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A new health and social care pilot in Greater Manchester is helping people living with dementia stay active, connected and well – while giving family carers a vital break.
Live More with Shared Lives matches people living with dementia with trained Shared Lives carers from their local community. Together, they spend time each week doing everyday things that matter to them – from walking in the park and visiting cafés to...

An intrepid pair of care home colleagues have completed a 100-metre abseil to raise more than £1,000 towards a church rebuild appeal.
Ruth Wildman and Denise Marks, Home Manager and Companionship Team Leader respectively at Colten Care’s Avon Reach in Mudeford, Dorset, confronted their fear of heights to descend from the top viewing platform of Portsmouth’s iconic Spinnaker Tower....

Residents, families, friends and team members raised a cuppa at Colten Care’s four dedicated dementia care homes to help a national charity campaign designed to raise vital funds for life-changing support.
Linden House in Lymington, St Catherines View in Winchester, The Aldbury in Poole and Fernhill in Longham, Dorset, staged tea parties, coffee mornings, cake sales, knit-and-natter groups and community activities as part of Time for a Cuppa, Dementia...

Care home residents took a refined approach to an annual celebration of the art of cocktail and mocktail making.
A tasting party on the roof terrace at Colten Care’s Fernhill dementia care home in Longham near Bournemouth featured a vibrant and colourful selection of drinks....