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CAMPAIGN AND SCHEMES LAUNCHED TO BOOST ADULT SOCIAL CARE WORKFORCE
The public are being called upon to apply for short-term and long-term opportunities in the adult social care sector to support care home residents and those being cared for at home. The impact...
CARE HOME STAFF DONATE BREAKFASTS TO KEY WORKERS
Cheshire care home staff have provided over 200 key workers with a tasty breakfast to support fellow pandemic heroes. The team from Elworth Grange in Sandbach had the idea of delivering...
CARE HOME MARKS AUSTRALIA DAY WITH BUSHTUCKER TRIAL
The Chanters care home in Atherton, Greater Manchester, has celebrated Australia Day in true antipodean style with cork hats and inflatable native creatures. The home, based on Tyldesley Old...
THE CARE WORKERS’ CHARITY LAUNCHES MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT PROGRAMME
The Care Workers’ Charity (CWC) has launched a pivotal Mental Health Support Programme in response to the crisis of mental ill-health faced by the UK’s social care workforce. The...
CELEBS BACK VETERAN ON 60-MILE LOCKDOWN FUNDRAISING CHALLENGE
A soldier left brain damaged after a mortar bomb attack in Iraq has completed a 60-mile cycling fundraiser from his room at a Surbiton care home on national TV. Wheelchair-bound Royal Star &...
COVID VACCINE OFFERED TO ALL CARE HOMES IN ENGLAND, NHS CONFIRMS
Every eligible elderly care home in England has been offered the COVID-19 vaccine, official figures are set to confirm later today. In a major milestone for the NHS vaccination programme, nurses,...
LEARNING DISABILITY CHARITY LAUNCHES VIRTUAL VALENTINE’S DAY EVENT
People in Wrexham and Denbighshire are being invited to join a virtual Valentine’s Day event to mark the launch of a brand-new friendship and dating service for people with learning...
CORNISH DJ SWAPS NIGHT CLUBS FOR NIGHT SHIFTS
A former DJ is now working in a care home after he took a drastic career change during the pandemic. Samuel Barnes, from Camborne, lost his job as a nightclub DJ in 2020 as a result of...
HEATHCOTES OPENS NEW SUPPORTED LIVING IN BRADFORD
Care provider Heathcotes Group has opened Horton View, a new provision of independent supported living properties in Bradford for adults with learning disabilities and mental health needs. An...
AVAILABILITY OF VACCINATIONS FOR CARE HOME STAFF NEEDS ADDRESSING, SAYS NCF
Most care homes in England have been visited by a vaccination team but the amount of staff being vaccinated is still lacking, research by the National Care Forum (NCF) has determined. ...
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