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• Rotherham care home residents overjoyed with drum and light show!

  02-06-2021 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Residents at Moorgate Croft residential care home in Rotherham were overjoyed when World Beaters performed their dynamic drum and light show outside the home.Rotherham council contacted Moorgate Croft to organise a performance of the Spark! street theatre show for the residents as part of the Rotherham Together project. The programme provides cultural events that bring Rotherham’s residents and communities together.Three performers volunteered their time to entertain the residents in a 20-
  
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• Somerset care home residents celebrate International Nurses Day

  02-06-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Residents at a Somerset care home have been enjoying a reminiscence session and craft activities to celebrate how much they respect the nurses who support them – and nurses up and down the country – in anticipation of International Nurses’ Day on 12 May.A couple of the residents living with dementia at Camelot House and Lodge in Wellington shared their memories of working as nurses when they were younger.Activities co-ordinator, Richard Dempslake, said: “We were keen to l
  
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• UK rights watchdog endorses compulsory Covid jabs for care home staff

  02-06-2021 07:00
  
  EHRC says ministers right to make protecting life a priority despite ‘departure’ from health policyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe prospect of care home workers being required to get vaccinated against Covid-19 has moved a step closer, with a crucial endorsement from the UK’s human rights watchdog.Ministers are considering changing the law to make vaccination a condition of deployment for people in some professions that come into regular cl
  
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