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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...
HRH Princess Anne with Captain Duncan Glass.

CAPTAIN GLASS RETIRES AFTER DECADE AS RASS CHAIRMAN

After ten years at the helm as Chairman of Trustees of The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society (RASS), Captain Duncan Glass has announced his retirement. Captain Glass started his journey with...
Residents at Kingsgate Care Home have been putting their Spanish to the test with lessons from Lingo Flamingo.

CARE HOME RESIDENTS EXPERIENCE SPANISH CULTURE IN LANGUAGE LESSONS

From flamenco to fiesta, residents at Kingsgate Care Home have been putting their Spanish to the test with lessons from Lingo Flamingo. Throughout the six-week programme, residents at the East...
Susan Carr, NHS Grampian’s Director of Allied Health Professions and Public Protection with Dawn Mitchell, Head of The School of Health Sciences at RGU.

ALLIED HEALTH COLLABORATES WITH UNIVERSITY TO IMPROVE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE DELIVERY

An Allied Health Professions Director from NHS Grampian has accepted the position of Visiting Professor at Robert Gordon University (RGU) to collaboratively support changes in healthcare delivery to...
Andrew and Elizabeth celebrating their wedding anniversary in Patcham Care Home’s revamped conservatory.

CARE HOME REVAMPS CONSERVATORY FOR PRIVATE DINING EXPERIENCES

A Brighton care home has helped to strengthen one couple’s relationship with a cosy conservatory refurbishment, kitted out for date nights with loved ones or time with family and friends. ...
Hallmark Care Homes’ Chair and Chair of Care England Avnish Goyal

COMPANIES FLOCK TO SUPPORT 2019 CARE SECTOR BALL

The 2019 Care Sector Ball looks set to raise its target of £250,000 for the Alzheimer’s Society and The Care Workers Charity, with over 50 different care sector organisations now signed...
NCS Care Home Garden Makeover

NCS VOLUNTEERS GIVE CARE HOME A SUMMER MAKEOVER

Young volunteers from the National Citizenship Service (NCS) raised over £400 to give Mundy House care home in Basildon a colourful and creative garden makeover. As part of the refurbishment,...
A nursing home in Caerleon, Wales, that has been facing financial challenges has had its immediate future secured after administrators were appointed.

IMMEDIATE FUTURE OF CAERLEON HOUSE CARE HOME SECURED

A nursing home in Caerleon, Wales, that has been facing financial challenges has had its immediate future secured after administrators were appointed. Graham Randall, Chris Newell and Paul Zalkin,...
Residents at MHA Abbey Park in Coventry can now enjoy a tipple down at their ‘local’, after the care home transformed one of its lounge areas into a traditional pub.

COVENTRY CARE HOME RESIDENTS GET THEIR OWN PUB

Residents at MHA Abbey Park in Coventry can now enjoy a tipple down at their ‘local’, after the care home transformed one of its lounge areas into a traditional pub. ‘The Abbey...

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