1+ week, 6+ day ago   (516+ words) Palm Springs Nursing Home, pictured here in 2010, closed in 2021 Proposals for a 57-bedroom care home at a former nursing home site in Jersey have been submitted in a planning application. Palm Springs Nursing Home in St Helier closed in 2021 and…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (585+ words) Sue and Pete Hanne said their visit to Windsor Castle had been 'amazing' A couple are preparing to retire after 34 years of sharing their home with vulnerable adults who cannot live on their own. Sue and Pete Hanne, from Hereford,…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (529+ words) A hospice in East Sussex has confirmed it will no longer offer "hands-on" care for people in their homes. St Wilfrid's said its domiciliary care service, helping about 200 people with daily tasks including cooking, cleaning and personal care, will end…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (631+ words) Health professionals say caring for someone with an incurable illness brings a number of emotional pressures A charity has launched a new well-being programme aimed at supporting people who care for loved ones with incurable illness. Katharine House Hospice in…...

10+ mon, 5+ day ago   (709+ words) Dorothy Devereux has lived at Woodlands Home for Older People in Clayton-le-Moors since 2014 A 92-year-old care home resident says she's "devastated" at the thought of losing her home. Dorothy Devereux has lived at Woodlands Home for Older People in Clayton-le-Moors,…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (530+ words) Frankie does not have the bright pink colourings many associate with flamingos The owner of a wildlife sanctuary has said he and staff are "beside ourselves" with worry as they wait to hear of new sightings of a flamingo that…...

9+ mon, 4+ week ago   (698+ words) Royal Blackburn Hospital chaplain Rachel Fielding owns and trains cockerpoo Alfie A much-loved therapy dog provides "wonderful support" for hospital patients and staff "who can't help but smile when they see him", his owner has said. Cockerpoo Alfie joined the…...

10+ mon, 4+ day ago   (726+ words) Residents at specialist dementia care home Red House were visited by The Purple Pig Company Residents at a care home were visited by fluffy, feathered and scaled friends as part of a pet therapy session. Rabbits, guinea pigs, bantam chickens,…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (363+ words) Emergency services were called to Corsica Road in Seaford at 04:27 BST on Thursday Six people are being treated for smoke inhalation following a fire at a care home. Emergency services said they were called to Corsica Road in Seaford at…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (781+ words) Hannah Roberts and her mother Gail Iredale have been working on the lodge for 18 months A 22-year-old cancer patient has opened a respite lodge for teenagers and young adults going through treatment for the illness. Hannah Roberts from Willington, Derbyshire,…...