RECENT NEWS

Pat Corbin, a resident at RMBI Home Zetland Court in Bournemouth, has celebrated her 108th birthday.

Borough Care marked Nutrition and Hydration Week (11-17 March) with a programme of special food and drink related activities.

A woodland in the Highlands is the first in the country to become dementia friendly.

Hallmark Care Homes has won two prestigious Pinders Healthcare Design Awards; the provider celebrated its eighth Pinders award in nine years at the ceremony held at the Lancaster London Hotel in Westminster.

phs Group now delivers healthcare waste services to five of the biggest independent care home providers in the UK after its latest new contract win.

A commitment to ensuring significant improvements at a number of Runwood Homes care homes has been recognised by a string of improved ratings, identified in recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection reports.

Two Anchor Care Home workers have triumphed to win accolades at the prestigious Great British Care Awards, which recognise excellence across the care sector.

Activities manager Jo Whitehouse has won a prestigious national award for her work providing a fun, creative and varied programme of activities to enhance the lives of care home residents in Braintree.

Team members, residents and relatives at three TLC Care homes are celebrating after their respective head chefs were announced as finalists for the fiercely contested national Care Chef of the Year Awards.

Lothian House in Spennymoor, County Durham, has become the sixth HC-One care home to be rated ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

A Nottinghamshire care home owner has been ordered to pay more than £54,000 at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court following an incident in which a 94-year-old man fell and suffered a fractured femur.

Winchester based residential and nursing home, Brendoncare Park Road, is celebrating after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated it ‘good’ in all categories, following an inspection in February.

To mark Nutrition and Hydration Week, Fairmile Grange care home hosted an afternoon event to help raise awareness of the importance of staying hydrated and healthy eating as people get older.

A new retirement village, which is due to open in the summer of 2019, has benefitted from a series of roof light solutions from manufacturer Xtralite.

A package of Altro products has been fitted in a new £10 million dementia friendly ‘super’ care home in Scotland, helping to create the ultimate environment of comfort and support for residents.

Anchor Hanover has strengthened its executive board with two new appointments; Kate Smith and Simon Glucina have joined the organisation in new roles.

Sunrise Senior Living UK and Gracewell Healthcare are offering leadership development programme pathways to their senior care assistants (SCAs), heads of department (HOD) and registered general nurses (RGNs), which have been endorsed by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), a nationally recognised organisation.

Winchester care home, Tegfield House, has launched a new support group for relatives who want to gain a greater understanding of their loved ones who are living with dementia.

Seabourne House, a specialist dementia care home in Bournemouth run by Luxurycare Group, has welcomed a new care home manager, Beverly Harris, to the team.

Residents enjoyed live music, food and drink as they marked Founders’ Day at The Royal Star & Garter Home in Solihull on Friday 11 January, the charity’s 103rd anniversary.