RESIDENTS and staff have raised hundreds of pounds for a dementia friendly sensory garden at their…
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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 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…
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 options: are you covered?
by Care & Nursing Essentials editor Victoria Galligan
Healthcare professionals must be protected against a range of legal challenges –…
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…
Prestige Doors – part of Sunray Group
Sunray Engineering Ltd are the UK’s leading timber, security and fire door experts.…
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…
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 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…
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.
…
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,…
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
An east Devon Domiciliary Care provider is delighted to have received…
Visiting dog inspires care home resident to speak
RALPH the dog turned a care home resident who rarely speaks into a…
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…
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: 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, launches Nursing Associate Training Scheme
Bluebird Care Lincoln, Bluebird Care North East Lincolnshire and West…
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: 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…