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Care home teams should pause for thought before Valentine’s Day events and activities, a Care UK dementia expert has cautioned.

DEMENTIA EXPERT WARNS VALENTINE’S ACTIVITIES COULD CAUSE UPSET

Care home teams should pause for thought before Valentine’s Day events and activities, a Care UK dementia expert has cautioned. Suzanne Mumford, Quality Development Manager at Care UK, said:...
The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society (RASS) has appointed a new Catering Manager, Matt Goodman, to run the kitchen at its Surrey care home.

MARITIME CARE HOME APPOINTS NEW CREATIVE CATERING MANAGER

Maritime charity The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society (RASS) has appointed a new Catering Manager, Matt Goodman, to run the kitchen at its Surrey care home, following the retirement of...
Bluebird Care Gosport Director Kat Thomas.

BLUEBIRD CARE GOSPORT LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO ERADICATE LONELINESS

Bluebird Care Gosport, a homecare provider in the Hampshire area, is embarking on an ambitious and possibly life changing campaign, to try to end loneliness. Unite Against Loneliness will be...
Quantum Care, a Hertfordshire-based care group, recently adopted its own Germ-Busting campaign with the aim of reducing the amount of serious illness happening in its elderly care homes, and therefore relieving some of the pressure on acute services.

GERM BUSTING INITIATIVE HELPS REDUCE WINTER PRESSURES

Quantum Care, a Hertfordshire-based care group, recently adopted its own Germ-Busting campaign with the aim of reducing the amount of serious illness happening in its elderly care homes, and...
Patrick Fensterseifer, Head Chef of Great Oaks care home.

GREAT OAKS CARE HOME WELCOMES SOFT FOOD DIET SPECIALIST

Great Oaks in Bournemouth has appointed a soft food diet specialist to allow for a wide range of diet requirements to be catered for at the care home. Patrick Fensterseifer, Head Chef at Great...
Coping with cancer and dementia

THE CHALLENGES OF LIVING WITH CANCER AND DEMENTIA

Debby Veigas is an End of Life Care specialist dementia Admiral Nurse based at Wakefield Hospice, trained and supported in her role by Dementia UK. For this year’s World Cancer Day, Debby...
Skills for Care is seeking social care and health employers willing to host a graduate within their organisation as part of a programme designed to develop future leaders in the social care and health sectors.

SKILLS FOR CARE SEEKS HOSTS FOR GRADUATE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME

Skills for Care is seeking social care and health employers willing to host a graduate within their organisation as part of a programme designed to develop future leaders in the social care and...
L: Charlie Duhig R: Tim Allen

ADMIRAL NURSE SERVICE LAUNCHED AT SWINDON’S GREAT WESTERN HOSPITAL

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has introduced two new Admiral Nursing posts to provide specialist support to people with dementia and their carers and families. The nurses will...
Michele Blake (Wellbeing Manager) June DeMarco (resident) and local musician Alan Cowie.

GREAT OAKS CARE HOME HOSTS BURNS NIGHT CELEBRATIONS

Residents of Great Oaks care home in Bournemouth took part in a jam-packed day of Burns Night celebrations to pay homage to the Scottish holiday, on 25th January. The day kicked off with a...
(L-R)  Stocks Hall Staff: Craig Smith, Betty McLoughlin, Joseph Ball, Erin Wilkinson, Brenda Gardner.

CARE HOME ADDS SOME OOMPH TO ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME

A care home in Ormskirk is adding extra ‘oomph’ to its already outstanding daily wellbeing and activities programmes. Stocks Hall Care Home, on Nursery Avenue in Ormskirk, has partnered...

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