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Bluebird Care customers were given the opportunity to order an Afternoon Tea Box in return for a £5 donation to Macmillan.

BLUEBIRD CARE’S CAKE AWAY RAISES HUNDREDS FOR MACMILLAN

Bluebird Care’s offices in Stamford & Rutland and Bluebird Care Peterborough & Oundle raised over £200 for Macmillan Cancer Support at their ‘Cake Away’ stall on 25th...
Robin Smith had lived at Northleigh residential home since 1986, and was a popular resident.

CARE HOME CELEBRATES LIFE OF RESIDENT OF 34 YEARS

Staff at a care home in Kettering have been celebrating the life of the UK’s oldest man with Down’s syndrome, who passed away on 27th September, just weeks before his 79th birthday. ...
Greenacres' ‘Secret Night Garden’.

ALAN TITCHMARSH CROWNS CARE HOME GARDEN COMPETITION WINNER

A Holmfirth care home has been crowned the winner of a national gardening competition by none other than Alan Titchmarsh himself.  Greenacres care home was named the 2020 National Winner of...
The Duchess of Cornwall joined Gyles Brandreth to support the #PoetryTogether2020 campaign. .

DUCHESS OF CORNWALL SUPPORTS INTERGENERATIONAL #POETRYTOGETHER2020 CAMPAIGN

A national online campaign launched by Gyles Brandreth to bring young and old together to share the joy of poems has been boosted by a Royal recital. The Duchess of Cornwall, a strong advocate of...
A care home resident from Sheffield has raised almost £1700 for charity in just one day.

CARE HOME RESIDENT RAISES NEARLY £1700 FOR CHARITY

A care home resident from Sheffield has raised almost £1700 for charity in just one day. Caroline, from Exemplar Health Care’s Willowbeck care home, raised the astonishing amount by...
Tracy Murray before the shave.

WIGSTON CARE HOME COLLEAGUE BRAVES THE SHAVE FOR CHARITY

A brave care home employee has had her hair shaved to raise money for charity, in honour of her late father.  Tracy Murray, a member of the housekeeping team at HC One’s Cedar Court...
Hillrom is excited to announce that the symposium is being replaced by the first Completing the Picture Digital Festival.

COMPLETING THE PICTURE DIGITAL FESTIVAL TO TAKE PLACE THIS OCTOBER

An annual event for the medical device industry will this year take place in the form of a digital festival, organisers have announced.  Completing the Picture is a much-respected,...
A Pivotal Moment

A Pivotal Moment

As we adjust to the new normal, good hygiene will make or break care homes, says Simon Sassoon, CEO of 99POINT9. The last few months have been unlike any others in recent memory, as the world...
Bluebird Care customers have been treated to afternoon tea.

BLUEBIRD CARE CONTINUES ANNUAL TRADITION DESPITE COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS

Every year, Bluebird Care Rushmoor & Surrey Heath and Bluebird Care Guildford & Waverley take their customers to Wisley Gardens and treat them to afternoon tea. With Covid-19...
Care Home Worker Paintings

CARE HOME WORKER DEDICATES PAINTINGS TO RESIDENTS

A support worker has spent a year painting canvas pictures for the sensory gardens of the care home where she has worked for 20 years.  Debbie Dyer, 58, plays a vital role in taking care of...

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