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New Care Home Opens, Bringing 50 Jobs to Edinburgh

Edinburgh’s newest and finest care home has officially opened its doors and welcomed its first residents.

The much-anticipated…

 

Abbotswood Court Care Home To Celebrate Community Volunteers

Abbotswood Court care home is working with the voluntary sector support organisation, Unity, to celebrate volunteers making a significant contribution to charities…

 

Avalon Nursing Home - Celebrating Those Who Have Gone Before

Residents, families, friends and staff of Avalon Nursing Home in Bridgwater have come together to celebrate the lives of loved ones at the home’s yearly memorial…

 

Gracewell of Ascot Celebrates Grand Opening

The red carpet was rolled out for the grand opening of new care home, Gracewell of Ascot, on Thursday 4th October.

The care home, on Burleigh Road, will offer…

 

CQC outlines proposed regulatory fees for providers from next April

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published its consultation on the fees that it proposes to charge providers in 2019/20.
The proposals follow the plans CQC…

 

Mawdesley Care home’s wear it pink day for breast cancer charity

All shades of pink was proudly worn at a Mawdesley care home as they marked Wear It Pink Day – which raises awareness and funds to battle breast cancer.

Wear…

 

WW2 exhibits bring back memories for veteran Jimmy

A SECOND World War Merchant Navy veteran took a walk down memory lane when he visited South Shields Museum and Art Gallery.

Veteran Jimmy Mahoney, 95, was…

 

Islamic community group organise special lunch for elderly

TEESSIDE care home residents received a special invitation to the Islamic Diversity Centre North East community lunch.

The event was…

 

Mamma Mia 2 has elderly dancing in cinema aisles 

A CINEMA turned into a dance hall for elderly care home residents during a dementia friendly screening of hit musical Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.

Residents…

 

£6 million investment to rebuild Studley care home, Four Acres

Runwood Homes Senior Living has invested £6 million to rebuild former Warwickshire County Council owned care home, Four Acres, turning it into a modernised and…

 

Rugby veteran George inspires young players

Rugby veteran George Williams has been inspiring Widnes Vikings under 19s players with stories from his playing days in the 1940s.

The 85-year-old founding…

Care UK secures its fourth outstanding rating from CQC

Perry Manor care home in Worcestershire has become Care UK’s fourth home to secure an outstanding rating from the Care Quality Commission.

The home opened in…

 

Care Staff Complete Memory Walk

Borough Care staff Executive Team at Borough recently took part in an Alzheimer’s Memory Walk, which took place at more people taking part Heaton Park in Manchester.…

 

Winter Funding: is £240 too little, too late?

Health secretary Matt Hancock recently announced that an emergency £240million fund would be ploughed into social care to free up beds this winter. 

Siva…

 

Who Is Going To Solve The Social Care Crisis?

With Health Secretary Matt Hancock announcing that the long-awaited social care Green Paper will be revealed “later this year”, we take a look at a possible solution…

 

World Diabetes Day – 14 November 2018

World Diabetes Day is a global campaign which was created in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the World Health Organisation and takes place on…