A 23-year-old care worker who stunned judges by playing Prince’s Purple Rain on the piano while blindfolded has been crowned the winner of Care Sector’s Got Talent 2026, taking home a £5,000 prize.
Read more...A Derbyshire home took inspiration from its owners by hosting an awards ceremony for staff as a way to boost morale and celebrate one other.
Read more...Michael Palin, Russell T Davies, Larry Lamb, Chris Kamara and Megan McKenna are among a host of Marie Curie supporters speaking up on personal experiences of death to urge Prime Minister Andy Burnham to fix palliative care.
Read more...A pioneering North Wales artist has been honoured for three decades transforming lives through creativity in care homes.
Read more...Morrison Community Care is marking a significant period of progress across its London development programme, with two of its three schemes now topped out and the third set to reach the milestone in two weeks.
Read more...A Bridlington care home is to open a dedicated 24-bed community for women as the town’s ageing population increases demand for residential and dementia care.
Read more...Free personal care under the proposed National Care Service will be available only to people aged 65 and over, Downing Street has confirmed. Working-age disabled…
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Former Prime Minister David Cameron is to host a new four-part podcast series examining the latest developments in Alzheimer’s research and the search for new…
Read more...Residents at a Ringwood care home are putting their woodworking skills to good use through a new men’s club. The team at St Ives House…
Read more...Nine new technologies, including faster MRI brain scans and a remote cognitive assessment, are to be tested in the NHS as part of a government…
Read more...Artificial intelligence (AI) is already being used across social care services, but providers need greater regulatory clarity, training and financial support to ensure the technology…
Read more...Community-minded residents and staff at three Hampshire care homes have raised more than £1,000 for charities supported by the National Garden Scheme (NGS). Around 125…
Read more...LNT Care Developments has announced a sale and leaseback agreement with US based CareTrust REIT, who have purchased the freehold interests of 45 operational and…
Read more...The Rugby Football League (RFL) and Community Integrated Care brought the power of inclusive sport to the heart of this year’s Labour Party Conference, as…
Read more...A New Care England report reveals local authorities are underpaying for older people’s residential and nursing care by £2.36 billion a year, equivalent to an…
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