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What standards monitor quality in care home food?

Older Persons Care Advice

What standards monitor quality in care home food?

July 20th, 2022

Is there quality assurance of food served in care homes and can we ensure it’s nutritious?

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Autumna launches new live rating service for care homes

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Autumna launches new live rating service for care homes

June 29th, 2022

Autumna has introduced a new care home rating service that provides live reviews to care seekers, helping them make more informed choices.

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What’s the cost of living impact on seniors?

Paying for Care

What’s the cost of living impact on seniors?

June 27th, 2022

The cost of living crisis is a phrase that we’re all becoming more used to hearing on a regular basis. However, we might not be fully aware of what has created this difficult set of circumstances or how older people are coping with it all.

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Spring signs later life partnership with Autumna

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Spring signs later life partnership with Autumna

May 18th, 2022

National home buying and part exchange service Spring has joined forces with Autumna to remove one of the biggest hurdles people face moving to a retirement or care property.

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Care home costs: What pressures are there?

Paying for Care

Care home costs: What pressures are there?

May 17th, 2022

Some care homes are coming under increasing strain due to the current financial climate.


How might this impact costs for residents?

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Where are the UK’s retirement living hotspots?

Retirement Living

Where are the UK’s retirement living hotspots?

May 9th, 2022

 This article by freelance writer Rachel Bashford will give you updates on the reasons behind the boom in retirement living, the hotspots in UK retirement living and future retirement living trends throughout the UK.

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Autumna launches UK's first ever care home food accreditation

Autumna News

Autumna launches UK's first ever care home food accreditation

April 26th, 2022

Independent care home directory Autumna has unveiled a new food accreditation to help care homes showcase their all important dining experience and attract self funding enquiries.

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How Is Parkinson’s technology developing?

Older Persons Care Advice

How Is Parkinson’s technology developing?

March 14th, 2022

Parkinson’s is a neurological condition that is degenerative in nature with some of its main symptoms being tremors, body rigidity and slower movement. At this present time, there is no cure for the disease.

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Living with Parkinson’s: How to improve life quality.

Older Persons Care Advice

Living with Parkinson’s: How to improve life quality.

February 21st, 2022

Parkinson’s disease is a long-term or chronic neurological condition. This means that Parkinson’s affects the brain as well as the nervous system. Dr James Parkinson named the condition in 1817 and prescribed it to be progressive in nature as symptoms generally worsen over time.

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