Dorset dementia care home’s wildlife calendar helps animals in need

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.

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.

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