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Volunteering at Gracewell of Bookham Care Home

Local Married Couple Give Insight Into Volunteering at Gracewell of Bookham Care Home

Volunteering is both admirable and rewarding, and at…

 

Brunelcare’s Robinson House Care Home retain its CQC ‘Good’ in all five services

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried out a two day unannounced inspection in January 2020 of Brunelcare’s Robinson House Care Home. The home achieved 'Good' in…

 

Mental Health in Care Homes

The most effective care organisations take a truly holistic approach to healthcare, encompassing both mental and physical health. From our earliest years to later…

 

Aqualease - aquariums for the health care sector

Aqualease have been providing aquariums within the health care arena since 2003.…

 

Wiltshire Farm Foods unveils a new Softer Foods range

The UK’s leading frozen meals delivery service, Wiltshire Farm Foods, has unveiled an enhanced range of dishes to improve the visual quality of its award-winning…

 

Castle View: The powerful effect of independent living

"We don’t celebrate maturity, we don’t celebrate wisdom," commented actress Kirsten Scott Thomas (almost 60) recently in an interview with The Telegraph Magazine – …

 

Dementia and Incontinence

Dementia is an umbrella term for a host of memory loss symptoms. As dementia becomes more prevalent with age, many sufferers are also dealing with incontinence. …

 

Care Roadshows Celebrates 10 Years

Care Roadshows returns for 2020 with five great events to celebrate its 10th year!
 
Shows across the UK will feature exhibitors from top care brands with…

 

New approaches to hand hygiene

The importance of hand hygiene has been understood and accepted for a long time. The majority of infections – around 80 per cent according to studies – are passed by…

 

Avery launches staff well-being programme

High levels of staff transience, combined with a sometimes unattractive reputation for the adult social care sector, means it is often a challenge to attract and…

 

Borough Care marks International Women’s Day

Borough Care, the largest not-for-profit provider of care for older people in Stockport, is marking International Women’s Day (8 March) by celebrating the…

 

The future of social care post-Brexit

Stephen Wilson, CEO of Netli.co, discusses the impact which the points-based immigration system could have on…

 

Are your care home's LST radiators harbouring bacteria?

It’s essential for care and nursing homes to be easy and efficient to clean as it has to be done so often. Care homes can become quite busy as the staff occupy the…

 

The team behind Castle View looks to expand

Castle Retirement Living, the team behind the new £30million Castle View retirement village in…

 

Care Innovation Hub's social care challenge

The upcoming Social Care Challenge is a two and a half day sprint, aimed at University students as an opportunity to consider social care as a career pathway and come…