong Achieves Gold Standard For End-Of-Life Care
Dementia specialist Belong has earned the Quality Hallmark Award for demonstrating best practice in end of life and palliative care for its customers, following Gold…
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Mod Community Pulls Together To Fulfil Jimmy’s Dream
For Jimmy Reynolds, the dream of a lifetime has come true as the Mod recently received the welcome surprise of two dozen fellow Mods, along…
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Trip To Illuminations For Resident At Bolton Home After Nearly 50 Years Since Last Visit
A resident at a Bolton home went to see the Blackpool illuminations with her daughter, almost 50 years since her last visit. Ellen Marshall lives…
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Yorkshire Care Homes Come Together For Talent Show
The Freedom Centre in Hull hosted a spectacular talent show recently bringing together residents and staff from care homes across Yorkshire and beyond. HICA Group,…
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Almost one in five council leaders and chief executives in England surveyed by the Local Government Association think it is very or fairly likely that…
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