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GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES COVID-19 CARE HOME SUPPORT PACKAGE
A new £600m Infection Control Fund has been introduced to tackle the spread of COVID-19 in care homes in addition to £3.2bn of financial support made available to local authorities to...
EXERCISE GOES DIGITAL FOR CARE VILLAGES’ OLDER RESIDENTS
Fitness instructors at care provider Belong have launched a YouTube channel to keep their clients and the nation’s older community healthy during the coronavirus lockdown. The Belong Active...
HEALTH AND WELLBEING STILL A PRIORITY DURING COVID CRISIS
The British Geriatrics Society has warned that the lockdown and social distancing measures, meant to protect vulnerable older people from COVID-19, have led to dangerously low levels of physical...
PLADIS LAUNCHES ‘LOVE LETTER’ DRIVE ON NATIONAL BISCUIT DAY
pladis, parent company of McVitie’s and Jacob’s, is aiming to combat loneliness and bring some happiness to care homes on National Biscuit Day (29th May) by delivering lockdown love...
GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES NEW PORTAL FOR CARE HOMES TO ARRANGE CV-19 TESTING
A new online portal that makes it easy for care homes to arrange deliveries of coronavirus test kits was launched yesterday. As the national testing capacity has increased, the government is...
MARITIME CARE HOME FLIES THE FLAG TO MARK VE DAY
Staff and residents at Surrey-based maritime charity and nursing care home, The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, commemorated a very special VE Day 75 from afar this year with the help of some...
WORKERS SELF-ISOLATING TO PROTECT LOVED ONES SHOULDN’T BE PUNISHED
The government must do more to protect key workers threatened with dismissal or put on unpaid leave if they’re off work self-isolating because of vulnerable relatives, says UNISON. Anxious...
NEW MANAGEMENT AT RUDDINGTON MANOR
Tracy Johnston and Anne Mirasol have been appointed by New Care as Home Manager and Deputy Manager respectively at Ruddington Manor Care Centre, in Wilford. The duo will work together,...
MYSHON IN WESTMORELAND SUPPORTED HOUSING CONTRACT WIN
MYSHON, the intensive housing management specialist within the supported living sector, has announced a new partnership with Westmoreland Supported Housing. The company has been appointed...
TREASURY CUTS TAXES TO REDUCE PPE COSTS
VAT on essential personal protective equipment (PPE) for Covid-19 will be temporarily scrapped saving more than £100m for care homes and businesses dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, the...
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