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• Buzz of activity as care home residents turn children’s champions

  22-06-2018 16:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  Betty Hampton, left, a resident at Colten Care’s Woodpeckers home in Brockenhurst, New Forest, with items she knitted in aid of the Honeypot Children’s Charity. Joining her is Viv Carter, Regional Community Fundraising Officer, and the charity’s mascot Bumble.
  A New Forest nursing home has experienced a buzz of activity as residents raised hundreds of pounds to help young carers.
  The Honeypot Children’s Charity praised Colten Care’s Woodpeckers home in Brockenhurst
  
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• Scarborough care provider announces further expansion

  22-06-2018 15:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Scarborough care business has announced exciting new expansion plans as it takes over an established home in the town.
  Despite the tough economic climate for social care, Saint Cecilia’s is poised to take over Normanby House in Belgrave Crescent, Scarborough, a care home for up to 25 people, currently owned by Anchor.
  Normanby House will join Saint Cecilia’s family of care services, which includes a dementia care home on Stepney Road, a nursing home on Filey Road and day care centr
  
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• Social care reform ignores crisis of people stuck on mental health wards

  22-06-2018 11:14
  Delayed discharges are increasing in mental health, but this scandal will not be addressed by the forthcoming green paperAnyone who has spent time on an acute mental health ward will know what challenging places they can be for both patients and staff. Vulnerable people with serious mental health problems too often receive poor care in an environment that is unsafe and far from therapeutic.Related: Delay to green paper caps dismal 48 hours for social care | David Brindle The much-anticipated gre
  
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• Sheffield care home Dementia Action Week with a Bake Off!

  22-06-2018 10:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  Residents at Abbey Grange Nursing and Care Home in Sheffield marked Dementia Action Week with the ‘Abbey Grange Bake Off’ and coffee afternoon for residents, families and visitors. During the week residents busy time getting ready for the ‘Abbey Grange Bake Off’ with lots of baking and cake making activities.
   
  The cakes were judged by the catering team at the care home who enjoyed the role reversal and opportunity to taste the resident’s baking.
   
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• Dementia design champion awarded prestigious Churchill Medallion

  22-06-2018 09:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  Tracy Paine receiving her medallion award from
  Tracy Paine, award- winning dementia design champion, and deputy chief executive of care village operator Belong, has been honoured with the prestigious Churchill Medallion at an award ceremony in London.  Tracy received the award from the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust to mark completion of a travelling fellowship, during which she researched models of care overseas, with a view to bringing back best practices to the UK care sector.
   
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• Sutton Coldfield care home partners with Age Concern to tackle loneliness

  22-06-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Gracewell of Sutton Coldfield on Jockey Road is launching a new initiative in partnership with the local Age Concern Birmingham, aimed at tackling loneliness amongst the elderly in the local community. 
  As part of the compassionate initiative and with the support of Age Concern, Gracewell of Sutton Coldfield will once a month be inviting a member of the local community who is looking for companionship, to join residents and the team at the home for a delicious lunch, free of charge. &n
  
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• Burnley care home staff redecorates with dementia-friendly colour scheme

  22-06-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  L to R: David Hartley, Linda Menzies, Andrea Chadwick, Debbie Stevens, Maggie Albones, Collette Sharples, Laura Wolstencroft, and Aimee Green
  Staff at a care home in Burnley are redecorating the communal rooms in dementia-friendly colours to create a relaxed environment for its residents.The team at Wordsworth House, which is based on Wordsworth Street in Hapton, conducted research to identify the best colours to help residents living with dementia feel at ease.The staff from the dementia unit,
  
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