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Shared Lives Plus, the UK membership charity for Shared Lives care, has launched national guidance to help recruit Shared Lives carers from minoritised ethnic, cultural and religious communities – ensuring the model reflects the diversity of the communities...

People in the Deaf community will now be able to access dementia support more easily, thanks to a partnership between Alzheimer’s Society and the British Deaf Association.
The charities have worked together to make Alzheimer’s Society’s support services, such as its Dementia Support Line, more accessible....

Christmas is a time for fun, festivities and revisiting traditions. Whilst staying healthy may not always be at the forefront of people’s minds during this time, one Christmas activity has several surprising health and wellbeing benefits – carolling...

Hundreds of residents from Bupa care homes have knitted almost 54,000 premature baby bonding squares as part of a nationwide donation drive for neonatal units.
The 10cm x 10cm squares are widely used by hospitals to help mothers and premature babies bond while the babies are in hospital. The squares are kept with mother and baby and then swapped, allowing the baby to be comforted by their mother’s scent, while...