High Sheriff Joins Pets as Therapy Volunteer at Lace Hill Manor Care Home
Lace Hill Manor Care Home in Buckinghamshire welcomed the county’s High Sheriff for a special visit to witness the remarkable benefits a Pets as Therapy…
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Iris Court Home host Ploughman’s & Patriots to Honour Local Veterans
Staff and Residents at Iris Court Care Home welcomed members of local veterans’ group “ The Muster Point” for a special “Ploughman’s and Patriots “afternoon,…
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Six in 10 Over-45s Underestimate Cost of Self-Funding a Care Home Place by Thousands
Most over-45s are unaware of the true cost of funding a care home place according to new research that reinforces the need for the government…
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Dementia Remains UK’s Leading Cause of Death as Crisis Deepens
Dementia has retained its position as the UK’s biggest killer for another year, claiming 76,894 lives in 2024 according to new analysis from Alzheimer’s Research…
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Remembrance Day – We Want to Hear Your Stories
At The Carer, we consider it a great privilege to publish and share the meaningful ways care homes across the UK commemorate Remembrance Day. As…
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Care Home Residents “Penalised” As Funding Slashed By £5,000
Health bosses in North Wales have been blasted for a “travesty” that cuts funding by more than £5,000 a year for care home residents receiving…
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Scottish Government “Steps in” to Sponsor Visas for Foreign Care Workers
Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney announced that the Scottish Government will directly sponsor visas for overseas care workers in a bold move to counter Westminster’s…
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Social Care Sector Responds to Latest Workforce Data
Sector leaders have offered a cautiously optimistic response to today’s publication of Skills for Care’s annual workforce data report, with many welcoming signs of progress…
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NACC Celebrate 2025 Award Winners
The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) gathered in Nottingham (1st – 2nd October 2025) to celebrate the great and the good of care catering…
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Ilona Tomza Crowned as the 2025 NACC Care Chef of the Year
Ilona Tomza of Porthaven Care Homes of has been crowned National Association of Care Catering (NACC) Care Chef of the Year 2025. Ilona was crowned…
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Plan to Deport Legal Migrants “Potentially Catastrophic” Warns Social Care Champion
A social care champion says Reform UK’s “potentially catastrophic” plan to threaten legal immigrants with deportation would put vulnerable people at risk in Wales. Mario…
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Hilton Park Residents Enjoy a Trip to Bottisham Air Museum
Residents from Hilton Park Care Home in Bottisham took a nostalgic trip down memory lane when they visited the Bottisham Airfield Museum. The Museum was…
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Melbourn Springs Donates £900 to The Parish Church of All Saints for Refurbishment Works
Melbourn Springs Care Home has proudly donated £900 to The Parish Church of All Saints, Melbourn, supporting essential refurbishment works that will help preserve the…
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Ground-Breaking Pilot Brings Medical Students Into Nursing Homes In Hampshire
Third-year medical students are undertaking placements in local social care settings in a new pilot programme developed by the University of Southampton and the Hampshire…
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UK Think-Tank Calls for “Radical and Urgent Reform” of Britain’s “Broken” Social Care System
The Social Care Foundation (SCF), a UK-wide think tank, today publishes a wide-ranging report on the state and future of social care in Britain. Damian…
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