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care home residents have a really wild time

RESIDENTS HAVE A REALLY WILD TIME

At Friends of the Elderly’s RNNH Care Home in Bournemouth, Dorset, the residents have been having a ‘whale of a time’ talking and engaging with a wide range of unusual animals....
MUSICIAN HELPS BELONG WARRINGTON MAKE MELODIES

MUSICIAN HELPS BELONG WARRINGTON MAKE MELODIES

Music therapy sessions that help people connect, communicate and engage, have hit the right note with residents at Belong Warrington, who are enjoying the benefits of creative expression as part of...
WORCESTER CARE HOME MANAGER SHORTLISTED FOR TOP UK AWARD

WORCESTER CARE HOME MANAGER SHORTLISTED FOR TOP UK AWARD

A mental health nurse who designed a tailored service so people living with advanced dementia could be closer to loved ones is up for a prestigious award. Katherine Matthews, Manager of Perry...
SHERWOOD GRANGE CARE HOME HOLDS NUDE LIFE DRAWING CLASS

CARE HOME HOLDS NUDE LIFE DRAWING CLASS

Life at Care UK’s Sherwood Grange care home in south-west London is not quite how most people imagine and a recent, fully nude, life drawing class has smashed a few myths about how residents...
NATIONAL CARE HERO AWARD FOR SHEFFIELD CARER

NATIONAL CARE HERO AWARD FOR SHEFFIELD CARER

Anita Schole, a Carer at Rosebank Care Home in Sheffield, has won a national social care hero award in recognition of their hard work. The award has been made this week by Support Social Care...
CARING HOMES WELCOMES 100TH OVERSEAS HEALTH CARE SOCIAL WORKER

CARING HOMES WELCOMES 100TH OVERSEAS HC SOCIAL WORKER

Caring Homes Group has welcomed their 100th overseas Health Care Social Worker (HCSW) as they settle into their new role at a Sudbury, Suffolk care home. Mwarianesu Taderera, originally from...
CARE UK HOME TEAMS SUPPORT LONDON PRIDE

CARE UK HOME TEAMS SUPPORT LONDON PRIDE

Last weekend, 50 Care UK team members from 19 different care homes paraded through the streets of the capital to show their support for London Pride and underline the care home provider’s...
 Photo: From left to right, staff members Charlotte Reynolds, Anna Janakowska, Deidre Johnson (Home Manager) and Michelle Dyer holding their BCA certificates.

STAFF RECEIVE AWARD FOR EFFORTS DURING THE PANDEMIC

Care Home Manager Deidre Johnson at RMBI Care Co. Home Barford Court, in Hove, has received a British Citizen Corporate Award (BCA) in recognition of her leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
BELONG OPENS ITS DOORS FOR CARE HOME OPEN WEEK

BELONG OPENS ITS DOORS FOR CARE HOME OPEN WEEK

A dementia specialist is inviting local people to its villages to showcase its pioneering approach to living in care environments that challenges public perception of care homes. This week (27...
CREWE MAYOR OPENS TOWN’S LGBT+ SILVER PRIDE

CREWE MAYOR OPENS TOWN’S LGBT+ SILVER PRIDE

Over the weekend (Saturday 18 June), Councillor Nan Walton, Mayor of Crewe, cut the rainbow ribbon and opened the town’s fourth annual Silver Pride, the celebration of LGBT+ life and culture,...

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