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Funding boost for Down’s Syndrome Association’s sports programme

Funding boost for Down’s Syndrome Association’s sports programme

The Down’s Syndrome Association’s (DSA) DSActive clubs have been given a £19,000 cash injection by insurance provider Simplyhealth.    This £19,000 grant will...
Balhousie Care Group Joins Forces with Prince’s Trust

Balhousie Care Group Joins Forces with Prince’s Trust

Scotland-based Balhousie Care Group has teamed up with The Prince’s Trust Scotland to offer young people the opportunity to train for a career in the care sector.  The five week course...
Inspiring Excellence

Inspiring Excellence

Orchard Care Homes has established a new award scheme that recognises and gives credit to the cooks and kitchens of each home. The scheme has been set up as part of the company’s national...
The number of applications for social care jobs has fallen from 12.5 on average to 9.7 year on year

Social care jobs more than double but applicants fall

Statistics from CV-Library , the independent job board, have revealed that while 2015 has seen a significant rise in social care jobs, application rates have failed to maintain the same growth,...
NICE says its new guidance begins to replace the now abolished Liverpool Care Pathway

NICE opens consultation for draft guidance on caring for dying patients

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a draft guideline to support the NHS in providing high quality and compassionate care for people who are dying. About...
CQC’s chief executive David Behan acknowledged there is ’more to be done’

CQC praised by NAO but ‘significant challenges’ lie ahead

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has made substantial progress as it seeks to address public concerns about its regulatory approach, but significant challenges lie ahead, says a new report by the ...
Leonard French received his award from Cpl Tony Field. Back row (L-R): Lance Cpl Tony Goode, Lance Cpl Martin Purdie, Sgt Rob D Phillips

Kent care home salutes its veterans

Residents at a care home in Tunbridge Wells were recognised and honoured for their contribution to HM Armed Forces on Saturday (18 July). Ten residents at Rusthall Lodge , a not-for-profit...
Image © Helen Jermyn, Magic Me

Pioneering project brings cabaret and trapeze to care homes

Performance art or aerial circus aren’t usually the kind of entertainment on offer care homes for older people, but a new project from intergenerational arts charity Magic Me is set to...
Pictured (from left): Nicola Hambridge, Ann Marie Temperley, Debbie Hambridge, Brogan Mullally

Coventry home leads the way in skincare

A care home has become only the second in Coventry and Warwickshire to receive accreditation for preventing painful pressure ulcers and looking after residents’ skin. Arden Park Care Home in...
The resources have been designed for care staff working with people at the end of their lives

New resources encourage people to talk about end of life care

Skills for Health has launched a range of resources developed as part of the Working Together, improving end of life care through better integration project. The project, led by Skills for Care...

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