Angeline Albert, 26-May-17 article from 'News' section
Loved ones who have died in the past year in care homes across the South were remembered with poetry, Forget-Me-Nots ...and champagne in a ‘Celebration of Life’ day that attracted family members. Dozens
Sue Learner, 26-May-17 article from 'Features' section
A growing number of care homes are creating personalized music playlists after research showed people with dementia who listened to music tailored to their tastes and memories, needed less anti-anxiety and anti-psychotic medication. The
Angeline Albert, 24-May-17 article from 'News' section
The number of people over the age of 65 who will need care could rise by 25 per cent to 2.8m by 2025 in England and Wales, resulting in more people with disabilities such as dementia. According to research
Melissa McAlees, 24-May-17 article from 'Features' section
With a combined age of 165, Peter Barratts and Nancy Evans recently tied the knot in their hometown of Chard, Somerset, making them Britain’s oldest newlyweds. The 82-year-old former engineer and his now
Angeline Albert, 22-May-17 article from 'News Analysis' section
Prime Minister Theresa May, has announced the public will be given the chance to have ‘an absolute limit’ on what they must pay for their social care costs, in a Conservative manifesto U-turn that has been described as more ‘weak
Sue Learner, 19-May-17 article from 'News' section
Gold Care Homes has sold 18 of its 21 care homes, in a leaseback deal, to an overseas real estate investor. Gold Care Homes was set up in 1999 by the Gidar brothers, who are both qualified pharmacists and
Sue Learner, 19-May-17 article from 'News' section
In the wake of the Royal College of Nursing calling for nurses with dementia to be allowed to carry on working, an expert on dementia has voiced concerns that a nurse with dementia may forget to give patients their medication. The
Angeline Albert, 18-May-17 article from 'News Analysis' section
Older people will not receive a cap on their social care costs from Conservative leader Theresa May but her manifesto promises that those with as much as £100,000 in savings and assets will no longer be required to pay for their social
Angeline Albert, 17-May-17 article from 'Innovative Care' section
If you thought rubbing your stomach and patting your head at the same time was a mindless game for kids, think again, as the country’s care homes look to embrace a Japanese import that sees chair-based gymnastics benefit people with
Sue Learner, 15-May-17 article from 'News' section
Dolly Parton and Frank Sinatra are firm favourites of residents at an ‘outstanding’ care home in Wimbledon, where each resident has their own personalised playlist to listen to on an ipod or ipad. Other popular
Angeline Albert, 15-May-17 article from 'Features' section
Forty-one-year-old Chris Graham has Alzheimer’s but is wasting no time in cycling the length of Britain to raise money for research into a disease that has killed his father at 42, grandfather at 46, aunt at 38 and cousin at 41. Chris
Angeline Albert, 12-May-17 article from 'News' section
A nursing home has been shut down by health inspectors after it was found to be infested with mice. Some 42 residents with conditions including dementia, manic depression and schizophrenia are currently
Date: Monday 01 May 2017 – Tuesday 30 May 2017
Location: Harrier Grange Care Home Hawker Siddeley Way, Andover Hampshire SP11 8BF
Organiser: Harrier Grange Care Home
Date: Wednesday 03 May 2017 – Wednesday 31 May 2017
Location: Hill House Care Home
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Location: Pine Martin Grange, Sandford BH20 7AJ
Organiser: Pine Martin Grange Care Home
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Location: Augustus Court
Organiser: Augustus Court Care Centre
Date: Wednesday 17 May 2017 – Thursday 15 Jun 2017
Location: Augustus Court Care Centre
Organiser: Augustus Court Care Centre
Date: Wednesday 17 May 2017 – Thursday 15 Jun 2017
Organiser: Acacia Court Care Centre
