RECENT NEWS

Following the opening of new homes in Bromsgrove and Horndean earlier this year, local people in the West Midlands were recently invited to celebrate the grand launch of Care UK’s newest care home.

Hartford Care Family Day took place on Wednesday 15 August to acknowledge and celebrate everything about family; for the fourth time, the annual social occasion encouraged residents and more than 680 staff to invite their families in to the care home with one simple aim – to have fun.

Residents of Fairmile Grange in Christchurch recently took a trip out to Christchurch Quay, as part of the ‘Breath of Fresh Care’ initiative.

A major milestone has been marked at a new 77 bed care home in Banstead, which will provide residential and dementia care and will be leased by care provider, Hallmark Care Homes.

Sunrise Senior Living and Gracewell Healthcare have reappointed Girbau as their preferred laundry partner for a further three years.

Staff at a Grimsby care home are celebrating after achieving a coveted 'outstanding' rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Staff at Borough Care’s Shepley House in Hazel Grove have recently completed the Oomph! wellness training programme.

The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by Whitegates in Bromyard, Herefordshire, to be 'outstanding' following an inspection in June.

Country Court Care has announced the completion of a refinance which sees Cheyne Capital installed as the sole, senior lender to its 30 care home portfolio, replacing Barclays, Santander and AIB.

Business partners, Dr Gaurav Chaudhary and Dr Rajni Singh have recently purchased Cliffdale Residential Care Home in Pontesbury, Shrewsbury.

Borough Care has appointed Jayne Hennessey as its new head of human resources.

Chamberlain Court, a state of the art Hallmark care home in Royal Tunbridge Wells, has been shortlisted for a prestigious design award.

Audley Group, a UK provider of luxury retirement villages, has exchanged contracts on its 19th Audley Villages site at Cobham, Surrey.

Audley Group, a UK provider of luxury retirement villages, has exchanged contracts on its 19th Audley Villages site at Cobham, Surrey.

Representatives from 10 Care UK homes and dozens of local people stepped right up to experience the first ever Care UK circus day.

Thirty seven MHA care homes across England, Wales and Scotland are benefitting from a multi-million pound investment in a refurbishment programme to upgrade facilities.

The Orders of St John Care Trust’s Goodson Lodge Care Centre in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, has been awarded the Dementia Design Gold Award by independent experts at the Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) University of Stirling.

BB Training Academy, an award-winning care training provider, has set out to recruit 100 Dementia Friends to help the local community cope with the challenges of an ageing population.

Residents at the Laurels & Pine Lodge Care Home enjoyed a visit nine year old pony, Star, who is a member of Lofty Therapy Horses Family.

Northcare Manor, a new care home in Edinburgh that incorporates an old shopping street to help its residents reminisce, has opened with the support of a £7.73 m funding package from Royal Bank of Scotland.