At Redcot, Friends of the Elderly’s residential care home in Haslemere, Surrey, the residents have been marking not only the charity’s Royal Patron, Her Majesty The…
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Dimensions announces five point plan for social care work force
Dimensions, the UK’s largest not-for-profit support provider for working-age adults with learning disabilities and/or autism, has announced a new workforce…
National care hero award for Sheffield carer.
Anita Schole, a Carer at Rosebank Care Home in Sheffield, has won a national social care hero award in recognition of their hard work.
The…
98 Years Young
Friends of the Elderly’s Care Home Resident Celebrates Her 98th Birthday – Saying Cake, Swimming and Family are Her Secret to a Long and Happy Life…
The Importance of Degreasing
Degreasing - Where there are kitchens, there is grease and knowing how to deal with it is essential to making sure your kitchen runs smoothly. It doesn’t matter…
Armed Forces Day: First impressions count for Royal Star & Garter Home Manager
Qualified Nurse Jamie Stubbs worked for the NHS before joining the RAF in December 1995. During his 19-year military career, he attained the rank of Flight…
Concentrates vs Ready To Use - World Refill Day
June the 16th represented World Refill Day, we at Alliance Online look at one way care homes can also get behind the initiative of opting to refill opposed…
Log my Care’s new research reveals the sentiment in the social care sector and technology’s place in its future
Log my Care has revealed the results of new research – The future of care: an analysis of job satisfaction and technology in social care. Prompted by the reports of a…
The Care & Occupational Therapy Show 2022
June 21st, 2022 will see the launch of a brand new show. A show that is set to take the care sector by storm. Inspired Motive acquired the ‘…
Social care providers urged to check data protection by 30 June 2022
All care services across England are being encouraged to check and improve how they store and share information by the end of June –…
Sheffield care home director recognised by Buckingham Palace
Nicola Richards, Director of Palms Row Health Care in Sheffield, was invited by Her Majesty The Queen to attend a garden party at Buckingham Palace this…
New initiative launched to boost care worker wellbeing
Social care heroes across Yorkshire will have a simple way to keep healthy thanks to a pilot project launching today (Weds 18 May 2022).
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Fears for wound care patients after COVID pandemic
- 88% of nurses fear that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on the outcomes of those living with a wound…
FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY ENCOURAGING TEAMS TO ‘UNMIND’ Charity Boosts Its Commitment To Staff Wellbeing
Friends of the Elderly, the charity which runs care homes, day care services and a grant giving service for older people living on low incomes, has continued to build…
Why care homes need to pay attention to increasing water rates.
In April 2022, business water rates will increase due to the bad debt accumulated throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Ofwat, the water regulator, has…
CoolCare Releases Major Software Update
Less than a year after its official launch in June 2018, care home software provider CoolCare has updated its CoolCare4 product with a major release. The…
Social-Ability brings Happiness
London, 20 April 2022: Social-Ability, a social venture aimed at supporting the lives of people living with cognitive challenges such…
“I told Brunelcare they were the only family I had and they offered me a job at the charity”
“I told Brunelcare they were the only family I had and they offered me a job at the charity”
Phil, 85, previously received home care visits from…
Barbara celebrates her 101st Birthday !
Resident at New Copford Place Celebrates Her Landmark Birthday Saying The Secret To A Long And Happy Life Is ‘Men’. At Friends of the Elderly’s New Copford Place care…
Care settings with touch screen technology
With an extremely challenging last 24 months in the care sector, 100s of residential and nursing homes across the UK have opted for the highly engaging option of…
Care Roadshows are back!
Care Roadshows are a series of free regional care events throughout the UK that inform and inspire care home owners, care managers and all those within the healthcare…
Healthcare Ireland acquires Priory Adult Care’s seven Northern Ireland homes
Healthcare Ireland (HCI), the Holywood, County Down headquartered care home operator, has completed the purchase of…
Spring Clean – Care Home Cleaning Options
Keeping any venue clean is a full-time job, especially for care and nursing homes. Staff in such environments are normally torn between caring for their patients /…
Care with Focus
At Willow we are working to save caregivers time and stress.
We aim to do that with our sensor textile mats that can detect bed exits and body fluids…
Technological innovations are the key to saving the dementia care system
With dementia cases predicted to triple to 150 million by 2050, it is imperative that funding for the dementia care system is increased. The current system is…