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• Care homes remain a compelling investment despite Brexit volatility

  08-10-2018 12:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  The UK’s care homes remain a compelling proposition for investors, providing a defensive investment opportunity in the face of Brexit, according to the latest research from global property advisor Knight Frank.
   
  Knight Frank’s 2018 Care Homes Trading Performance Review demonstrates that the sector continues to be resilient despite uncertainty, with occupancy rates standing at a record high of 89.4%, whilst average weekly fees have risen for the seventh consecutive year, by 3.7%
  
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• Hospices care for 200,000 people a year, but they're powered by voluntary effort

  08-10-2018 11:58
  There’s a paradox inherent in the hospice movement: they’re integral, yet wouldn’t exist without volunteers and fundraisersHospices across the UK are this week supporting Hospice Care Week: seven days of events marking the extraordinary success of a movement that, in 50 years, has grown to become an essential arm of the nation’s health and care system – largely through voluntary effort.But the week is at least as much a fundraiser as a celebration: although hospices
  
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• Felixstowe care home resident celebrates 100th birthday

  08-10-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A resident at Maynell House care home in Felixstowe has celebrated her 100th birthday, marking the occasion with a special party with family and friends. Marjorie Theobald has been a resident at the home on High Road East since March 2018 and celebrated her centennial year on the 5th September.
   
  Marjorie was born in Faversham in Kent and began her working life as a telephonist.  She married her husband Reginald in 1941 and continued her work as a telephonist during the war.  She
  
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• Camberley care home Memory Walk goes ahead in the downpour

  08-10-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Kings Lodge care home on the Kings Ride in Camberley hosted its own Memory Walk on behalf of the Surrey Alzheimer’s Society on Saturday 6 October.
  The official walk for the county took place on the same day in Guildford but Kings Lodge new events manager Sandra Stock wanted to contribute by providing a smaller walk around the stunning grounds and nature trail that surround the award winning home.
  “The rain was not going to dampen our spirits,” Sandra said. “Residents and
  
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• With people living longer, increases in costs and decreases in funding, adult social care is at breaking point

  08-10-2018 07:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Responding to a report by Voluntary Organisations Disability Group on adult social care funding, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the LGA’s Community Wellbeing board, said:
   
  “With people living longer, increases in costs and decreases in funding, adult social care is at breaking point.
   
  “Over recent years, councils have protected adult social care relative to other services. But the scale of the overall funding picture for local government as a whole means adult socia
  
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• Opportunity to strengthen social care in Autumn Budget

  08-10-2018 07:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  The opportunity to shore up the fragile social care system must not be overlooked in the forthcoming autumn budget, according to a new report on the impact of decades of underfunding. 
  A stitch in time: the case for funding social care issued today by VODG (Voluntary Organisations Disability Group), representing over 90 leading not-for-profit organisations supporting disabled people, describes the growing threat to the nation’s vital care and support services.
   
  Voluntary and not
  
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