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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World Alzheimer’s Month: Never Too Early, Never Too Late
Care England today celebrates World Alzheimer’s Month which runs across September. The awareness campaign encourages people to come together to raise awareness and tackle stigmas…
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Oldham Athletic Chair, 73, to Row Atlantic Ocean for Alzheimer’s Research UK Fundraiser
This December, Chair of Oldham Athletic A.F.C, Frank Rothwell, will race solo and unsupported across the Atlantic as part of the World’s Toughest Row. This…
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Four Acres Care Home Receive Special Visit From Local Lioness
The residents and care team at Four Acres in Studley welcomed England and Chelsea footballer, Hannah Hampton to their care home on Monday the 28th…
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