Care Home
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Selfless 8-year-old girl visits care home residents every day for five months
Jess Nolan has been bringing the staff and residents of her local care home handmade gifts, including friendship bracelets.
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Care home resident, 94, in tears after receiving cushion printed with his late wife's photo
Ken Benbow lost his wife of 71 years Aida just nine months ago and sleeps next to a photo of her each night.
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'Cruel' council splits up elderly couple
Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for an elderly South Tyneside couple to be reunited - after South Tyneside Council stopped them from moving into the same care home. Jessie and Ray Lorrison have been together for 70 years.
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Daughter stole ยฃ100,000 from her own mum after she was diagnosed with dementia
Susan Linda Hayes has been jailed for three years, for stealing ยฃ100,000 from her own mum. Patricia Bancroft had been diagnosed with dementia and moved into a care home. Hayes was supposed to be taking care of her financial affairs, but took
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The cost of care will wipe out your pension
The average amount that someone has to spend if they go into a care home is now ยฃ75,000 - that's far more than the average person has in their pension pot, so how can anyone cover the cost of care? The cost A study by LV= has revealed that
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War veteran with Alzheimers kicked out of care home over bill row
James Bryant, a frail 89-year-old, suffering from Alzheimer's, has been thrown out of his care home in Stevenage. James' daughters have refused to pay a ยฃ17,000 care bill - which they and the council agree is not fair. James, who
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Elderly Pianist In Care Home Advertises For Bandmates On Gumtree, Gets Overwhelming Response
Edward Hardy played in a jazz quartet for almost 40 years after serving in Japan during World War II but had nobody to play with once he moved to the home in Wookey, Somerset. With the help of kind-hearted care worker Sam Kinsella, Mr Hardy appealed on Gumtree for bandmates to jam with. The reunited jazz quartet are now in rehearsals for a show at Mellifont Abbey care home in 2016.