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Residents at Care UK's Ponteland Manor are about to start a new range of classes thanks to members of the town's University of the Third Age (U3A). U3A will be holding a range of events and activities at the Thornhill Road home throughout the spring, including art classes, practices for a choir and a recorder ensemble, as well as gardening club meetings.
A purpose built residential nursing home and day centre complex for older people suffering from dementia is being officially opened in Islington today.
Care UK has launched an innovative dementia service that is believed to be the first of its kind.
An unveiling at Manor Lodge
Elizabeth Lodge celebrates the opening of a new unit
Care UK, the UK's leading independent provider of health and social care, has just celebrated the completion of its first ‘Managers of the Future' training scheme which saw 18 deputy managers and supervisory managers trained for positions in more senior management in the company's 59 residential homes.
Halstead Lodge has a day of celebrations
Care UK is not surprised by the recent report from the Alzheimer's Research Trust which showed how the disease now affects over 800,000 people.
Professional carers will learn this week about a revolutionary new training method which radically increases well-being in people with dementia.On 2nd November, delegates at the National Dementia Congress at the BT Convention Centre, Liverpool, will hear the results of Care UK's pilot study into its new dementia policy. This combines ‘experiential' training - to let everyone working in a home experience the physical and emotional effects of dementia – with changes to surroundings which benefit people with dementia.
As one of the UK's leading independent providers of health and social care, Care UK has welcomed the publication of the Palliative Care Funding Review (1 July 2011).
Care UK's Oak House nursing home in Slough celebrated its second anniversary on Friday 15th April with a special party.
Giving staff a taste of what it feels like to have dementia and creating a care home environment that is adapted for people with dementia but doesn't look like a kindergarten are just two of the tools in Care UK's latest drive to continuously improve its offering for residents with dementia.
Care UK is delighted to have been selected by the London Borough of Islington to design, build, finance and operate an 87-bed specialist care centre on the site of a redundant care home in the north of the borough.
Care UK's Residential Care Services team took over the management and operation of services at Meadow Court Nursing Home on July 1st.
Care UK today announced that its care services in Islington have scored highly across the board in reviews by the independent regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Its Highbury New Park home, operated in partnership with the Islington Council, received the highest possible rating of “Excellentâ€. Elsewhere in the Borough, Lennox House near Finsbury Park demonstrated real improvement and has now achieved a “Good†status from the CQC, alongside the Muriel Street Centre in Islington, which has now also achieved a “Good†status from the CQC.
Ground Force star Charlie Dimmock officially opened a new Care UK care home in Wexham on Wednesday (22nd April). Local MP Fiona Mactaggart also unveiled a plaque dedicating the home to the care of older people in Slough and surrounding areas.
Care UK's, the country's leading provider of health and social care, could be in line for two top employment awards for finding new ways to recruit talented and committed staff in the East Midlands.
Halstead Lodge has a day of celebrations
Care UK is not surprised by the recent report from the Alzheimer's Research Trust which showed how the disease now affects over 800,000 people.
Care UK's ground-breaking training, which lets our carers ‘experience' dementia, has been shortlisted for a national Nursing Times Award after the overwhelming success of a nine-month trial.
As one of the UK's leading independent providers of health and social care, Care UK has welcomed the publication of the Palliative Care Funding Review (1 July 2011).
Staff, residents and their families will be cutting cake and singing along to family favourites when Care UK's Hollins Park residential home celebrates its 20th anniversary on Friday (15th April 2011).
A celebration of dignity and independence is taking place this week at Care UK's Station House home in Cheshire, as the multi-award winning team work with residents and relatives to find more ways to create happy and fulfilled lives.
The team at Care UK's Maplestead day centre in Halstead, which opened recently, has arranged for one of its club members to visit his former fire station and meet up with colleagues he worked with 30 years ago.
The very special outing was organised for the team’s first ever day club member Maurice Norman - a retired fireman who worked in Halstead for 31 years until he retired in 1981.
Staff at Care UK's Station House nursing home in Crewe, are putting on their hats to raise money for the charity Brain Tumour Research, in memory of a much-loved resident who recently passed away.
