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“Grow Your Own’ nurses”: Pioneering Care Organisation Celebrates Biggest-Ever Cohort

A Welsh care organisation has produced a record eight newly-qualified nurses with its pioneering “grow your own” scheme. Pendine Park, which has nine care homes…

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Care Home Video Conversations Soar 478% as Charity Tackles Loneliness

A UK charity connecting care home residents with volunteers has recorded a 478% year-on-year increase in the amount of time spent on video calls, as…

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New Brain Health Centre Marks a Step Change in Dementia Diagnosis and Prevention

A UK-first brain health clinic that is set to transform how dementia is diagnosed, slowed down or prevented launches today (Monday 21 September), World Alzheimer’s…

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Government to Appoint First National Dementia Tsar

The Department of Health and Social Care has launched the search for England’s first national dementia tsar, following sustained pressure from charities calling for dementia…

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Charities Call for “Cancer-Style Revolution” in Dementia Care

Dementia care has been branded as “stuck in the 20th century” in a new report calling for a transformation on the scale of the progress…

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Councils Demand Shake-up of Reorganisation Plan

The government’s review of its local government reorganisation programme must result in a ‘material change of direction’ if ministers are to avoid creating councils that…

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Care Group Marks Quarter Century with New Acquisition

South West Care Homes is marking its 25th anniversary by taking over a third property in its home town of Plymouth. The company, founded in…

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CMA Approves Care Home Disposals Following Welltower and Apex Investigation

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has accepted a package of remedies proposed by Welltower and Apex Healthcare Properties, bringing its investigation into a series of care home acquisitions to a close.

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1,500 People Quit Work Every Day to Care for Relatives Survey Reveals

New polling by Opinium for Carers UK reveals that 3.33 million people have given up work to care for a family member or friend who is older, disabled or seriously ill, with 1.1 million leaving their job in the last two years alone – more than 1,500 people a day.

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Boroughbridge Manor Says Don’t Worry Beer Happy!

You better beer-lieve that residents at Boroughbridge Manor care home in Boroughbridge, were more than hoppy to raise a glass, and sample some top craft ales, bitters and lagers, in celebration of National Beer Lovers’ Day.

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146-Year-Old Social Care Charity Rebrands as The Do Good Charity

One of the UK’s longest-established social care charities has unveiled a new identity and an ambitious strategy to increase its impact across communities nationwide. Saint…

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