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• Cocker spaniel steals the hearts of Carnoustie care home residents

  13-04-2021 10:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  A golden cocker spaniel who has stolen the heart of care home residents in Carnoustie has had the same effect on her local community.Penny, arguably Balhousie Brookfield’s most popular ‘resident’, has drawn massive public support after the home launched a crowdfunding drive to meet vet and grooming costs.Balhousie Brookfield has been home to Penny, a 12-year-old golden cocker spaniel, since her former owner was a resident there. After the resident passed away, staff and residen
  
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• Award-winning home care workers are a pair of GEMs

  13-04-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Two carers have been praised for “going an extra 10 miles” for their service users and being the sort of people “who make the world a better place”.Debbie Underwood, of King’s Lynn, and Holt resident Lorraine Childerley have been revealed as the latest winners of Norfolk homecare company Extra Hands’ GEM awards – standing for Going the Extra Mile.The awards were launched last year after the award-winning, family-run business was inundated with stories fr
  
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