Tour De HICA Challenge raises thousands for care
A leading care group headquartered in Hull, Yorkshire with homes and services across Lincolnshire and Lancashire, recently completed a large-scale cycling challenge to raise funds for residents. The Tour De HICA raised an impressive sum of £6,910 to help fund and support causes and activities across the HICA Group with the farming community from across […]
Make Your Event Exceptional with Swingin Sinatra Entertainer
They’re songs familiar to generations – Come Fly With Me, New York, New York, Fly Me To The Moon, Mr Bojangles… the list goes on and on. And Scott Free, ex-Edinburgh, Brighton and Adelaide – Australia festivals entertainer, Cunard QE2 cabaret performer and singer, is never happier than when he’s performing in front of an […]
Why high-quality hand sanitisers are essential
By Sam Greaves, MD and fourth generation owner of The Cleenol Group, a manufacturer and supplier of commercial and industrial cleaning and hygiene products Sales of hand sanitiser soared by 255% in February 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. With recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO) to: “Regularly and thoroughly clean your hands […]
Now is the time to go digital
10 reasons to go digital with electronic care planning and medication (eMAR) systems Time More time to care Carers never have enough time to care but going digital can provide more. There are so many time-consuming tasks such as writing care notes, completing paper assessments, filling in charts, preparing handovers, and countless other administrative tasks. […]
Timeless songs, lasting bonds: Cheshire care home welcomes local nursery to dance through the ages at silent disco
A luxury Cheshire care home has welcomed a local nursery to take part in a silent disco — a unique initiative aimed to bridge the generation gap and rekindle the residents’ cherished memories through music and dance. Priesty Fields Care Home, in Congleton, recently played host to The Nursery, who, full of excitement, injected some youthful […]
A dream come true: Willenhall care resident experiences bucket list wish with visit to Molineux Stadium
A resident and football enthusiast from a Willenhall care home has fulfilled his bucket list wish of returning to the football stadium of his favourite club — where he was previously offered an academy team contract. Keith Love, a resident at Willow Rose, a state-of-the-art care home in Willenhall, returned to Molineux Stadium, a place he […]
West Yorkshire care home rated ‘Good’ in recent inspection
Croft House Care Home is a located in Gawthorpe, West Yorkshire, has been rated ‘Good’ in all areas following a recent Care Quality Commission inspection. The 66-bedded care home in which specialises in the provision of nursing, residential dementia and dementia nursing care and is part of the nationwide Maria Mallaband Care Group, was found to offer […]
Andrew Samuel, Member of The Order of The British Empire, Joins CareDocs as IT Manager
CareDocs (Care Management Systems Ltd), one of the UK’s leading person centred software providers for care and nursing homes, welcomes Andrew Samuel as its new IT Manager. Mr Samuel brings extensive experience within IT, having previously worked for Nexus Open Systems, techrelate and many others. Most notably, Andrew was listed in the New Years Honours […]
‘Guerrilla’ campaign launched to bust myths about care homes
Leading UK not-for-profit care group Greensleeves Care has launched Keys To Open Minds – a campaign to de-bunk common myths about life in care homes. The guerrilla-style community outreach campaign is set to share more than a thousand myth-busting messages with local communities and businesses all over England – from London and Ipswich to Hastings […]
