Nature-loving residents of a Dorset dementia care home have helped compile a 2025 calendar featuring photos of animals, birds and insects venturing into their garden. Badgers, squirrels, foxes, bees and blue tits are among the stars of the collection which The Aldbury in Poole is selling to raise funds for its nominated charity, Dorset-based Wildlife in Need.
HWB charity champions boost Mountbatten Hampshire
Hampshire business and tax advisers HWB Chartered Accountants has raised more than £8,500 for its chosen charity, Mountbatten Hampshire, through a calendar of activities.
Care home bikers rev up for anniversary fun
Fun-loving motorbike fans at a Dorset care home didn’t need to be asked twice to sit in the saddles of some classic Lambrettas. When retro bike group the Grumpy Grandads came to help Colten Care’s Poole home Bourne View celebrate its fifth anniversary, they made sure the occasion had the feel of a 1960s Mod-era road trip.
A collaboration of care – how tech is saving lives
Two British companies have collaborated to create an instant triage system for casualties on battlefields or in disaster zones. Leading Dorset-headquartered cyber-security company C3IA Solutions and Birmingham-based telemedicine pioneers Black Space Technology are already providing the life-saving tech across the world.
Flippin’ marvellous as New Forest care home cooks up Pancake Day ‘record’
Chefs at a New Forest care home flipped hundreds of pancakes so residents could attempt an audacious bid at a Guinness World Record for stacking. As a fun way to spend Pancake Day afternoon, residents at Colten Care’s Woodpeckers in Brockenhurst managed to place 214 pancakes on top of each other.
Care Dorset appoints new Chair of Board of Directors
Adult health and social care organisation Care Dorset has announced the appointment of Caroline Tapster as its new Chair of the Board of Directors.
Bringing home top quality care
Brymor Construction has completed its largest care home development to date at Ancasta Grove in Fareham
Sentinel warns of failed emergency calls
Residents in assisted-living and warden-assisted accommodation are at risk because their emergency communications are increasingly likely to fail. Sentinel Fire and Security, which specialises in this technology, is warning that the new digital roll-out is leaving analogue systems dangerously exposed. The company, headquartered in Poole, Dorset, says a percentage of analogue emergency calls fail, and that figure will only rise. … Read More
Care home groups embrace cutting-edge tech
One of the top luxury care home groups in the UK has embraced cutting-edge technology to transform its signing-in systems. Cinnamon Care Collection has adopted the e-Reception Book, created by London and Hampshire-based innovative software agency MediaBase Direct (MBD). The iPad-based solution digitally replaces paper-based logging books for visitors, team members and contractors. It is easily installed, customisable and GDPR … Read More
Businesses back care lifeline
Dorset Chamber has launched a groundbreaking fund to transform the life chances of disadvantaged young people in care. It has founded ‘Dorset Chamber Life Skills’ as one of the crowning initiatives of commemorations to mark its 70th anniversary in 2019. The fund will raise money to provide life and employability skills for the rising number of young people in care … Read More
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