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Optalis launch poetry project for staff and customers

A social care provider, Optalis, has introduced a poetry project to encourage staff and customers to discover and share life experiences through poetry. 

The…

 

The Fire Safety Scheme

The fire safety scheme address the challenge for knowing how safe a building is by providing the public with a fire safety star rating for a building, viewed both on…

 

Flexible, Versatile, New and Fully Refurbished Accessible Minibuses

Red Kite manufacture, supply and service, safe, reliable 9 –17  Accessible Minibuses for customers across Great Britain. For over 37 years your safety and the safety…

 

Exhibit of eight decades of embroidery experience

AN EMBROIDERY exhibition was held at  Mandale House Care Home – showcasing work from a resident with over 80 years’ experience with a needle.

The event took…

 

Log my Care launches new premium module for carers

Log my Care, the care home software provider, has announced the launch of a new premium module, Log my Care - Pro is the first optional premium module for its free…

 

NACC Care Chef of the Year 2019 finalists announced

The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) has announced the finalists for the NACC Care Chef of the Year 2019 competition, taking it one step closer to…

 

Care home staff pack shopping for children’s cancer charity

GENEROUS shoppers have donated hundreds of pounds to children’s cancer charity CLIC Sargent after care home workers helped pack their bags.

Staff from several…

 

Leicester’s Hospitals begin search for nurses to work with their older patients

The search for nurses is on. The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust are looking for enthusiastic Band 5 nurses to work in Medicine for Older People across…

 

Wartime singer Dame Vera Lynn writes to elderly fans

ELDERLY care home residents, Aaron Court Care Home, have been corresponding with popular Second World War singer Dame Vera Lynn ahead of her 102ndbirthday.

Blood Clot Survivor Launches Product To Help Save Lives - And NHS Cash

A man who almost died from a blood clot is to launch a product which could save the NHS millions of pounds a year.

Paul Westerman suffered a massive pulmonary…

 

Smart Home Social Care 

As the population ages, the demand for high quality carers rises. By 2026 it’s predicted that the UK will need around …

 

Skills for Care launches new guide to help services improve

Skills for Care has launched a new online guide to help social care employers to identify, plan and implement improvements across their service

The ‘Guide to…

 

Borough Care Appoints New Area Managers

Borough Care has appointed Chrisi Williams and Geraldine Blow as new Area Managers. Borough Care is the largest not-for-profit provider of care for older people in…

 

£7.5m sheltered housing scheme opens at Danemore Tenterden

A major landmark in Ashford Borough Council's multi-million-pound modernisation plan for its sheltered housing schemes has seen the re-opening of the £7.5m…