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• Couple's emotional reunion in Mansfield care home after months apart – video

  15-04-2021 15:31
  
  Video filmed by staff at Baily House care home in Mansfield shows resident Mary’s emotional reunion with her husband, Gordon, after several months apart. Gordon had been in another care home and moved into Baily House when a room became available to join his wife, from whom he had been separated during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic Continue reading...
  
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• Agincare appoints top training expert as Non-Executive Director

  15-04-2021 10:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Leading independent care provider Agincare has boosted its Training Now board with the appointment of care sector training and learning expert Andy Tilden as a Non-Executive Director.Andy will attend board meetings and also offer support, advice and challenge to the Training Now team, which delivers courses to Agincare’s own workforce – some 3,500 people nationwide – as well as to learners from other organisations across the country.Andy brings considerable skills, knowledge an
  
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• Bedford Hospital appoints first dementia specialist Admiral Nurse

  15-04-2021 08:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Dementia UK have developed a new Admiral Nurse service, which will see dementia specialist nurse Claire Day working in Bedford Hospital.  Dementia UK is the only charity in the UK dedicated to supporting families affected by dementia through dementia specialist Admiral Nurses.  The creation of the Admiral Nurse role is the latest addition to the Trust’s commitment to ensuring good care for patients with dementia. Not only do ward st
  
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