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Residents on sponsored walk for dementia friendly sensory garden

Sponsored walk for dementia friendly sensory garden

RESIDENTS and staff have raised hundreds of pounds for a dementia friendly sensory garden at their…

Exidor

Exidor

Critically designed to support and maintain the integral passive fire protection within a care home - Exidor­­’s Guardian door closer is the only electromagnetic…

Daredevil nurses Sue & Julie will be zip lining for children’s hospice

Daredevil nurses zip line for children’s hospice

A DAREDEVIL 70-year-old nurse will take on three zip lining challenges in just two hours to raise funds for a children’s hospice. 

Sue Shooter will soar over…

safeguard the lives of care home residents

Collaboration launched to safeguard the lives of care home residents

An initiative to safeguard the lives of care home residents and reduce the impact on ambulance services, particularly during periods of winter pressure, has received…

healthcare insurance - a brown envelope

Healthcare insurance options: are you covered?

by Care & Nursing Essentials editor Victoria Galligan

Healthcare professionals must be protected against a range of legal challenges –…

Using wet floor sign while mopping to keep care home insurance valid

What to look for when you’re taking out Care Home Insurance

Care homes that look after elderly, disabled or other vulnerable people play a vital role in the UK, helping to ensure their residents are safe, secure and well cared…

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Prestige Doors – part of Sunray Group

Sunray Engineering Ltd are the UK’s leading timber, security and fire door experts.…

The bake sale at Thornhill Care Home

Bake sale for virtual assistant at Huddersfield care home

A BAKE sale has raised almost ten times the original estimate for Thornhill Care Home residents in Huddersfield.

Activities coordinator at Thornhill Care Home…

Eddie, at his seaside birthday party

Coast comes to care home resident for seaside birthday party

THE COAST came to a care home resident after a successful appeal for a seaside birthday party – despite being 70 miles inland. 

Staff at Aden Lodge Care Home…

Optalis staff making poetry with the elderly

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

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…

Fully Refurbished Accessible Minibus

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…

The opening of the EMBROIDERY exhibition at Mandale House Care Home

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…

Reece Welch who uses the Log my Care - Pro

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…

Care home staff packing shopping for children’s cancer charity

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…

The search for nurses

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.

Happy Days Dementia Workshop Time To Chat Cards

Happy Days Dementia Workshop

At Happy Days Dementia Workshop, we are passionate about helping care teams enrich social care. We’ve spent many years visiting residential and dementia care homes,…

Dementia Café support group

Alzheimer’s Society to launch new café support group

Parbold and Skelmersdale Alzheimer’s Society dementia cafes will become one new café support…

RV Care and HC-One receive ‘Outstanding’ CQC rating

RV Care and HC-One receive ‘Outstanding’ CQC rating

An east Devon Domiciliary Care provider is delighted to have received…

Ralph the dog in care home

Visiting dog inspires care home resident to speak

RALPH the dog turned a care home resident who rarely speaks into a…

DBS check - a job application form

Busting the myths around the DBS check

As most people working within the care industry will know, all staff in care homes, hospitals and working as care providers in someone else’s home are subject to a…

PolyCoversDirect

Low Surface Temperature Radiator Covers

PolyCoversDirect is a UK based manufacturer of High Impact PVC radiator covers.

Established in 2006 and now part of the Oadby Plastics Group of companies,…

Flexible caring - Christian Brøndum is CEO of Planday

Flexible Caring: The Need for Change

Christian Brøndum is the CEO of Planday, a start-up that provides workforce management software to businesses working across all sectors including both…

Bluebird care home

Bluebird Care, launches Nursing Associate Training Scheme

Bluebird Care Lincoln, Bluebird Care North East Lincolnshire and West…

Fraser Quin on The changing face of dementia identity

The changing face of dementia: New brand identity for North East charity

A North East-based not-for-profit provider of specialist care services for people living with dementia has undergone a complete rebrand, launching a new corporate…

Moffat Vgen Trolley

Moffat: Adding another dimension to hospital and care home catering

With over 50 years specialising in hospital catering equipment, British manufacturer Moffat has established and developed its innovative approach to the…