Third UK IDDSI Festival Sells Out in Record Time
The third UK IDDSI Festival sold out all 250 delegate tickets in record time this year and was a huge success across the board. The…
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Elderly
Friends Of The Elderly Honours International Day Of Older Persons 2023
Photo: Left to Right – Norma Cordwel, Emma and Winnie, Blanche Fromenton, Cedric Vallint Charity’s Residents ‘Celebrate Ageing’ – Passing On Words of Wisdom To…
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Granparents Wanted: Charity Seeks Older Persons For ‘Adoption’ In A Bid To Tackle
A charity combating loneliness is seeking ‘grandparents’ to come forward and be paired with volunteers as part of a drive to find participants – as it…
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Work Experience Day Enhance Residents’ Sense Of Self-Worth
In an unusual about-turn, staff at a dementia care home in Somerset have been receiving help in doing their jobs from the residents they support…
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Beach Clean Gives Dementia Care Home Residents A Taste Of Environmental Action
Environmentally conscious residents from a dementia care home have done their bit to keep a stretch of the Dorset coastline clean and safe. Four residents,…
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Aberdeen Care Home Resident Goes Toe-To-Toe With Pro Boxer Lee Mcallister
Photo Credit Anthony @ GM10Photo ABERDEEN care home resident, Chris Gibson, 88, has taken to the ring for one last sparring session with Scottish professional…
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Beach Wheelchairs Help Elderly Access Childhood Seaside Memories
A RISING tide of memories came flooding back to elderly care home residents from Hartlepool when they took a stroll along the sandy shores of…
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BACP Warns That Older Dementia Patients Are Missing Out On Vital Talking Therapies
Ahead of World Alzheimer’s Day (21 September) the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) warns that many older dementia patients are missing out on…
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Three Centenarians Celebrate their Birthdays at York Care Home
Three centenarians at RMBI Care Co. Home Connaught Court, in York, have recently celebrated their milestone birthdays. With Ron Shelley turning 101 years old, Constance…
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All Eyes On ‘Side Glance’ As Racehorse Visits Signature at Ascot
Residents and team members at Signature of Ascot enjoyed a unique experience when a former international racehorse visited the home. Affectionately known as “Sidey”, the…
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Fighting Loneliness With Letters For Kirklees Care Home Residents
Over a hundred letters have been arriving from all over the world for elderly residents living at a Huddersfield care home. Residents at Thornhill Care…
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HICA Group Acquires Prestigious Care Home In Harrogate
A Yorkshire-based social care group has acquired a care home in Harrogate as the organisation grows a portfolio of personalised services to meet the changing…
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‘Stay Curious And Keep Your Sense Of Humour’ Is Key To Old Age Says Sir Michael Palin In Exclusive Interview
Sir Michael Palin – photographer credit John Swannell Globetrotting octogenarian and comedy legend speaks exclusively to his TV producer daughter about the joys and challenges…
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Residents At Local Care Home Lend Their Ears To Live Music Performance
Residents and guests at Austen House Care Home in Lower Earley, Reading enjoyed an afternoon of grins with a live music performance that took place…
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Cowboy Film Loving Cedric Has A Rootin’ Tootin’ 101st Birthday
At Bernard Sunley, the Woking-based residential, nursing and dementia care home run by charity Friends of the Elderly, Western and Cowboy film loving resident Cedric…
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