Government Scraps Care Home Isolation Rule for Low Risk Visits Out
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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Nursing homes
Cautious Welcome for Double Visits
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
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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Hampshire Nursing Homes Have the Best Maintenance Team in the Country
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…
Read more...Vulnerable People Dying Each Day Waiting for 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
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…
Read more...Give Older and Vulnerable Hope for 2019 – Plea
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
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
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…
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Healthcare Teams’ Elf Week Fundraising Event for Alzheimer’s Society UK
This year Compass Group UK & Ireland’s Healthcare team, has raised a staggering £37,072 during their annual Elf Week – a fundraising event to raise…
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Christmas Miracle as Vera Performs at Care Home Party
A Christmas miracle took place at a Teesside care home when a previously bedbound resident got up to sing Three Times a Lady.Vera Huitson, 94,…
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Fundraising Campaign Hits Target for Care Home Defibrillator
When Stocks Hall Mawdesley Care Home in Lancashire had the idea of opening a Christmas Craft Stall in the Reception area, to raise funds towards…
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City’s Own Santa Claus Delivers 60 Gifts for Residents
DOZENS of Christmas presents have been donated to North Yorkshire’s elderly thanks to kind-hearted community generosity. Sixty gifts were dropped off at Sycamore Hall Care…
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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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New Pub Opens At Borough Care’s Bamford Close Home
A pub built by Borough Care at its Bamford Close home for older people in Cale Green, Stockport is now open for business. Residents and…
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