Heol Don Bupa Care Home in Cardiff is asking the local community to send in messages of yuletide cheer to residents and staff this Christmas. Receiving a Christmas card is a great way to boost morale, well-being and a sense of belonging, which is why the Bupa care home team is calling on its local community to help spread some joy and rally a sense of togetherness during the festive period. Hoping to make residents feel more connected to their local…

#HeartsForHomes Campaign  A new campaign by Picture News linked schools across the UK with care homes for their #HeartsForHomes campaign which ran between 1st-11th December. Most care home residents have had a difficult year with visiting restrictions, coronavirus fears and ever-changing lockdown regulations. The #HeartsForHomes campaign aimed to reconnect residents with their community. Care Home residents passed  a Christmas message to the younger generation, while Primary School children wrote their own message for the residents. #HeartsForHomes – tackling isolation and…

Millions of elderly Brits are not getting the care they need from their own relatives, according to a new study.   Researchers questioned 2,000 adults with elderly relatives, both living alone and in care homes, revealing 52 per cent in Cardiff admit they are NOT giving them the care they need.   57 per cent said they feel guilty about their elderly relatives – with 49 per cent claiming “living far away” was an obstacle and 19 per cent claiming…

A WOMAN who has brought the joy of music to places it wouldn’t normally reach has been honoured with a special award from the care sector. Gillian Green, who is herself an accomplished harpist, has spent the past 25 years working with Live Music Now (LMN), a registered charity which arranges for the cream of young professional musicians to stage performances in care homes, hospitals, hospices and special schools across the UK. To mark her achievements 62-year-old Gillian was presented…