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RESIDENT RECEIVES 100TH BIRTHDAY CARD FROM THE QUEEN
A Christchurch care home resident is one of the last people in the UK to receive a 100th birthday card from the Queen. Mercia Crighton celebrated her landmark birthday at Fairmile Grange on...
ROYAL STAR & GARTER PAYS TRIBUTE TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Royal Star & Garter has paid tribute to its Patron, Her Majesty The Queen as the sad news of her death was announced on 8 September. Queen Elizabeth II became the charity’s Patron 69 years...
OAKLAND CARE STEPS UP SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY
Launching in September, Oakland Care will be participating in a range of green initiatives across their eight care homes in London and the South East. Residents and team members will...
THE SKY’S THE LIMIT
A care home resident in Basingstoke has completed a lifelong wish to fly a plane. Roger Mashall, an 82-year-old resident at Care UK’s Dashwood Manor, took to the skies and had his very first...
‘DELIVER FOR ADULT SOCIAL CARE’, SAYS NCF AS LIZ TRUSS NAMED NEW PM
The National Care Forum (NCF), the association for not-for-profit social care organisations, is calling on new PM Liz Truss to commit and take urgent action to deliver for adult social care. ...
PRIMROSE LODGE HOSTS FIRST SUMMER FETE SINCE PANDEMIC
Primrose Lodge Care Home in Weymouth held its first summer fete since the pandemic last Saturday, full of fun for the residents, staff, and the public. The annual event, which aimed to raise...
HOME INSTEAD REINFORCES DEMENTIA SUPPORT WITH ALZHEIMER’S SOCIETY
Home Instead UK will be offering employees a training programme developed and delivered by the UK’s leading dementia charity, Alzheimer’s Society, giving employees the chance to become a...
WYCOMBE WANDERERS’ OLDEST SURVIVING PLAYER MAKES EMOTIONAL RETURN
Wycombe Wanderers FC welcomed its oldest surviving player back to the club during a visit by residents from Royal Star & Garter. Veteran John Brooks played for the Buckinghamshire club in the...
THE GIFT OF GARDENING
Experts encourage the care sector to embrace gardening – to help with dementia, learning disabilities and post-pandemic loneliness. Every year, not-for-profit care provider The Fremantle...
NCF RESPONDS TO GOVERNMENT RECRUITMENT OF FOREIGN WORKERS
The National Care Forum (NCF), the leading association for care and support organisations, responds to the government’s announcement that it is working on plans to recruit thousands of foreign...
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