RECENT NEWS

An award-winning, family owned care group has reason to celebrate after being shortlisted in the prestigious Surrey Care Awards 2019, which recognise excellence in social care provision in the county of Surrey.

The mayor of Poole, councillor Marion Le Poidevin, officiated at the grand opening of Oakdale care home, joined by members of the community and local healthcare professionals.

Residents, team members and the local community were thrilled when a generous donation from Dementia Club UK, which is supported by Saracens, led to Carlton Court care home in Barnet being gifted an OM game system, which is an interactive game focused on motion activated sensory technology, as part of the home’s Dementia Club launch.

Aura Care Living's luxury retirement village and care home, Stratton Court in Cirencester, has just launched a new monthly community event to combat loneliness in the elderly and use the proven healing and uplifting power of music as therapy.

A luxury care home in the heart of Hereford has been officially unveiled by former SAS hero Bob Curry – with more than 150 people attending the ceremony.

Immedicare, an innovative telemedicine service connecting medical specialists with care home residents via video link, has now been rolled out across 55 of the city’s care homes.

Professor Martin Green, chief executive of Care England, joined Rivermede Court’s general manager, Libby Barrett, to officially open the new £8 million Egham-based luxury care home, which will offer residential, dementia and respite care.

A care home in Leicestershire has been rated 'outstanding', following an unannounced inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

MHA Mayfields care home in Ellesmere Port celebrated the opening of its new garden space recently with a special ceremony, which included a blessing by the home’s chaplain, Wyn Davies.

New £12 million care home, Brockington House, has been named one of the top-rated care homes in Hereford by carehome.co.uk.

Fairways Care Home, a well-established care home in Bournemouth, Dorset has been sold to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.

The Duchess of Cornwall joined school pupils and care home residents over tea and a shared love of poetry in celebration of the inaugural Poetry Together initiative.

Care home group CHD Living has launched an ‘Adopt a Grandparent’ campaign to coincide with National Grandparents Day, which took place on Sunday 6 October.

A care home in Mansfield has been rated 'outstanding' following an unannounced inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Residents and team members at Gracewell of Sutton recently celebrated the success of a very special VIP launch party.

Residents at MHA Elmside care home in Hitchin put on a show to remember as they performed a play they had been busily rehearsing for months.

The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, which has a workforce of nearly 100 employees, has celebrated almost half of its staff who have collectively dedicated 526 years to the society and its residents.

On 10 October, the National Association of Care Catering (NACC) celebrated outstanding contributions to the care catering sector at the NACC Awards 2019.

Olive Taylor, a resident at Borough Care’s Bryn Haven home in Brinnington, Stockport, recently celebrated her 100th birthday.

Rodwell House in Surrey, part of the Graham Care group of care homes, is celebrating the successful integration of medicines administration and electronic care planning applications from Person Centred Software and Invatech Health.