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Patrick Fensterseifer, Head Chef of Great Oaks care home.

GREAT OAKS CARE HOME WELCOMES SOFT FOOD DIET SPECIALIST

Great Oaks in Bournemouth has appointed a soft food diet specialist to allow for a wide range of diet requirements to be catered for at the care home. Patrick Fensterseifer, Head Chef at Great...
Coping with cancer and dementia

THE CHALLENGES OF LIVING WITH CANCER AND DEMENTIA

Debby Veigas is an End of Life Care specialist dementia Admiral Nurse based at Wakefield Hospice, trained and supported in her role by Dementia UK. For this year’s World Cancer Day, Debby...
Skills for Care is seeking social care and health employers willing to host a graduate within their organisation as part of a programme designed to develop future leaders in the social care and health sectors.

SKILLS FOR CARE SEEKS HOSTS FOR GRADUATE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME

Skills for Care is seeking social care and health employers willing to host a graduate within their organisation as part of a programme designed to develop future leaders in the social care and...
L: Charlie Duhig R: Tim Allen

ADMIRAL NURSE SERVICE LAUNCHED AT SWINDON’S GREAT WESTERN HOSPITAL

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has introduced two new Admiral Nursing posts to provide specialist support to people with dementia and their carers and families. The nurses will...
Michele Blake (Wellbeing Manager) June DeMarco (resident) and local musician Alan Cowie.

GREAT OAKS CARE HOME HOSTS BURNS NIGHT CELEBRATIONS

Residents of Great Oaks care home in Bournemouth took part in a jam-packed day of Burns Night celebrations to pay homage to the Scottish holiday, on 25th January. The day kicked off with a...
(L-R)  Stocks Hall Staff: Craig Smith, Betty McLoughlin, Joseph Ball, Erin Wilkinson, Brenda Gardner.

CARE HOME ADDS SOME OOMPH TO ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME

A care home in Ormskirk is adding extra ‘oomph’ to its already outstanding daily wellbeing and activities programmes. Stocks Hall Care Home, on Nursery Avenue in Ormskirk, has partnered...
Virginia Perkins, Associate Director of People and Organisational Development

SPRINGHILL CARE GROUP GETS DISABILITY CONFIDENT EMPLOYER STATUS

Springhill Care Group has been certified as a Disability Confident Employer following a successful assessment. The Disability Confident Scheme aims to help employers make the most of the...
Encore Care Homes Mind the Gap

INNOVATIVE DEMENTIA TRAINING SHOWCASED AT ENCORE CARE HOMES

Encore Care Homes is proud to introduce ‘Mind the Gap’, an insightful dementia training programme, across its care homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Fareham. The programme...
Uni of Herts Research

FUNDING GIVEN TO RESEARCH INTO BENEFITS OF SPORT FOR WOMEN WITH DEMENTIA

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has awarded over £35,000 to an innovative project between the University of Hertfordshire and Juntendo University, Japan, which will focus on...
New Manager Wye Forest Nursing Home

NEW KIDDERMINSTER NURSING HOME MANAGER PROMISES QUALITY CARE

The owners of a Wyre Forest nursing home have appointed a new manager who plans to maintain the home’s high-quality care and forge closer links with the community. Care specialist Jackie...

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