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It was all about the hats for residents at Chestnut Lodge in Yeovil on a visit from members of the town’s Women’s Institute and Mothers’ Union.
As London braces itself for the TCS London Marathon this weekend, one man's determination shines brightly amid the sea of runners.
Getting up close and personal to three owls in at a nursing home in Glastonbury has sparked ‘priceless’ reactions from residents according to the home’s activities team.
When John Cutting’s mother Violet moved into a dementia care home in Wellington he was regularly accompanied on his visits by his 10 year old Alsatian dog, Prince, and this proved to be the start of an ongoing involvement between John, his dogs and the care home.
With an increase in people disputing Wills every year - over 10,000 and rising in England and Wales – lawyers are urging people to take professional advice early and avoid financial and familial stress later.
A professional relationship which started online during Covid via NHS-run adult social care Teams calls, resulted in dementia specialist Bonnie Frear being offered an interesting new career opportunity she couldn’t resist.
Giving a spring face-lift to the garden of the dementia home in Bridgwater where his father has been living for the past year was the activity of choice for specialist fibre engineer, Andrew Chaplin and 10 of his colleagues for their spring volunteer day.
Staff at Butterfly Lodge Dementia Nursing Home in Plymouth are celebrating a quadruple haul of awards in the 2024 Celebrating Excellence in Care Awards, relaunched this year by Plymouth City Council for the first time since 2019.
One of Somerset’s oldest residents celebrated her 105th birthday with a birthday card from the King and Queen and a party for family and friends at St Benedict’s Nursing Home in Glastonbury where she now lives.
Dressing up costumes chosen with World Book Day (7 March) in mind and worn by preschoolers from Bridgwater’s Little Montessori House were a great hit with their neighbours who live in the town’s Avalon Nursing Home.
A Bridgwater & Taunton College student studying health and social care has been so impressed by the dementia care home she teamed up with for her student placement she has applied to join them as a full-time employee.
For care home resident Patricia, Wednesdays can’t come around quickly enough.
The College of Paramedics is thrilled to announce that we have been granted the Charter of Incorporation by His Majesty King Charles III.
Dreams are coming true for residents at a specialist dementia care home who are being supported by staff to revisit favourite activities they thought they were no longer able to do.
National law firm Clarke Willmott LLP is shining a light on misdiagnosis as part of its annual efforts in support of World Encephalitis Day tomorrow (22nd FEB).
Empica, one of the South West’s longest established PR agencies, has appointed Natalie Birrell as Managing Director.
With AI image generation and the immediate dissemination of shared images online, this year will see a “burst of activity” following the expiry of copyright protection around Disney’s iconic Mickey Mouse character, according to a legal expert.
