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Activities Coordinator Awarded for Innovations in National Care Awards
Activities Coordinator, Rosie Brennan from Parksprings Care Home has been awarded for her work in providing a unique and engaging...
Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Jul 9, 20181 min read
How to do music and singalongs in a room full of sleeping residents
Guest blog from Sandra Currie, Care Home Entertainer. This happens to me all the time, and I've never had everyone still asleep at the...
Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Jul 5, 20184 min read
‘Win a House’ competition to raise funds for a new support centre.
A Northampton man who feels so passionately about improving dementia care in the town has entered his home into a ‘Win a House’...
Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Jun 18, 20182 min read
If I can make one person smile today
I know that if I can make one person smile today, all my effort and energy will have been worthwhile. It's already a good day, I woke to...
Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Jun 7, 20183 min read
Before it's time to go...
Before its time to go My beating heart is still as strong, Though my mind is closing down, The blood still runs through my veins, As...
Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Jun 4, 20181 min read
CARE HOMES ACROSS THE UK CELEBRATE NATIONAL FISH & CHIP DAY 2018 IN STYLE
Friday 1st June will see people across the country celebrating their love of fish and chips as they come together on National Fish & Chip...
Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Jun 1, 20182 min read
Anxiety Epidemic?
According to the Journal of Psychopharmacology findings (read here )- In 2013 there were 8.2 million cases of anxiety in the UK. This is...
Bright Copper Kettles CIC
May 29, 20183 min read
Bournemouth and Poole Seafront Transformed into Wonderful Outdoor Art Exhibition!
We're so excited about this venture. What a fantastic opportunity to add extra interest to your seaside visit. These images are large -...
Bright Copper Kettles CIC
May 26, 20183 min read
New Memory Cafe
This week is #DementiaActionWeek so here at Bright Copper Kettles CIC we wanted to put our CIC title to the test. The letters CIC stand...
Bright Copper Kettles CIC
May 21, 20181 min read
Top Ten Tips for Organising a 100th Birthday Party
I have worked in the care sector since I left college at 19. I have worked both as a domiciliary carer in the community and in nursing...
Bright Copper Kettles CIC
May 3, 20185 min read
Are you prepared for May?
Ideally, you will have planned any big events you have coming up in May. You will need to have booked your entertainers and sent your...
Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Apr 29, 20181 min read
Palliative Care
Palliative/End-of-life care refers to health care, not only of a person in the final hours or days of their lives, but more broadly care...
Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Apr 12, 20184 min read
Take a selfie on #redlippyday
Red Lippy Day 2018 for Dementia UK – May 4th Jules Osmany started ‘Red Lippy Day’ 4 years ago, in a desperate attempt to do ‘something’...
Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Apr 5, 20182 min read
Active Minds help people with dementia lead active lives.
Globally, the numbers of people living with dementia are predicted to increase from 50 million in 2017 to over 125 million in 2050....
Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Mar 27, 20181 min read
"Is it age appropriate?"
“Age appropriate” is something that I hear often in dementia care and it’s something that I completely disagree with. The question...
Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Mar 14, 20183 min read
West Yorkshire Playhouse’s Every Third Minute: a festival of theatre, dementia and hope curated by p
Throughout March, West Yorkshire Playhouse will be continuing its award-winning work with people living with dementia, with Every Third...
Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Mar 1, 20183 min read
Former Woolworths employee Mabel celebrates centenary birthday
Dartford's newest centenarian celebrated her birthday this week and was treated to a surprise birthday cake by her home care provider,...
Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Feb 23, 20181 min read
The benefits of memory boxes for people living with dementia
For people living with dementia, nostalgia or reminiscence therapy can be really helpful and memory boxes can be used to create...
Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Feb 16, 20182 min read
Valentine’s Day – ‘My loved one has dementia!’
St Valentine’s Day will mean something different to every person and as the shops are filled with hanging hearts, shop windows are...
Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Feb 8, 20182 min read
Bluebird Care welcomes Kent MP as new 'Minister for Loneliness' to tackle rising social isol
One of Kent's leading home care providers, Bluebird Care Gravesham and Dartford, has welcomed the appointment of a Kent MP to the post of...
Bright Copper Kettles CIC
Feb 6, 20182 min read
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