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Ensuring your care home garden is accessible

Gardens are an appealing feature of any care home – not only can they brighten up the view from…

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How to make private healthcare more accessible

How to make private healthcare more accessible

Rob Cottingham, credit director at consumer finance specialist, Duologi…

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TWIDDLEMUFFS and dolls have been donated to a North Yorkshire care home to help residents with dementia.

Twiddlemuffs and doll donations help residents with dementia

Twiddlemuffs and dolls have been donated to a North Yorkshire care home to help…

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Double marathon sponsored walk for care home garden

Double marathon sponsored walk for care home garden

WALKERS are aiming to conquer a double marathon in less than 24 hours to raise funds for a…

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The Beeches Care Home deputy manager Rachel Harris, home manager Jess Brown and carer Amy Trattles with resident Janet Wren when they dropped off donations to the neonatal unit at University Hospital of North Tees on Random Act of Kindness Day.

Newborns receive Random Act of Kindness from care home

RANDOM Act of Kindness Day saw care home staff and residents donating a trove of…

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Hazelgrove Court Care Home resident Pat Keleher knitting a belt for a dressing gown as part of a Knit for Peace UK initiative

Technicolour dressing gowns to keep elderly warm this winter

JOSEPH’S technicolour dressing gowns were knitted by Hazelgrove Court care home residents in…

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Giving a helping hand to the elderly during the festive season

While there are various positive aspects and associations related to the festive period,…

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Care UK secures its fourth outstanding rating from CQC

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…

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It's Time To Be Bold When It Comes To Attracting Younger Talent

It's Time To Be Bold When It Comes To Attracting Younger Talent

It is no secret that there is a recruitment crisis within the social care sector and recent…

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What a No Deal Brexit would mean for social care

Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care,…

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Tania Plahay on her book: Yoga for Dementia

Care homes are embracing yoga as a method of promoting mindfulness through meditation, as well…

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