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Bradley Phillips, commercial director at Glen Care

Glen Care opens specialist residential service for men

Glen Care is opening a new Residential Care Service with Nursing for men with learning disabilities, complex needs and impulsive behaviour at the Langford Centre in Bexhill-on-Sea. Highwoods is a...
Thorne Golf Club runs an annual Golf Day to raise money for St John’s Hospice in Doncaster

Thorne Golf Club tees off for its annual charity Golf Day

Thorne Golf Club is holding its annual charity Golf Day to support the St John’s Hospice Appeal. The day takes place on Saturday 19th September at the Kirton Lane Club, Thorne. Gordon...
Ballet lessons are just one of hundreds of free activities on offer to the over 65s on Silver Sunday

Silver Sunday celebrates older people this October

Silver Sunday is a day in the national calendar, the first Sunday in October, where local communities and individuals put on free events for their senior citizens. Older people aged 65 and over...
ILC-UK’s research calls on the government to focus on building exta care housing

ILC-UK calls for extra care housing focus to reduce loneliness

A new report from the International Longevity Centre – UK (ILC-UK) has found that residential housing with flexible care provision (extra care) can help to reduce feelings of loneliness and...
The number of applications for social care jobs has fallen from 12.5 on average to 9.7 year on year

Social care jobs more than double but applicants fall

Statistics from CV-Library , the independent job board, have revealed that while 2015 has seen a significant rise in social care jobs, application rates have failed to maintain the same growth,...
Tribute act the Pretend Beatles marked the official opening of the Cavern Club room

‘A Day in the Life’ as Birch Green opens Cavern Club room

The Mayor and Mayoress of West Lancashire were among the guests as Birch Green Care Home in Skelmersdale unveiled its newest facility – a Beatles-themed reminiscence room. The...
A group of 16 to 18 year olds socialised with residents for two days

Middlesbrough FC volunteers entertain care home residents

Dozens of teenagers have volunteered their time to help Teesside care home residents. The Gables Care Home, on Highfield Road, welcomed over 30 volunteers from Middlesbrough FC Community...
Randstad Care MD Victoria Short said employers must avoid turning off fresh talent with low pay

Salaries increasingly important to social care workers

The proportion of social care workers citing compensation as the most important factor they consider when choosing to work for a specific company has doubled over the past three years, according to...
NICE says its new guidance begins to replace the now abolished Liverpool Care Pathway

NICE opens consultation for draft guidance on caring for dying patients

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a draft guideline to support the NHS in providing high quality and compassionate care for people who are dying. About...
Heathcotes Group plans to add eight homes to its portfolio in 2015

Heathcotes Group agrees £20 million expansion plan

Chesterfield-based healthcare provider Heathcotes Group has agreed a £20 million expansion plan that will double the size of its business, which specialises in providing care homes for adults...

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