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Chefs of private residential care group, Sanders Senior Living, have begun to produce an extra 200 hot meals every week in an effort to help the vulnerable during the coronavirus…

ShieldNHS, a temporary not-for-profit organisation, has formed to donate and assemble face shields to the NHS. With the help of firefighters at Lambeth station, London, ShieldNHS is on track to…

A UK software company has launched a free platform to supply, sell and exchange personal protection equipment (PPE) throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Shoothill has launched www.ppeexchange.co.uk, a free to use service…

Stereotyping people in later life and treating all over-65s as a single group could be damaging their physical and mental health, according to a report from national older people’s charity,…

This week marks the first National Intergenerational Week, running from 23 March to 29 March. To celebrate the week, Royal Star & Garter, which provides loving, compassionate care to veterans…

Author: Harriet Smith, Registered Dietitian Sarcopenia is a progressive and generalised skeletal muscle disorder, characterised by low muscle strength, low muscle quality or quantity, and low physical performance.  Common signs…

Local Married Couple Give Insight Into Volunteering at Gracewell of Bookham Care Home Volunteering is both admirable and rewarding, and at care homes such as Gracewell of Bookham, the volunteers…

Aqualease have been providing aquariums within the health care arena since 2003. Including GP surgeries, dentists, residential care homes and mental health and wellbeing sites. All aquariums are expertly installed…

Influenza (commonly known as the “flu”) season is in full swing. This usually brings a chorus of sniffs and sneezes as people across the UK battle through illness. While flu…