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NEW TRUSTEES TO HELP ‘BRING JOY’
North West-based charity, The Home Instead Senior Care Bring Joy Foundation, which works to bring joy into the lives of older people across the UK, has made three new appointments. Penny Hamer...
SAFETY ALERT: HSE ISSUES KN95 FACEMASK WARNING
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning against the use of KN95 facemasks as personal protective equipment (PPE). A safety alert was issued on 11 June 2020, urging all employers and...
COMPETITION LAUNCHED TO MARK LEARNING DISABILITY WEEK
To mark Learning Disability Week, held between 15-21 June, Salutem has launched a competition across its 120 services to design a colouring book. The idea for the competition came from a resident...
SUPPORT WORKER CELEBRATES 30 YEARS AT LEARNING DISABILITY CHARITY HFT
Senior support worker Denise Mumford is celebrating three decades of employment at learning disability charity Hft. Denise started out working in the laundry but quickly progressed and in 1997...
GREYLAND DISINFECTANT MAKES INDUSTRY IMPACT
Greyland’s Spray and Wipe Ultra Disinfectant has made a ‘huge impact on the cleaning industry’. A statement from Alex Dyson, Greyland’s Commercial Manager, said:...
‘CARE HOMES ARE THE SAFEST PLACE FOR DISABLED ADULTS’
The chief executive of one of the UK’s more prominent social care providers, which has not suffered a single death in its 130 homes due to COVID-19, has hit back at claims that the sector is...
WHOLE HOME TESTING ROLLED OUT TO ALL ENGLISH CARE HOMES
The government is extending whole care home testing to all adult care homes after meeting the target of offering a test to every care home for over-65s and those with dementia in England by 6th...
DAY IN THE LIFE OF A CARE ASSISTANT ON THE FRONTLINE OF A PANDEMIC
Deanna O’Shea has worked for local home care provider Bluebird Care North Hampshire for more than two and a half years. She began her career as a care assistant aged nineteen, with no prior...
CARE2CONNECT SETS UP CORONAVIRUS STAFF FUND
Care2Connect, the West Sussex home care provider, has introduced a new staff fund initiative to recognise the extraordinary efforts of its local care teams in responding to the coronavirus crisis. ...
TEENAGER SETS UP LETTER WRITING INITIATIVE
To combat loneliness amongst care home residents, a 16-year-old student has set up Community Senior Letters, an initiative to help over 35 primary schools write letters to elderly residents in their...
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