RECENT NEWS

Care home provider Sunrise Senior Living UK and Gracewell Healthcare has called on members of the public to volunteer to help older people during the coronavirus crisis.

Exemplar Health Care has launched a recruitment drive for up to 1000 associate carer roles in Northern England and the Midlands to meet growing demand in the coming months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Health+Care event in London, which incorporates The Residential & Homecare Show, has been postponed until April 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Digital news provider PressReader is offering care and nursing homes free access to thousands of online newspapers and magazines for the next two months.

Care Innovation Hub, a partnership designed to encourage entrepreneurship in the care sector, has suspended operations for at least six months due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Care England has pleaded retired staff and workers affected by the coronavirus outbreak to join the adult social care workforce.

Care home provider Hartford Care has won an award for being one of the most recommended in the ‘top 20 mid-size groups’ for the fifth consecutive year.

The UK government has called on recruitment agencies active in the care sector to refrain from ramping up staff costs to providers in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

DC Care has sold the Castlethorpe nursing home near Brigg in north-east Lincolnshire on behalf of its client to Nitin and Parum Sidhpura.

Laid-off workers in retail and hospitality sectors should be fast-tracked for care home jobs to help ensure the well-being of residents amid the coronavirus pandemic, HC-One executive chairman Sir David Behan has told the Daily Telegraph.

Technology provider Person Centred Software is opening up its Relatives Gateway platform to all UK care homes free of charge to help residents maintain communication with their families during the coronavirus lockdown.

Gold Care Homes has acquired two residential properties in the London borough of Westminster formerly run by Sanctuary Care.

A heart-warming video has emerged of a school pupil playing a London care home resident’s favourite song despite visiting restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The UK National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) has made its web-based resources freely available as many care homes close their doors to non-essential visitors due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Rosebank Care Home in Oxfordshire has been rated ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for a second time following an inspection in January.

Solihull care home Claridge Place has kicked off an intergenerational pen pal initiative to help keep residents in touch with the local community during the coronavirus lockdown.

Representative body Independent Care Group (ICG) has issued a five-point plan for providers to help them manage during the Covid-19 outbreak.

Developer Charterpoint Senior Living has submitted plans for a 76-bed residential care home at Thurnby in Leicestershire.

Elizabeth House care home in Essex has been recognised by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for a radical turnaround following an unsettling time over the past 18 months.

Arquella has secured £350,000 from Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund to develop and market an advanced nurse call system for care homes.