Engage: The future of care home provision in the UK
We all need extra help and assistance sometimes, whether we have an illness or are just getting older. The UK population is living longer than ever before. According to the
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Tag: Residential Care
Resources: Using Creative Arts In Care Homes To Improve Residents’ Lives (SCIE)
Creative arts can delight and inspire residents who live in care homes. A new useful online resource offers practical guidance on how to engage residents in creative arts, such as
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CQC report 67% increase in enforcement actions on poor or unsafe care homes
The health watchdog issued warnings and suspensions to adult care homes offering poor or unsafe care at the rate of four a day over a year-long period, a report said.
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Argyll care home told to make urgent improvements following inspection
A care home for older people near Oban has been told to make urgent improvements in the care provided to vulnerable residents. The Care Inspectorate has served a formal Improvement
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Learning programme for aspiring social care managers extended in Wales
The closing date to apply for a place on the Step up to Management programme has been extended to 13 October 2017. Step up to Management is an exciting new learning
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Walter Mitty residential care worker removed from the Register in Wales
Residential child care worker, Martyn Parry Owen, from Caernarfon, has been removed from the Register of Social Care Workers after a Social Care Wales hearing found his fitness to practise
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LGA call for ‘residential revolution’ over specialist housing for older people
The number of specialist homes for older people across England will need to increase by 400,000 units in less than 20 years due to the ageing population, according to the
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Glasgow City Council officially opens 120-bedded care home in east end of city
Councillor Susan Aitken, Leader of Glasgow City Council, has officially opened the latest 120-bedded care home to be completed as part of the council’s £100m Tomorrow’s Residential and Day Care
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Nine staff suspended at G4S immigration centre amid abuse and assault claims
Nine staff have been suspended from a G4S immigration centre after claims of abuse and assaults against detainees. An investigation has also been launched into allegations by the BBC’s Panorama
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Elderly residents evacuated as fire destroys roof at Kincardine nursing home
Part of a nursing home’s roof has been left gutted after crews battled a fire for more than two-and-a-half hours. Forth Bay Nursing Home in Kincardine was evacuated when a
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