RECENT NEWS

The Royal Star & Garter Homes’ Raquel Pena Aristizabal has been announced as a finalist at The National Care Awards; the activities and volunteers manager at the charity’s Surbiton home has been shortlisted in the Care Activities Co-ordinator / Facilitator category.

The newly formed Cornerstone Healthcare Group Ltd has acquired family run Hampshire care homes, South Africa Lodge and Kitnocks House from Dr Oliver Sargent and his family who have run them since 1998.

The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) has announced that Baroness Liz Barker is to become its patron.

National care provider, Barchester Healthcare, has marked the start of its newest care home builds at three new sites around the country.

Baycroft has been named a finalist in the Residential Care Provider of the Year category at this year’s LaingBuisson Awards.

Matt Hancock, the new secretary of state for health and social care, has praised St Monica Trust’s innovative approach to care during a visit to Westbury Fields retirement village.

Gary Edwards, presenter of US series Dancing with the Stars and the Arthur Murray Dance Troop, will support people living with Alzheimer’s in advance of World Alzheimer’s Day.

MHA Stratton House Care Home has been presented with a Police Crime Commissioner’s Award, with "outstanding achievement" and "an inspiration to the community" just some of the praise heaped on the staff.

Borough Care is supporting the Macmillan Cancer Support World’s Biggest Coffee Morning on Friday 28 September.

Bertinaley Care Limited, which owns and operates four care homes in Hamilton, Largs, Dundee and Surrey, providing residential care, nursing care and respite care for up to 68 residents, has entered administration.

To celebrate its first anniversary, The Hamptons Care Centre, located off Heyhouses Lane in Lytham St Annes, hosted a spectacular party for residents and their relatives, as well as staff.

Staff from various Barchester Healthcare care homes throughout the UK put the ‘fun’ into ‘fundraising’ by participating in the Great North Run, the annual half marathon between Newcastle and South Shields on 9 September.

Malden House in Sidmouth has proudly unveiled a new sensory garden for residents and guests to enjoy.

A Newton Mearns care home has strengthened its team with the appointment of a new manager, who brings over 25 years of experience in nursing care.

A new dementia wing at MHA Hall Grange care home in Croydon will be officially declared open during an open day at the home on Thursday 13 September.

Care workers came together and walked as part of a campaign to provide care home residents with the highest quality of life.

Nicky Whittaker has joined the professional division of Miele as a national account manager to support UK sales and growth.

Spearhead Healthcare, a supplier to the care home sector, will open the doors to a new showroom in Stafford later this month in response to growing demand for high quality furniture, furnishings and equipment designed specifically for the care environment.

Residents and care home staff across Hull, East Riding and Lincolnshire have been hard at work adding a splash of colour to their gardens for an annual competition.

Sunrise of Purley has been awarded 'platinum' status with 'excellence' for end of life care, following a re-accreditation; the home is also one of 10 that has been shortlisted for the Gold Standards Framework (GSF) Care Home of the Year 2018.