An 82-year-old retired dance teacher who lives at St Benedicts Nursing Home in Glastonbury has been honoured with a fundraising line dance event that raised £1700 to help buy specialist equipment for use by residents.
Read more...An open garden afternoon at a Salisbury care home has raised more than £550 for the city’s hospice charity.
Read more...Leaders of England’s mental health trusts have signed up to a fresh set of performance and waiting time goals agreed with NHS England, in a move intended to speed up patient access and give the sector…
Read more...The Audley Foundation is marking its fifth anniversary, having donated more than £217,000 to local and national causes since its launch. The charity was established…
Read more...An RCN report has exposed how some employers are exploiting migrant nursing staff in social care by taking advantage of their vulnerable visa status. It…
Read more...MHA Communities South Somerset initially set up music therapy sessions at the Lisieux Way Methodist Church, but after a conversation between the church and the scheme manager for Tennyson Court…
Read more...Sue Ryder’s Chief Executive has urged the new Prime Minister and Health Secretary not to let momentum on palliative and end-of-life care reform stall, warning that a critical opportunity to overhaul the system could otherwise be lost.
Read more...National care provider, Barchester Healthcare, has broken ground on a brand new 54 bed luxury care home development in Fareham.
Read more...A Surrey care home resident who entered end-of-life care last autumn has defied all expectations by rediscovering an extraordinary artistic talent, culminating in his debut solo exhibition of 34 original artworks.
Read more...A displaced worker scheme has reopened to new applications in Scotland to help grow the number of care employees and will be boosted to deliver up to 45,000 extra hours of care…
Read more...Residents at Beaconsfield Court Care Home in Barnard Castle, County Durham, enjoyed a fun-filled day of music, laughter and friendship as they came together for a special entertainment morning followed by a ladies’ outing.
Read more...Momentum is building behind Care Sector’s Got Talent 2026, with organisers announcing that entries have already surpassed the total number received for last year’s competition…
Read more...Brunelcare’s Glastonbury Care Home is celebrating a major milestone after officially achieving Two Star Gold Accreditation with the National Dementia Care Accreditation Scheme (NaDCAS).
Read more...Colleagues from Care UK’s Tor-Na-Dee in Aberdeen have raised over £2,000 for Alzheimer’s Scotland after completing an 18-mile walk, and all whilst dressed in kilts!
Read more...One in six UK hospital beds is currently occupied by a person with dementia, at a cost to the taxpayer of £2.8 billion annually, with this number set to increase to one in four by 2040, according to a new report by UCL researchers.
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