RECENT NEWS

Hertfordshire care provider Quantum Care has welcomed Elizabeth House care home in Panshanger to the family with a celebration event for residents, staff and volunteers.

Morris Grange Nursing Home in Middleton Tyas, Richmond, North Yorkshire, has been sold to GH Group, an experienced, local operator in the sector.

Masterchef winner, renowned food writer and novelist, Sue Lawrence, has officially opened the new £160,000 state-of-the-art kitchen facility at St Raphael’s care home in Edinburgh.

Borough Care has been raising money for the Alzheimer’s Society by participating in the charity’s Cupcake Day.

Industry leading residential care and supported living provider, Caring Homes Group, has celebrated its 25th year in business by recognising its most outstanding colleagues and teams within its 5700-strong workforce.

Farehaven Lodge Care Home, a well established care home situated in Fareham, Hampshire, has been sold to first time buyers with experience in the care sector.

Octopus Real Estate, part of the Octopus Group and a leading investor in healthcare facilities throughout the UK, has completed three development transactions, with two sales and one acquisition.

Newly appointed general manager, Lesley Standing, recently unveiled the new marketing suite at Barchester Healthcare’s luxury care home in Eastbourne, Mortain Place, where she cut the ribbon to open the completed part of the home with an enormous pair of scissors.

Audley Chalfont Dene, the luxury retirement village based in Chalfont St Peter, officially broke ground on the third phase of properties on Monday 17 June at a VIP reception attended by Rt Hon Dame Cheryl Gillan MP for Chesham and Amersham, owners and people from the local community.

Residents and staff at Stockton-on-Tees care home, MHA Reuben Manor, enjoyed a fun-filled day on Friday 14 June as they celebrated the home’s 10th anniversary since opening its doors back in 2009.

Ardale, a new name to the residential and nursing care sector have named Oakham Grange as its first home. The £9 million bespoke 60 bed new build home is scheduled to open in early 2020, creating 200 new jobs.

The Royal Star & Garter Home in Solihull has become a Teaching Care Home after staff completed a one year course.

Barchester Healthcare is celebrating after receiving a prestigious healthcare services industry sector award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).

Staff and residents at Belmont View care home in Hertford are in high spirits following a recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection, which rated the care home as ‘outstanding’.

Matt Dodge, executive chef at dementia specialist care home Chelsea Court Place, features in the inspiring new series The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes, airing from 12 June at 9pm.

Stepnell has been awarded a £12 million contract to deliver a new luxury care facility in Eastcote, Solihull, featuring 84 rooms and apartments.

Following the current owner and manager’s decision to retire after 27 years, Glenhelenbank Residential Care Home in Luncarty, Perthshire, is now on the market.

Barchester Healthcare has paid special tribute to carers throughout the company for National Carers Week, thanking them for their dedication to the residents and patients they care for.

A Facebook post about how night staff at Allithwaite care home wear pyjamas for the benefit of residents with dementia went viral reaching 13 million people in just seven days.

Groveland Park Care Home in Bexleyheath, in the London borough of Bexley, has been rated 'outstanding' overall by the Care Quality Commission; previously it was rated 'good'.