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Care Workers' Charity 2020 Impact Report

THE CARE WORKERS’ CHARITY PUBLISHES 2020 IMPACT REPORT

The Care Workers’ Charity has provided grants of over £2 million in total to support care workers in 2020, it has been revealed.  The Care Workers’ Charity has published...
Management at Handley House care home in York created a fun superhero-themed day to thank their staff for all of their ‘super’ work during the course of the coronavirus pandemic.

HEROES WEAR CAPES AT YORK CARE HOME

Management at Handley House care home in York created a fun superhero-themed day to thank their staff for all of their ‘super’ work during the course of the coronavirus pandemic. Home...
International Care Worker Recruitment

UK TO STRENGTHEN ETHICAL APPROACH TO INTERNATIONAL CARE WORKER RECRUITMENT

The UK has updated its Code of Practice (CoP) for the international recruitment of health and social care staff to align with the World Health Organization, widening the global market from which the...
All those on the GP learning disability register should be prioritised for a COVID-19 vaccine, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (KVCI) has advised the government.

LEARNING DISABILITY COMMUNITY RESPONDS TO VACCINE PRIORITISATION NEWS

All those on the GP learning disability register should be prioritised for a COVID-19 vaccine, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (KVCI) has advised the government. Under this...
Derek Lennox, Lifestyle Coordinator at Grange Care Home and (right) Mary Tonner, resident at Grange Care Home.

LIVE MUSIC SESSIONS STREAMED TO CARE HOME RESIDENTS

The COVID-19 pandemic may have halted musicians entertaining the residents of Grange Care Home in Kilmarnock but, thanks to a music charity, residents are now enjoying live music virtually.  ...
Jean and Cyril on their wedding day in 1949.

RESIDENT’S 70-YEAR LOVE STORY BEGAN AT CARE HOME

A care home resident is now living in the very building where she first met her husband, 70 years ago. Staff at HC-One’s Thamesfield care home in Henley-on-Thames uncovered the romantic...
Helen Jamieson, Founder and MD at Jaluch HR & Training

A RECKLESS POLICY: MANDATORY VACCINATION

Helen Jamieson, Founder and MD at Jaluch HR & Training, discusses the issue of employing a ‘no jab, no job’ policy as a care provider and the possible implications you must consider...
NCF Comment on Easing of Care Home Restrictions

NATIONAL CARE FORUM WELCOMES CARE HOME VISITOR NEWS

Following the news that care home residents will be allowed one indoor visitor from the 8th March, the National Care Forum (NCF) – the leading member association for not-for-profit social care...
The plans will allow one single named visitor to hold hands indoors with their relative or contact in a care home, and make repeat visits under carefully designed conditions to keep residents, staff and visitors safe.

CARE HOME RESIDENTS TO BE ALLOWED ONE REGULAR VISITOR

Care home residents will be allowed one regular indoor visitor from 8th March, as part of the Prime Minister’s roadmap to ease lockdown restrictions. The plans will allow one single named...
Residents at Cavell House care home in Shoreham have been exploring Chinese culture and have learnt to speak and write in Mandarin.

SHOREHAM CARE HOME RESIDENTS LEARN MANDARIN

Residents at Cavell House care home in Shoreham have been exploring Chinese culture and have learnt to speak and write in Mandarin. During celebrations for Chinese New Year, Cavell House’s...

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