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Home Instead CAREGiver Amanda Scott (centre) and two colleagues who have completed the pilot end-of-life training programme.

HOME CARE PROVIDER SUPPORTS CAREGIVERS WITH END-OF-LIFE PROGRAMME

Home Instead Senior Care has joined forces with the End of Life Partnership charity to launch a brand new City & Guilds accredited programme in end of life care to support its 9,000 caregivers....
Businesses with staff who regularly visit customer’s homes are being urged to sign up to new training from the NSPCC aimed at helping them to recognise children at risk of abuse and neglect.

NSPCC LAUNCHES TRAINING FOR BUSINESSES TO KEEP CHILDREN SAFE FROM ABUSE

Businesses with staff who regularly visit customer’s homes are being urged to sign up to new training from the NSPCC aimed at helping them to recognise children at risk of abuse and neglect. ...
Great Oaks care home in Bournemouth is inviting elderly members of the community, who would have been on their own this Christmas, to join its residents for Christmas Day lunch.

GREAT OAKS TO TACKLE LONELINESS THIS CHRISTMAS

Great Oaks care home in Bournemouth is inviting elderly members of the community, who would have been on their own this Christmas, to join its residents for Christmas Day lunch. The care home has...
Billy the black Labrador, who was named in honour of late Tynetec colleague Billy Graham, has been chosen to become the UK’s first dementia community dog as part of the Dementia Dog Project.

TYNETEC SPONSORS DEMENTIA DOG IN MEMORY OF COLLEAGUE

Billy the black Labrador, who was named in honour of late Tynetec colleague Billy Graham, has been chosen to become the UK’s first dementia community dog as part of the Dementia Dog Project. ...
Staff and residents have returned to the historic Alastrean House care home, following an extensive restoration project.

CARE HOME DAMAGED BY FIRE GETS LUXURY MAKEOVER

Staff and residents have returned to the historic Alastrean House care home, following an extensive restoration project. Alastrean House, situated in the stunning, tranquil countryside around...
Encore Care Homes is the first care group in Dorset to offer a Virtual Dementia Tour.

ENCORE CARE HOMES OFFER IMMERSIVE DEMENTIA EXPERIENCE

Encore Care Homes is the first care group in Dorset to offer a Virtual Dementia Tour, which provides care and health professionals with an inside look into what it’s like to live with...
People are reluctant to use public access defibrillators to treat cardiac arrests, according to a study led by the University of Warwick.

PEOPLE ARE RELUCTANT TO USE PUBLIC DEFIBRILLATORS

People are reluctant to use public access defibrillators to treat cardiac arrests, according to a study led by the University of Warwick. The analysis of existing international studies, which has...
Care provider Heathcotes Group has opened a new specialist facility in Chesterfield following the completion of two new-build services, each accommodating eight residents.

HEATHCOTES GROUP OPENS NEW SERVICES IN CHESTERFIELD

Care provider Heathcotes Group has opened a new specialist facility in Chesterfield following the completion of two new-build services, each accommodating eight residents. Located off Cuttholme...
L-R: Stocks Hall Staff Gwen Foster, Adele Sandison, Melanie Howard, Colin Pennington, Susan Gaskell.

CARE GROUP COMPLETES LGBT AWARENESS TRAINING FOR OLDER PEOPLE

Stocks Hall Nursing & Care Group has recently embraced and completed Older & Out - LGBT Awareness Training. The training, given by Age Concern Central Lancashire, seeks to increase...
DEMENTIA IN HOSPITALS

‘DEMENTIA TRAINING ON ITS OWN WILL NOT IMPROVE DEMENTIA CARE IN HOSPITALS’

Dementia awareness training as a single strategy will not improve dementia care in hospitals or outcomes for patients, according to new research from the University of Hertfordshire. The research,...

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