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• GMB calls for care staff to be paid the UK Living Wage

  08-11-2018 13:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  The GMB calls on councils and government during Living Wage Week to ensure care staff are paid the UK Living Wage of £9 per hour and £10.55 in London.It’s nothing short of disgraceful that a mostly female workforce, doing one of the most important jobs in our society, are being discriminated against, says GMB London
  GMB, the union for care workers, have called on local councils and the government to ensure that the thousands of care workers currently being paid little above the
  
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• Care Minister visits Solihull care home

  08-11-2018 13:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Minister of State for Care, Caroline Dinenage MP, has visited The Royal Star & Garter Homes in Solihull to see the specialist care it provides.
   
  The Minister was given a tour by The Royal Star & Garter Homes’ Chief Executive Andy Cole and Home Manager Cheryl Harbourne during her visit on 5 November.
   
  The Charity provides 24-hour care for veterans living with disability or dementia and recently increased the number of people it helps by launching a day care service.
  
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• Lasting legacy announced following success of Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds

  08-11-2018 11:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Back Row left to right: Margaret, Lilian, Fred, Barbara, Ken and Beryl. Bottom Row:- Lis, Pauleen, Ismail, Renee, Mason, Sylvia, Sajaan, Victor, Zexh, Kathleen, Callen, Italiah, Scarlett, Lavinia and Lily.
  Older people and children are set to continue benefiting from spending time with each other at Lark Hill Retirement Village, the backdrop to this year’s BAFTA-nominated series Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds, produced by CPL Productions. 
  Registered charity, The ExtraCare Ch
  
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• Social services failings stopped parents seeing dying baby, says review

  08-11-2018 10:47
  Social workers should have done more to allow couple to visit child, says ombudsman The parents of a dying baby suffered a “horrifically stressful” time when they were stopped from seeing their child due to failings by social services, an official review has said.Social workers deprived the parents of time alone with the critically ill baby after concerns for his welfare were raised. Continue reading...
  
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• Young people volunteer their time at befriending residents of Sanctuary Care

  08-11-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Hundreds of teenagers have volunteered in Sanctuary Care homes across the country as part of the National Citizen Service (NCS) programme, delivered by leading social integration charity The Challenge.
   
  More than 500 teens, aged between 15 and 17 years, spent time in 25 homes befriending residents and helping to deliver a host of activities including tea parties and Sanctuary Care’s popular Cruise Week events.
   
  They also used their time in the homes to design a project to benef
  
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• Southampton Care Home has double Alpaca Adventure

  08-11-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Woodlands House in Southampton excitedly welcomed 2 Alpacas in to the residential care home to meet and greet the residents.
  Standing at one metre in height, Alpacas originate from regions of South America including Peru, Chile and Bolivia, and during the first time visit the furry creatures met the 36 residents for a close-up interactive meet and greet session.
  The two huacaya alpaca called ‘Midnight Prince’ and ‘Casper’ visited the home for a one-hour interactive sessio
  
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