“Too many” care home residents are facing serious challenges in getting vital support from their loved ones during coronavirus outbreaks, with families still experiencing barriers to visits, campaigners have said.
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As Skills for Care focuses on ‘Leadership at all levels’ this month, they reached out to registered manager Jason Denny to find out more about what it means to be
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A therapist accused of stealing more than £1.5 million from his wealthy mother said he is looking forward to spending time with her after he was cleared of theft in
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People aged 65 and over can now book their Covid-19 booster jab online or via 119. The NHS is also offering appointments to carers and pregnant women as the vaccine
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A blind cancer patient died after falling from the balcony of his flat in an assisted care complex, a pre-inquest review has heard. The body of Mark Williams was discovered
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Elderly care home residents are among the first in Scotland to receive their Covid-19 and flu vaccines as a winter booster programme is launched. On a visit to the Victoria
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Hundreds of thousands of care home residents, staff and housebound people in England will receive their autumn coronavirus vaccine booster from Monday, with millions more people in line in the
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The new prime minister must “turn the page and take a more intelligent approach to social care” amid an “astonishing” level of need which is not being met, groups have
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Keyboards have helped to strike a memory chord and light up dementia patients’ faces with smiles. Casio gave lighting key keyboards to some of care provider Methodist Homes’ (MHA) dementia
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More councils have signalled using churches, community centres and libraries as so-called ‘warm banks’ for people unable to afford to heat their homes this winter. Birmingham, which is England’s biggest
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