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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...
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...
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...
Following the publication of the NHS long-term plan, released on 7th January, Professor Tahir Masud, President of the British Geriatrics Society (BGS), has shown his support for the outlined changes to the NHS but also shared his concerns for hospitals.

BGS PRAISES NHS LONG-TERM PLAN BUT SHARES CONCERN FOR HOSPITALS

Following the publication of the NHS long-term plan, released on 7th January, Professor Tahir Masud, President of the British Geriatrics Society (BGS), has shown his support for the outlined changes...
Melanie Marchant, an experienced care professional, has taken over as the manager at The Knoll Care Home in Tuffley.

REDWOOD HEALTHCARE GROUP CARE HOME APPOINTS NEW MANAGER

A Gloucester care home has appointed a new manager who wants to put high-quality care, day trips and the local community at the centre of her plans. Melanie Marchant, an experienced care...
Janet Scammell, who is leading the project, and nurses for The Royal Bournemouth Hospital.

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AIMS TO IMPROVE NHS NURSING NUMBERS

As more nurses leave than enter the nursing register, new research by Bournemouth University is looking at ways in which the NHS can maintain nursing workforce numbers. Nurses comprise 50% of the...
Exemplar Music Therapy

EXEMPLAR CARE HOME INTRODUCES NEUROLOGIC MUSIC THERAPY PROGRAMME

Specialist care home Willowbeck has partnered up with a unique music therapy organisation, Chroma, to deliver music therapy workshops for care home residents. The partnership will see the...
Dawn Hulley, Jenny Redfern, and Ros Harding.

CARE HOME RESIDENTS KNIT POIGNANT ARMISTICE DAY TRIBUTE

Residents and staff at a Warwickshire care home have paid a poignant tribute to those who died in service as the country marked the 100th anniversary of the Armistice. Willow Tree Nursing Home was...
Care Roadshows London

CARE ROADSHOWS’ BIGGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR COMING TO LONDON

We might be slowly heading towards Winter and the end of 2018, but things are hotting up for the Care Roadshows team as they get ready for their biggest event of the year on Tuesday 13th November. ...

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