Entries open for five award categories, celebrating excellence across the care sector – visit towergateinsurance.co.uk/care-awards £1,000 holiday voucher for winners, to be presented to them…
Read more...PURPLE wigs, beards and tutus were donned at a Chester-le-Street care home to raise funds for the Stroke Association. The charity’s Make May Purple campaign…
Read more...A ROYAL wedding took place at a Teesside care home with attendance from Harry, Meghan and even the Queen. Residents and staff at The Beeches…
Read more...The Care Provider Alliance is calling on adult social care providers, from small local services to large national organisations, to share their experience of and views about engagement with Sustainability…
Read more...The search is on for the KP of the Year 2018. The competition, which is the brainchild of warewashing specialist Winterhalter, is now in its…
Read more...An administrator at a care home in Bognor Regis has tackled a 100m-long zip wire to raise money for therapeutic ‘companion pets’ for the residents….
Read more...A 75-year-old West Lothian pensioner has raised over £7,000 for local Alzheimer’s and dementia facilities by taking a dip in his local pool. An ex-military…
Read more...Work and Pensions Committee calls on Government to remove the “cliff-edge” in benefit calculation that sees Carer’s Allowance – £64.60 per week – withdrawn in…
Read more...A DANCE aerobics class has seen elderly Teesside residents making the most of the sunshine in their care home garden. Residents at Ingleby Care Home,…
Read more...The Care Quality Commission has published its findings following a local system review of Liverpool. This report is one of 20 targeted reviews of local authority…
Read more...Former Attorney General Dominic Grieve has backed a campaign launched this week to install CCTV in every care home. Conservative MP Dominic Grieve said there…
Read more...Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care has initiated a series of Freedom of Information requests across 152 councils…
Read more...BMJ: Dementia and Physical Activity (DAPA) trial of moderate to high intensity exercise training for people with dementia: randomised controlled trial Scientists in the UK…
Read more...A new scheme which encourages mothers with young babies to spend time with older people who are living with dementia is thriving at The Chocolate…
Read more...CARE home workers held a supermarket collection for the Stroke Association – raising hundreds of pounds for the charity. Staff from The Oaks Care Home,…
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