154-Year-Old Care Home Closes Due To Nun Shortage
A much-loved 154-year-old Edinburgh care home has been forced to close due to a shortage of nuns. The Little Sisters of the Poor announced this…
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Offline Older People At Risk Of Being Excluded From Claiming Benefits
Age UK ‘mystery shopping’ finds offline older people at high risk of being excluded from claiming the benefits they are due. Two-fifths of councils (41%)…
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Dream Comes True For Rotheram United Fan As He Meets Team
A Millers fan with learning difficulties had all of his Christmas’ come at once when he gained VIP access to Rotherham United Football Club to…
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Care Home Residents Strike Up A Passion For Bowling
Residents from a dedicated dementia home near Bournemouth have discovered a passion for ten pin bowling. The party from Colten Care’s Fernhill in Longham, enjoyed…
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The Fremantle Trust Marks Dementia Action Week Across Its Bucks Homes
Local care provider and charity, The Fremantle Trust, supported Alzheimer’s Society in its commitment to making a difference to people’s lives during Dementia Action Week….
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Report Focuses On Key Steps To Help People Move Out Of Long-Stay Inpatient Care
A new report outlines the challenges and solutions to moving people with learning disabilities, autism and/or mental health conditions out of long-stay inpatient care. The…
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Alice In Wonderland Becomes A Permanent Fixture At Godden Lodge
Artistic Residents at a Benfleet care home proved that ‘it’s always tea time’ when they created an Alice in Wonderland themed graffiti board. The artwork…
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Teesside Care Home Volunteer Retires At 92
A 92-YEAR-OLD volunteer has retired after 14 years’ service at a Teesside care home. Marie Toombs started volunteering at The Gables Care Home, in Middlesbrough,…
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Line Of Duty Star Vicky McClure Calls For Action To Help People With Dementia In New Alzheimer’s Society Ambassador Role
Award-winning actor Vicky McClure has today announced her commitment to help build a dementia-friendly UK after being appointed as an Alzheimer’s Society Ambassador. With one…
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Walsall Nursing Home Out Of Special Measures
A Walsall care home rated as inadequate following a visit by the Care Quality Commission in August 2017, is now out of special measures. Ash…
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‘Every Little Helps’ For Wellingborough Care Home
A Wellingborough care home has been chosen to receive the support of a community-based volunteer initiative by supermarket giant, Tesco. Five members of staff from…
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LGA Responds to IPPR’s call to Increase National Insurance to Secure NHS and Social Care
In response to a report by think tank IPPR calling for the government to raise National Insurance contributions by 1p in the pound to secure…
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Leading Dementia Charity Backs Call for National Action Plans to Fight Condition
Alzheimer’s Research UK is backing a call for governments worldwide to develop and implement action plans for tackling dementia. The recommendation, which comes during Dementia…
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NHS Confederation-Commissioned Study Shows Funding is Urgently Needed to Prevent ‘Decade of Misery’
Today the NHS Confederation responded to Securing The Future: Funding health and social care to the 2030s, the report it commissioned with the Health Foundation…
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Liverpool Care Home Should Not Have Banned Daughter from Visiting Her Mum Without Warning,
A woman was banned from visiting her mother in a Liverpool care home after she complained about her treatment, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman…
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