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Tech innovation offers ‘clear sound’ for care home residents with hearing loss

A new tech innovation from assistive listening specialists, Contacta Systems, offers support to care home ...

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Moray care home seeks community volunteers

A Highlands care home is reaching out to local volunteers and community groups to support ...

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Black Swan Care Group supports World Menopause Day

Black Swan Care Group is working with Norfolk-based organisation Menopause Support to mark World Menopause ...

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Chislehurst care home launches intergenerational mother and baby group

A new intergenerational mother and baby group is bringing joy to residents at a Chislehurst ...

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Barchester staff don their running shoes for charity

Barchester staff have raised a fantastic £1,675 for charity by taking part in this year’s ...

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Balhousie Rumbling Bridge carer retires after 36 years

Carer Adelina ‘Babs’ Somerville is retiring this week from Rumbling Bridge, Balhousie Care Group’s specialist ...

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Housing developer donates defibrillators

Specialist partnership housing developer Lovell Later Living is donating defibrillators to development sites across the ...

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TLC Care achieves world first platinum wellbeing award

TLC Care has become the first workplace in any industry to achieve a new wellbeing ...

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Nottinghamshire care home awarded for outstanding end-of-life care

Wren Hall in Nottinghamshire has received Platinum status for end-of-life care and the title of ...

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Kingsley joins National Activity Providers Association

Care provider Kingsley Healthcare has joined the National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) in order to ...

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C’est magnifique! – care centre residents conquer French

Six individuals at Collisdene Care Centre in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire have celebrated graduating with French ...

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Care Sector Fundraising Ball breaks record

The fourth annual Care Sector Fundraising Ball took place on Saturday 30 September, raising £426,852 ...

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Age Cymru calls for all care homes to offer artistic activities

Charity Age Cymru is calling for residents in every care home in Wales to have ...

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Charity seeks older people for “adoption”

Charity Adopt a Grandparent is seeking older people who would benefit from an intergenerational friendship.

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Life’s a beach for residents as care home opens seaside oasis

Mayor Brentwood, Cllr Gareth Barrett, has officially opened a new seaside oasis at an Essex ...

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Right at Home recognises its high achievers

National home care provider Right at Home has announced the winners of its annual Celebration ...

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University studies impact of natural sounds on care home residents

Charity Lilian Faithfull Care is working with the University of Gloucestershire to explore whether the ...

7 months

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Anchor wins RSPCA award for pet friendly resident support

Anchor has been recognised by the RSPCA for its pet friendly approach to supporting residents.

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Actor opens first-of-its-kind ‘Men’s Shed’ for care home residents

West End star and TV and film actor Ron Emslie has officially opened a first-of-its-kind ...

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New chief strategy and transformation officer at Adopt a Grandparent

Adopt a Grandparent has appointed Niharika Noakes as chief strategy and transformation officer.

7 months

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Kingsley Healthcare ranked best UK employer for work wellbeing

Kingsley Healthcare has been ranked the best UK employer for wellbeing in a prestigious inaugural ...

8 months

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Essex care home launches boutique

Runwood Homes’ The Whitecroft care home has opened a boutique-style shop for residents.

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Care worker braves fear of heights to raise money for residents

A brave care worker is taking the ultimate plunge to raise funds for her care ...

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Signature Senior Lifestyle sponsors Care Campaign for the Vulnerable

Signature Senior Lifestyle has announced a new formal partnership with Care Campaign for the Vulnerable ...

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Kent care home residents call on care community to join beach cleanup efforts

Residents at ACI Care’s The Old Rectory are appealing to the care community to join ...

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Sanctuary Care recognised for strong staff support

Care provider Sanctuary Care has been recognised for its outstanding employee support by achieving Investors ...

8 months

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Care home transforms Covid pod into café

Handford House in Ipswich has transformed a visiting pod used during the pandemic into a ...

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Herefordshire care home hosts Portrait Artist of the Year competition

Brockington House in Hereford, part of Dormy Care Communities, has teamed up with two local ...

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Hallmark Foundation backs Open University health campaign for over 50s

Hallmark Foundation is supporting a new Open University national health campaign for the over 50s.

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Care home roars back to the 20s for movie screening

The roaring 20s were brought back in style at a care home screening of the ...

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Cramond Residence appoints head of lifestyle

Edinburgh luxury care home Cramond Residence has promoted Elaine Vallance to head of lifestyle.

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Council awards £30,000 for abuse of gay care home resident

Lambeth Council has awarded £30,000 to the partner of a care home resident who suffered ...

9 months

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Barchester’s foundation appoints chairperson

Barchester’s Charitable Foundation has appointed a new chairperson, Simon McCall, Barchester’s commercial director.

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New cinema room for veterans

Services veterans living at a Salford care home can now enjoy watching films in their ...

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Care home residents sell homemade bug hotels

Residents at The Manor House care home in North Walsham have opened an order book ...

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Green-fingered Yawn Life members help out at care home

Adults with learning disabilities are helping out at Bramingham Farm in Luton in the care ...

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Care home promotes intergenerational relationships

Staff and residents from Weald Hall Care Home in Epping, Essex visited a local primary ...

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Mother and daughter reunite in dance

A mother and daughter danced together in an emotional reunion at a Hampshire dementia care ...

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Free lunch

Care homes operated by Ideal Carehomes are handing out free packed lunches for children during ...

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Cycle challenge raises thousands for care

A Tour De HICA cycling challenge raised £6,910 to help fund and support causes and ...

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Loveday & Co sponsors fundraising ball

Dementia care provider Loveday & Co is sponsoring the Care Sector Fundraising Ball 2023.

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Golfers support the elderly

Friends of the Elderly’s Kidderminster Day Care in Worcestershire has received a £3,000 donation.

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Double century in Dorset

One of the UK’s longest living pairs of twins, and possibly the oldest identical pair, ...

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Abbeyfield secures funding for garden renovation

The Abbeyfield Belfast Society has secured funding to enable work to begin on the renovation ...

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Charity raises over £2,000 to help care recipients’ dreams come true

A Sussex-based charity has raised over £2,000 to fulfil the bucket list dreams of care ...

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Born to run: care staff take on famous half marathon

Three colleagues from a Derby care home are taking part in this year’s Great North ...

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School visit fosters intergenerational friendships at Nottinghamshire care home

A special dementia nursing home in Nottinghamshire has welcomed over 40 children from a local ...

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Residents enjoy intergenerational music

Intergenerational Musical Bumps has been introduced at Little Bramingham Farm, a Luton care home.

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Belmont House crowned for best Coronation tea party

Belmont House Nursing Home won a group competition to create and host a tea party ...

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Care home celebrates footballing legacy

Signature at Hendon Hall opened its doors to footballers and fans as part of a ...

10 months

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UK care workers happier than 12 months ago

People working in care are happier than they were 12 months ago, according to research ...

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Care home residents explore Kellie Castle

Residents from Willow House Care Home in Fife explored the magic of Kellie Castle on ...

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Birmingham home presents school with partnership award

A Birmingham care home honoured a local secondary school with a special award to recognise ...

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TLC choir celebrates diversity during Pride Month

Team members across TLC Care’s nine homes joined forces as part of the company’s Love ...

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Care home opens tiki bar for residents

Goldenley Care Home in Essex has been celebrating the opening of its own tiki bar.

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The Care Workers’ Charity awards 10,000 grants

The Care Workers' Charity has given 10,000 grants to care workers across the UK, reaching ...

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Record number of care homes and MPs take part in Care Home Open Week 2023

A record number of care homes and local MPs took part in this year’s Care ...

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Charity supports Musical Tea events in care homes

Music and dementia charity Playlist for Life is encouraging care homes to host music-themed get-togethers ...

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Dorchester care home re-establishes link with local pre-school

Maiden Castle House care home in Dorchester has re-established its pre-Covid relationship with a local ...

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Anneka Rice challenges care homes to take part in national singalong

TV legend Anneka Rice has challenged care homes to take part in a national singalong ...

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Brampton Manor has a birthday party

Brampton Manor by Boutique Care Homes commemorated its second anniversary in June by hosting a ...

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Surrey home opens on-site pub for residents

Surrey care home Redcot, managed by charity Friends of the Elderly, has repurposed its outdoor ...

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Researchers seek older LGBTQ+ people for care study

Researchers are recruiting older LGBTQ+ people with experience of the adult social care system to ...

10 months

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Bupa care homes partner with primary schools to encourage love of reading

Six Bupa care homes have partnered with primary schools to kick start a lifelong love ...

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Charity aims to raise £10k by tackling 24 peaks in 24 hours

A team from The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society is aiming to raise £10,000 for charity ...

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Bluebird Care offices choose Mind as charity of the year

Four Bluebird Care offices in the south of England have named Mind as their charity ...

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Residents to sample different cultures during Care Home Open Week

Residents at a Slough care home will sample different cultures across the world during themed ...

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Boutique Care Homes joins the National Activity Providers Association

Boutique Care Homes has joined the National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) as part of its ...

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Community Integrated Care partners with leading charities on free nature resources

Community Integrated Care, one of the UK’s leading social care charities, has partnered with the ...

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Dementia home partners with nursery to open intergenerational space

A specialist dementia nursing home in Nottinghamshire has joined forces with a nursery to open ...

11 months

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Championing Social Care launches essential resources for Care Home Open Week

Championing Social Care has launched an extensive range of resources and activity pack for care ...

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New Care becomes first care provider to achieve inclusion and diversity award

New Care has become the UK’s first health and social care organisation to achieve an ...

11 months

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Adopt a Grandparent partners with Barclays to offer digital training

Charity Adopt a Grandparent is engaging care home staff and residents in digital training through ...

12 months

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Superior Care and Home Instead among UK’s best companies to work for

Care group Superior Care Midlands and home care company Home Instead have been recognised as ...

12 months

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Walfinch deepens commitment to mental health at work

Home care provider Walfinch is deepening its support for the mental health and wellbeing of ...

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Avery Healthcare launches respite care service to support family carers

Avery Healthcare has launched a pre-bookable respite care service to support family carers in need ...

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Eurovision fever comes to Four Seasons care homes

Residents and team members at Four Seasons Health Care Group care homes across the UK ...

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Sanctuary Care receives mental health and wellbeing award

The team at Sanctuary Care are celebrating after receiving a national award for how they ...

12 months

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Care homes mark Coronation Day with ‘right royal’ celebrations

Care homes up and down the country have celebrated the coronation of King Charles III.

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Ambient Support launches ‘Art for Anxiety’ exhibition in South London

An exhibition showcasing art created by people with lived experience of mental health services has ...

1 year

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Care home resident gets her wish to see her ‘Dreamboys’

A 92-year-old care home resident has had her wish granted to see the raunchy Dreamboys ...

1 year

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Oldbury care home wins competition for wellbeing initiative

Oldbury care home Portway House has won a West Midlands Care Association competition which aimed ...

1 year

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Care Workers’ Charity asks sector to step up in ‘urgent’ £100k appeal

The Care Workers’ Charity (CWC) has issued an urgent ‘£100,000 Before the End of May’ ...

1 year

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Dementia choir members star in short film

Residents and carers at Morpeth’s Riverside House Care Home feature in a short film following ...

1 year

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Glasgow’s Michael & Charlene crowned winners of Care Sector’s Got Talent

Charlene Reeves and Michael Gallagher perform at Care Sector’s Got Talent in Derby Arena Singing ...

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Care home resident marks 95^th birthday in ‘flower power’ style

A Friends of the Elderly care home resident has marked her 95th birthday in true ...

1 year

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Football mad care home resident urges team to ‘keep calm’ ahead of crunch match

Lifelong Middlesborough fan Ian Pearson, 75, a resident at Ingleby Care Home in Ingleby Barwick, ...

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Lifeways Group becomes founder patron of Championing Social Care

Community care provider Lifeways Group has become a founder patron of Championing Social Care.

1 year

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Care Sector’s Got Talent finalists revealed

Championing Social Care has announced the eight finalists of its flagship programme Care Sector’s Got ...

1 year

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Scottish care home hits the right note with new choir

Residents and staff are at a Scottish care home are hitting the high notes after ...

1 year

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EF-group to sponsor Care Sector’s Got Talent

Championing Social Care has signed up software company EF-group as the latest sponsor of its ...

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Care home partners with local school to combat loneliness

Chartwell House in Broadstairs, Kent is launching a community initiative to connect children and the ...

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Arts Council England invests £600,000 in creative health programme

Arts Council England has announced a £600,000 investment in a creative health programme.

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Blue light breakfast returns to Falmouth care home

Barchester Healthcare’s Falmouth Court Care Home has relaunched its Blue Light Breakfast scheme for emergency ...

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Boutique Care Homes to host sensory themed dementia event

Boutique Care Homes’ Chartwell House in Broadstairs, Kent is hosting a sensory themed dementia event ...

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Anchor achieves care and housing first as an inclusive employer

Anchor has become the first not-for-profit care and housing provider to win a prestigious inclusive ...

1 year

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Canford Healthcare supports Ukrainian relief charity

Southeast care home operator Canford Healthcare has donated medical/care equipment and supplies to the Tunbridge ...

1 year

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Sanctuary Care shortlisted for workplace mental health and wellbeing award

Sanctuary Care is celebrating after being shortlisted for a national workplace mental health and wellbeing ...

1 year

Staffing

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Care home cycling challenge raises over £350 on Red Nose Day

Team members at a New Forest care home have raised over £350 for good causes ...

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Care home residents and school kids team up for Red Nose Day

A Comic Relief funded project in Milton Keynes has brought together local care home residents ...

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