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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MHRA Issues Hoist Safety Alert Following “Serious Issue” Concerns
Care providers have been requested to strengthen checks, maintenance and staff training for patient hoists and slings after the medicines’ regulator The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) warned that preventable falls…
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Nurses Reunite After 20 Years To Surprise Colleague At Care Home
A touching surprise brought tears of joy to former nurse Maura O’Shea when four of her former nursing colleagues staged a surprise reunion.
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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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Nellsar Care Home Group Celebrates Gold Standards Framework success in End-of-Life Care
Nellsar, a family-run group of Care Homes, is celebrating prestigious Gold Standards Framework (GSF) recognition for delivering outstanding, compassionate end-of-life care, with five Homes recognised and two achieving perfect assessment scores.
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Former James Bond Actress Stars in Care Home Training Video
A care home provider has featured a former James Bond actress in a training video designed to help staff make better informed assessments about residents’…
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NAPA Gives Care Homes a Starring Role in Care Sector’s Got Talent
Care homes across the country are being invited to roll out the red carpet, dust off their dancing shoes and get into the Care Sector’s…
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Councils’ High-Cost Services to be Transformed Through £91m Fund
Councils struggling with high-cost services will benefit from a funding boost to help modernise services, harness AI and reduce their reliance on emergency support. A…
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From Bone-Breakers To Babybels: Cotswold Cheese Rolling Season Ends With A 90-Year-Old Winner
The summer may start with Gloucestershire’s notorious bone-breaking Cheese Rolling on Cooper’s Hill – but at least one Cotswold cheese rolling tradition now ends rather more safely, with a 90-year-old care home resident taking the title.
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Care Home Chef Runs Half Marathon for Charity – Just Months After Breaking Ankle
A chef who works at a dementia nursing home has recently completed a half marathon, raising £345 for Alzheimer’s Society, despite having broken her ankle just months before the Okehampton Steam Challenge was due to take place.
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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 Provider Alliance Welcomes New Chair
The coalition of national voices of adult social care providers in England, the Care Provider Alliance (CPA) is delighted to welcome Rhidian Hughes, Chief Executive…
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© Guy Newman. 09.09.2026. South West Care Homes celebrate taking over Manor Court in Plymouth. L-R SWCH senior management team Gavin Reeves - Finance Director, Amanda Moreton - Operations Director, Arron Dark Manor Court manager + MD Richard White.
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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