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October 15, 2021October 4, 2021 News Nursing homes, Products and Services, Software, Technology, Technology and Software

This October sees the launch of a new business supporting the care sector in the form of Wippet, an online marketplace which is promising to create quite a stir. Wippet is a B2B, many-to-many marketplace

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More Restrictions Eased for Care Homes

May 10, 2021May 10, 2021 Editor Ageing, Care, Care Homes, Dementia Care, Health, News, Nursing, Nursing homes, Social Care

From Monday 17 May care home residents will be able to have more named visitors and more opportunities to make visits out with no need

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Government Scraps Care Home Isolation Rule for Low Risk Visits Out

May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 Editor Ageing, Alzheimer's, Care, Care Homes, Dementia Care, Health, Healthcare, News, Nursing homes, Social Care

Care home residents will be able to leave their home for “low risk” visits without having to self-isolate for 14 days on their return the

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Cautious Welcome for Double Visits

April 3, 2021April 3, 2021 Editor Ageing, Alzheimer's, Care, Care Homes, Carers, Charities, Dementia, Dementia Care, Health, Healthcare, News, Nurses, Nursing, Nursing homes, Social Care

Today’s Government announcement increasing the number of visitors care and nursing home residents can have has met with a cautious welcome from providers. Provider body

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Two Visitors Allowed in Care Homes to Reunite Loved Ones

April 3, 2021April 3, 2021 Editor Ageing, Alzheimer's, Care, Care Homes, Carers, Dementia, Dementia Care, Health, Healthcare, News, Nursing, Nursing homes, Social Care

Care home residents in England will be able to receive two visitors indoors from Monday 12 April as covid restrictions continue to be cautiously eased.

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Promoting Good Nutritional Care in Care Homes

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020 News Health, Nursing homes, Products and Services

The importance of good nutritional care BAPEN estimates that 93% of malnourished individuals with or at risk of malnutrition live in community settings (1). Unfortunately,

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Hampshire Nursing Homes Have the Best Maintenance Team in the Country

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 admin Awards, Care, News, Nursing homes

Maintenance staff whose initiatives have transformed care for residents at specialist care homes in Hampshire have been crowned ‘best in the UK’. Andy Foster and

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Vulnerable People Dying Each Day Waiting for Social Care

December 31, 2018December 31, 2018 Editor Ageing, Alzheimer's, Care, Care Homes, Carers, Dementia, Health, Healthcare, News, Nursing homes, Social Care

Age UK research has revealed that 32,115 sick and vulnerable people died while awaiting social care in 2017/18, equating to approximately 90 each day.The research

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Christmas Cards Swapped for Helping Lonely Elderly

December 31, 2018December 31, 2018 Editor Ageing, Alzheimer's, Care, Care Homes, Dementia, Dementia Care, Healthcare, News, Nurses, Nursing homes, Social Care

A CHRISTMAS tradition has been swapped for helping Northumberland’s lonely elderly by Blyth care home staff. Staff at The Oaks Care Home chose to forgo

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Give Older and Vulnerable Hope for 2019 – Plea

December 31, 2018December 31, 2018 Editor Alzheimer's, Care, Care Homes, Carers, Dementia, Dementia Care, News, Nursing homes, Social Care

A provider has called on the Government to publish the Green Paper on social care and give 1.4m people currently going without care some hope

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Brownies Spread Festive Spirit at Merseyside Care Home

December 28, 2018December 29, 2018 Editor Ageing, Alzheimer's, Care, Care Homes, Dementia, Dementia Care, News, Nursing homes, Social Care

CHRISTMAS carol singing Brownies put on a festive performance for elderly residents at their Merseyside care home. The St Bartholomew’s Church Brownies visited Aaron Grange Care

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Elderly Receive Hundreds of Christmas Cards after Appeal

December 28, 2018December 29, 2018 Editor Care, Care Homes, Dementia, News, Nurses, Nursing homes, Social Care

HUNDREDS of Christmas cards flooded into a Skelmersdale care home following an appeal from staff. Aaron Crest Care Home was inundated with well wishes after