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Double marathon sponsored walk for care home garden

Double marathon sponsored walk for care home garden

WALKERS are aiming to conquer a double marathon in less than 24 hours to raise funds for a sensory garden at a Cheshire care home.

More than half a dozen…

Superfan Malcolm enjoys T-Rex tribute concert 

Superfan Malcolm enjoys T-Rex tribute concert

T-REX superfan Malcolm Temke got to see his favourite band live again when tribute act T-Rextasy played Middlesbrough Theatre.

Despite his dementia, Malcolm…

Bow The Pat Dog Shares The Love

Bow The Pat Dog shares the love with vulnerable people

A Somerset woman with a life-long passion for dogs is sharing the love with vulnerable people near her home in Bridgwater, thanks to the charity Pets As Therapy. …

Et Voilà! Bearsden Care Home Residents Learn French

Et Voilà! Bearsden Care Home Residents Learn French

Residents at a care home in Bearsden are proving it’s never too late to learn a new language by taking up French lessons.

Meallmore’s Antonine House care home…

Naidex 45: bringing you the future of healthcare

Naidex 45: bringing you the future of healthcare

Over the past few years the patient journey has been streamlined thanks to personalised care available through the innovative technology ready for professionals to…

thousands unite against dementia

Thousands of ‘glow-getters’ put dementia to bed at Ready Steady GLOW in Manchester

Thousands of people took to the streets of Manchester at the weekend to unite against dementia.

More than 3,400 attended Alzheimer’s Society’s special 5km…

Pelton Grange Care Home resident Margaret Carr (right) with her daughter Christine Mordue at a dementia friendly screening of Mamma Mia!.

Residents at Pelton Grange care home enjoy dementia friendly screening of hit musical

A DEMENTIA friendly screening of blockbuster musical Mamma Mia! was a hit with Pelton Grange care home residents in the North East.…

The Beeches Care Home deputy manager Rachel Harris, home manager Jess Brown and carer Amy Trattles with resident Janet Wren when they dropped off donations to the neonatal unit at University Hospital of North Tees on Random Act of Kindness Day.

Newborns receive Random Act of Kindness from care home

RANDOM Act of Kindness Day saw care home staff and residents donating a trove of supplies for Teesside’s newborns.

Nappies, beanie hats,…

Sunrise of Sonning nursing students

Sunrise of Sonning launches placement scheme for budding Nursing students

Sunrise of Sonning, on Old Bath Road, has launched a scheme to give nursing students an opportunity to train and learn in a hands-on environment, in addition to their…

Medical Refrigeration in Care Homes: Safety, Stability, Quality and Reliability

Medical Refrigeration in Care Homes: Safety, Stability, Quality and Reliability

Medical refrigeration is a topic that any hospital, pharmacy or medical facility must take seriously. The same applies to care homes, which handle and manage…

Creating Safer Heating In The Care Sector

Creating Safer Heating In The Care Sector

Despite the tight regulations laid down by the Health and Safety Executive, concern is continuing to grow around resident safety in care homes amid reports that some…

Hazelgrove Court Care Home resident Pat Keleher knitting a belt for a dressing gown as part of a Knit for Peace UK initiative

Technicolour dressing gowns to keep elderly warm this winter

JOSEPH’S technicolour dressing gowns were knitted by Hazelgrove Court care home residents in Saltburn-by-the-Sea.

Residents at Hazelgrove Court Care Home, on…

Pendock’s LST radiator guards in a bedroom

Pendock’s LST radiator guards protect against risk of burns in care homes

Richard Braid, managing director at Pendock, explains how low surface temperature (LST) radiator guards can help care homes manage the risk of burns from radiators…

Change is in the air

Change is in the air

Government departments are pouring over technical data and preparing new directives, trade bodies are examining every aspect of potential market implications. No,…

Naidex - 26th & 27th March at Birmingham's NEC

Naidex - 26th & 27th March at Birmingham's NEC

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be partnering with Naidex, Europe’s largest event for the disability and independent living sector! 

Celebrating its…

Blondie with 2 care home residents

Blondie the Shetland pony delights care home residents

Blondie the Shetland pony trotted into a Teesside care home to meet elderly residents.

The tiny, all white pony paid a visit to those living at Ingleby Care…

Care home turns into pizzeria for National Pizza Day

Care home turns into pizzeria for National Pizza Day

A TEESSIDE care home transformed into a pizzeria for the day as residents baked their own Italian creations. National Pizza Day was celebrated by staff and residents…

Understanding the Customer Needs. The Key to Fastroi’s Success.

Understanding the Customer Needs. The Key to Fastroi’s Success.

Fastroi are a Finnish company developing Care Management Software for the residential & domiciliary sectors.…

Supermarket bag pack raises funds for care home flower beds

Supermarket bag pack raises funds for care home flower beds

CARERS have been packing shopping bags to buy elderly residents raised flower beds for their care home’s garden. Staff and family members from Willowdene Care Home,…

Don’t play with fire

Don’t play with fire

After all, the specification and use of fire doors is a very serious matter and as we all know can have far reaching consequences if wrong decisions are made.  It is…

Using technology to connect 

Using technology to connect

Alive has been using touchscreen technology to enrich the lives of older people in care settings for almost a decade since its inception. We use touchscreen devices…

Care Home Support and Training

Care Home Support and Training

At Care Home Support and Training we work with Managers, Nominated Individuals and Providers to meet and exceed the regulatory requirements.

Expectations on…

HC-One care home ‘pimps out zimmers’ to help residents recognise their frames 

HC-One care home 'pimps out' zimmers to help residents recognise their frames

Residents of a HC-One care home based in Coventry have been decorating their Zimmer frames, along with staff to help reduce the number of falls.  

The Pimp My…

Mayor of Lincoln celebrates the launch of Bernadette House’s homecare service

Mayor of Lincoln celebrates the launch of Bernadette House’s homecare service

A care home in Lincoln was joined by the Mayor to celebrate the launch of their new homecare service, with an official cake cutting. The Mayor of Lincoln, Councillor…

Great Oaks care home welcomes soft food diet specialist

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…

Fortune cookies helping elderly with dementia

Fortune cookies helping elderly with dementia

FORTUNE cookies are having a therapeutic effect on those living with dementia in the North East.

Residents at Pelton Grange Care Home, in Pelton, near Chester…

Mayor of Lincoln celebrates the launch of Bernadette House’s homecare service

Mayor of Lincoln celebrates launch of Bernadette House’s homecare service

A care home in Lincoln was joined by the Mayor to celebrate the launch of their new homecare service, with an official cake cutting. The Mayor of Lincoln, Councillor…

Encore Care Homes staff

Innovative dementia training showcased at Encore Care Homes

Encore Care Homes is proud to introduce ‘Mind the Gap’, an insightful dementia training programme, across its care homes in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Fareham.…

Recycling Bin

Recycling Bin Combines Style with Convenience

The new stylish EnviroStep pedal recycling bin from Leafield Environmental is rapidly becoming a favourite for the collection of food waste.

Slim enough to…

Resident Audrey Glinsky taking part in National Pie Day activities at Halton View Care Home.

Care home uses pies to help residents remember

PIES helped care home residents living with dementia to recall their younger days, this National Pie Day.

The smells, tastes and sights of one of the nation’s…

2 New Contract Upholsteries from Skopos

2 New Contract Upholsteries from Skopos

Alongside their new print, Mau Loa, Skopos have launched 2 new flexible upholstery ranges into the contract market.  Contrasting plains, Bonita and Cuba each offer…

Moffat’s new hospital foodservice trolley delivers flexibility, energy efficiency and food quality

Moffat’s new hospital foodservice trolley delivers flexibility, energy efficiency and food quality

Developed with hospital caterers, latest Vgen also sets new standards in ease of use

Moffat’s new hospital foodservice trolley created waves when the…