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Care home Gracewell of Sutton Coldfield opens its own bar.

RESIDENTS ENJOY A TIPPLE IN NEW BAR

Care home Gracewell of Sutton Coldfield has opened its own bar. Named the Royal Oak, the bar was opened with a socially-distanced soiree. Residents living with dementia in the dedicated Memory Care...
BLUEBIRD CARE NOMINATED FOR FRANCHISING AWARD

BLUEBIRD CARE NOMINATED FOR MAJOR FRANCHISING AWARD

In-home care provider Bluebird Care has been shortlisted in the Business Transformation category at the bfa HSBC British Franchise Awards, to be held at the Vox, Birmingham, on 30 November. ...
TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH FANFARE AS MARGARET TURNS 100

TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH FANFARE AS MARGARET TURNS 100

Margaret McGregor, a resident at Muirton House care home has celebrated her socially distanced 100th birthday with two bagpipers serenading her outside the home. Margaret was born in Wimbledon in...
CARE HOME AVOIDS SINGLE CASE OF COVID-19

CARE HOME AVOIDS SINGLE CASE OF COVID-19

Brunelcare’s Glastonbury Care Home has been fortunate enough to have no confirmed cases of Coronavirus at the home since the very start of the outbreak. The Care Home, located in Somerset,...
Sunrise of Elstree Resident's COVID-19 story

A RESIDENT’S CORONAVIRUS STORY

With the care home sector at the centre of the COVID-19 crisis, a Hertfordshire facility shares how they have dealt with this invisible threat. Sunrise of Elstree was just one of the many care...
NEW VISITOR PODS ENABLE RESIDENTS TO SEE FAMILIES

NEW VISITOR PODS ENABLE RESIDENTS TO SEE FAMILIES

Residents at RMBI Care Co. Homes across the UK have been overjoyed to be reunited with their loved ones after four months without visitors. The provider is among the first in the country to...
RECORD MONTH OF JOB APPLICATIONS AT HEATHCOTES

RECORD MONTH OF JOB APPLICATIONS AT HEATHCOTES

Heathcotes Group, a Chesterfield-based care provider, has experienced a major surge in demand for jobs in the sector following a record month of applications for support worker positions nationwide....
THE INTRINSIC ELEMENT OF ETHICAL PROVISION

THE INTRINSIC ELEMENT OF ETHICAL PROVISION

Privacy and dignity are a human right, yet 73% of care homes were rated inadequate in this area and are not protecting these values of those in their care to a high enough standard, reports Helen...
SEAFARERS AWARENESS WEEK: MARITIME CARE HOME CELEBRATES UNSUNG HEROES

MARITIME CARE HOME CELEBRATES SEAFARERS AWARENESS WEEK

Surrey-based maritime care home, The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, is marking the UK’s tenth annual Seafarers Awareness Week (6-12 July) with tales from its seafaring residents. ...
Acts of kindness at Encore Care Homes for World Wellbeing Week

ACTS OF KINDNESS FOR WORLD WELLBEING WEEK

Encore Care Homes delivered a thoughtful week of events in celebration of World Wellbeing Week, a global awareness campaign about the importance of health and wellbeing, at the end of June. Based...

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