RECENT NEWS

A pair of young entrepreneurs have developed a revolutionary smart sensor that will help to wage war on the deadly Legionella bug.

A Care UK initiative to fulfil the wishes of residents living in its 125 care homes led to the arrival of two rather unusual visitors this week.

Care Home Murals has recently finished installing a series of murals at St Luke’s Care Home in Caversham, part of B&M Care Group.

Hallmark Care Homes has secured planning consent with help from national planning and development consultant, Turley for a luxury 79-bed care home in Bath, Somerset.

Heritage Care, incorporating Community Options, has announced a rebrand to reflect that it is one charity delivering many different services.

Surrey-based care home, The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, is reaping the rewards of its green initiatives after cutting its plastic use by 74,000 items per year to dramatically reduce its carbon footprint.

In a constantly changing industry, the Future of Care Conference aims to find solutions to the challenges faced in care.

106-year-old resident Eileen was the guest of honour at the opening of a new £8.5 million Hallmark care home in Henley-on-Thames.

Burnham Lodge, a Buckinghamshire care home run by Hartford Care, has received an overall 'good' rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Sunrise of Hale Barns, a local care home providing personalised dementia care and assisted living in Altrincham, has launched a ‘Silver Surfers Group’ with the aim of improving residents' digital literacy and to tackle loneliness amongst older people in the area.

Cherry Trees care home in Rotherham has maintained its overall rating of 'outstanding' in its quality of care following a recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Care provider, Curaa Group, has successfully acquired Broome End Care Home in Essex.

Stepnell has finished a new, high specification care facility in High Wycombe for the charity Royal Star & Garter, which provides loving, compassionate care to veterans and their partners living with disability or dementia.

Luxury Sanders Senior Living care home, Claridge Place, hosted an official grand opening event on Thursday 23 January, which was attended by TV doctor Sara Kayat.

A St Monica Trust care home has been rated ‘outstanding’ by Care Quality Commission inspectors.

A special lunch has been enjoyed by residents at Royal Star & Garter in Surbiton to mark the Chinese New Year.

A music charity has received funding to provide three live music sessions for local communities across Fife.

Sunrise of Chorleywood recently encouraged residents to express and enhance their creativity by taking part in an incredible 3D art project.

Care UK has held a ceremony to mark the opening of a new care home in Bristol - the first of five new homes it will open this spring.

Borough Care has promoted Nerys Carpenter to the position of area manager; Ms Carpenter was previously home manager of Borough Care’s Shepley House in Hazel Grove.