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• Bournemouth care home hits a high note with the local community

  26-09-2018 10:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Great Oaks care home in Bournemouth recently opened its doors to the community to provide unique entertainment including an aerial hoop display and Milo the dancing dog.The state-of-the-art specialist residential care put on a spectacular show of live entertainment throughout the day for its ‘Making a Song & Dance’ open day.  Crazy Circus, a local dance group, wowed guests with a variety of elegant aerial hoop display performances, as well as an intricate floor dance and a s
  
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• Herefordshire care home celebrates 10 years of delivering care

  26-09-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Herefordshire care home is celebrating 10 years of delivering care for its residents. 
  Orchard House Care Home in Withington marked the decade-long care partnership between Shaw healthcare and Herefordshire Council with a celebratory cake, drinks and afternoon tea, with entertainment from ‘The Poppy Sisters’ who sang songs from the 40s, 50s and 60s.
   
  It also doubled-up as an opportunity to officially unveil the home’s new dementia-friendly garden, a project that ca
  
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• Investment firm awards The Brain Charity £150,000 as part of its Dementia Initiative

  26-09-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Quilter Cheviot has announced that it has awarded £150,000 funding to The Brain Charity as part of its ongoing Dementia Initiative.
   
  The charity, which is based in Liverpool, offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition, as well as their family, friends and carers. 60% of staff and 80% of volunteers at The Brain Charity have a neurological condition.£50,000 will be provided to the charity per year over three years a
  
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• Disability charity under fire over home sell-off strategy | David Brindle

  26-09-2018 08:00
  Leonard Cheshire accused of letting down vulnerable residents and ignoring its founding principlesLife is settling down again for Richard Keat after a summer of upheaval and distress. He was one of 20 profoundly disabled residents of a Wiltshire care home summoned to a meeting in May to be told that their residence was to close and that they had until the end of July to find somewhere else to live. Within six weeks of moving, three of them were dead.Keat, 44, a quadriplegic with cerebral palsy,
  
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