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• Platinum party for couple celebrating 70 years of wedded bliss

  13-09-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Morris Care’s Stretton Hall in Church Stretton, Shropshire, held a ‘Platinum Party’ for a special couple on their 70th wedding anniversary.  
  Neville Mansfield, aged 92, and wife Joyce, aged 91, were joined by their friends, family and fellow residents to commemorate an incredible 70 years together as a happily married couple.
   
  Residents were cordially invited to attend the celebrations where cheese and wine was served, accompanied by some of the couple’s
  
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• NSW foster carers to be paid $75,000 'salary' in complex needs trial

  13-09-2018 09:30
  US-developed program costing nearly $5m over two years welcomed by advocatesThe New South Wales government will pay specialised foster carers $75,000 a year to temporarily look after children with complex needs through an outsourced US-developed care program.The program, to be delivered by a private not-for-profit company, OzChild, will be funded for a two year trial with $4.87m from the NSW government. Related: Six steps to improve the lives of foster carers and vulnerable children | Martin Bar
  
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• The Hip Joint opens at Fife care home!

  13-09-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Willow House in Cellardyke, Fife is the first of Kingdom Homes care homes to open its very own pub where residents can meet for a quick tipple and a chat and best of all – the drinks are free!The idea to turn a summer house in the garden into a pub was put forward during residents meetings and then to families at a relatives focus group. Transforming the summer house was a real team effort with staff, their spouses and residents families all pitching in to help. Caroline McCallum, a Domest
  
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• Leeds care home hosts heroic charity event!

  13-09-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Some heroic fundraising took place at Heathcotes’ residential care services in Leeds when staff and residents held a super-powered summer fete in support of Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice.
   
  Featuring a heroes and princesses fancy dress theme, the event was hosted at Heathcotes Morley, a specialist service that supports adults with learning disabilities, Asperger’s Syndrome, mental Illness, Down Syndrome, sensory impairments and challenging behaviour. It was open to the
  
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