Local Care Home Presents Cheque to Local Dementia Charity
Bushey House Beaumont care home in Bushey recently presented Herts Musical Memories with a cheque for £650 to support a local dementia charity who connect…
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Assistant Manager Who “Stumbled Across” Bottisham Home Celebrates 30-Year Work Anniversary
An assistant manager who went down the wrong street in search of a nursery for her young child has celebrated 30 years working in the…
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New Research Aims to Revolutionise Care for Older People
New research on social care and older people resulted in a toolkit designed by The Open University aimed at transforming the well-being of older people…
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HC-One Launches its First Specialist Dementia Care Community
HC-One has opened its new pilot Specialist Dementia Care Community (SDCC) in Meadow Bank Care Home, in Preston, Lancashire. Pioneering a new therapeutic approach, this…
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Gosport MP pushes for Older Person’s Commissioner
Dame Caroline Dinenage has once again asked for better rights for children to see their grandparents following parental separation in Questions to the Justice Secretary –…
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Mayor Marks Launch of Dementia Action Week
On Monday 15th May 2023, staff and residents at Barchester’s Elm Bank care home in Kettering marked the launch of ‘Dementia Action Week’ alongside Mayor…
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Care Home Residents Deliver Sweet Surprise to Nurses
Residents from a New Forest care home delivered boxes of chocolates to nurses at Lymington Hospital as a thank-you for their work. The visit from…
Read more...New Approaches Needed to Help Ease Symptoms Amongst People in the Last Days of Life
Patients in the last days of life at home or in care homes sometimes need fast access to medications to ease their symptoms but new…
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Exotic Animals Amaze Great Crosby Care Home Residents
Residents at RMBI Care Co. Home The Tithebarn, in Great Crosby, have recently enjoyed a friendly visit from a wide range of exotic creatures, including…
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New Research Reveals Anxiety is Gripping the UK as People Suffer in Struggle to Cope
New research from the Mental Health Foundation has revealed that 60% of UK adults experienced anxiety that interfered with their daily lives in the previous…
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ISO to Develop International Care Standards for Older People
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has revealed its plans to create an internationally recognised set of standards for the care of older adults. ISO…
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Skills for Care is Supporting Social Care Teams with #UnderstandingIntegration
Skills for care is running its #UnderstandingIntegration campaign throughout May which will explore what integration in health and social care means; what an Integrated Care…
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A “Right Royal Celebration” Across The Care Sector
I am almost speechless! Over the past couple of weeks we here at THE CARER invited care homes around the country to share with us…
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The Care & Occupational Therapy Show
Join us at The Care & Occupational Therapy Show 2023 at Westpoint Arena, Exeter on Wednesday 12th July 2023. If you are a care, occupational…
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Celebrations Fit for a King! Orchard Care Homes Wave Their Union Jacks with Pride
Always keen to celebrate important milestones and events, the people and staff from Orchard’s 23 Care Homes in the North of England and Midlands, brought…
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