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De Brook Lodge care home in Urmston has been crowned the national winner of Ideal Carehome’s annual ‘Gardens in Bloom’ competition.

CARE HOME RESIDENTS’ GARDEN TRANSFORMATION WINS TOP PRIZE

A Trafford care home is celebrating after coming first place in a nationwide gardening competition. De Brook Lodge care home in Urmston has been crowned the national winner of Ideal...
Future of Care Conference will be hosting a panel session discussing the issues surrounding staff recruitment and retention in care.

CONFERENCE TO ADDRESS CARE SECTOR WORKFORCE CHALLENGES

Future of Care Conference will be hosting a panel session discussing the issues surrounding staff recruitment and retention in care. The conference, which takes place on 15th October at the Hilton...
Residents from Great Oaks care home in Bournemouth were visited by a group of local students on the Prince’s Trust Team Programme as part of the home’s promotion of intergenerational care.

GREAT OAKS RESIDENTS RECEIVE VISIT FROM PRINCE’S TRUST

Residents from Great Oaks care home in Bournemouth were visited by a group of local students on the Prince’s Trust Team Programme as part of the home’s promotion of intergenerational...
wansea University academics are calling for policy makers, regulators and healthcare professionals to adopt a structured medicine monitoring system.

CARE HOMES NEED STRUCTURED DRUG MONITORING, SAY ACADEMICS

Swansea University academics are calling for policy makers, regulators and healthcare professionals to adopt a structured medicine monitoring system, after research showed a positive impact on the...
A petition calling on the government to introduce free personal care for older people, signed by more than 13,000 people in just over two weeks, has been presented to the Prime Minister.

CAMPAIGNERS PRESENT FREE PERSONAL CARE PETITION TO PM

A petition calling on the government to introduce free personal care for older people, signed by more than 13,000 people in just over two weeks, has been presented to the Prime Minister. Staff and...
A group of young adults have spent time shadowing staff at a West London care home as part of a programme with youth charity The Prince’s Trust.

BUPA AND THE PRINCE'S TRUST HELP YOUNG PEOPLE FIND WORK

A group of young adults have spent time shadowing staff at a West London care home as part of a programme with youth charity The Prince’s Trust. As part of the Barclays Connect with Work...
The adult social care sector is being urged by the Minister for Care, Caroline Dinenage, to back the next phase of a recruitment campaign launched by the Department of Health and Social Care.

MINISTER FOR CARE SUPPORTS SOCIAL CARE RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN

The adult social care sector is being urged by the Minister for Care to back the next phase of a recruitment campaign launched by the Department of Health and Social Care. The first phase of the...
Representatives from Encore Care Homes recently attended a summer garden party at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital to mark the opening of a dementia-friendly summerhouse which they donated to the Bournemouth Hospital Charity.

ENCORE CARE HOMES BACKS DEMENTIA PROJECT AT HOSPITAL

Representatives from Encore Care Homes recently attended a summer garden party at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital to mark the opening of a dementia-friendly summerhouse which they donated to the...
Sybil Downham, 92, a resident at The Chanters which is taking part in the Facebook ’Postcards for Kindness’ campaign.

CARE HOME RESIDENTS EXCHANGE POSTCARDS ACROSS THE GLOBE

An Atherton care home is helping to combat loneliness and isolation by reaching out via Facebook group ‘Postcards of Kindness’. The Chanters Care Home, in Tyldsley Old Road, has been...
Betty Garfield, 79, has been living in sheltered accommodation in Hythe, Kent, for a number of years, after moving into her ground-floor flat with her late husband, who used a wheelchair.

OLDER PEOPLE FORCED TO WAIT YEARS FOR RETIREMENT HOUSING, SAYS CHARITY

A number of older people with support or care needs are being forced to wait months and years on waiting lists for sheltered housing, according to older people’s charity Independent Age. The...

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