RECENT NEWS

RMBI has opened a boutique care centre at Devonshire Court in Oadby in Leicester.

Maryanne Scriven has been appointed group clinical development lead for the Hartford Care family.

A new report ‘SAFE: Banishing Medication Errors in Care Homes (Safeguard Against Frontline Errors)’ has been published by Omnicell UK & Ireland, a provider of automated healthcare and medication adherence solutions.

Borough Care, the not for profit provider of care for older people in Stockport, has partnered with Oomph! to provide its residents with more day trips out to destinations further afield.

A furniture manufacturer that has been putting comfort into care for over half a century has unveiled a new ownership and management structure to drive future growth and development.

An award-winning Scarborough care business has announced exciting new expansion plans as it takes over an established home in the town.

The emergency services and care homes are using 40 stone manikins in training exercises to practice rescuing obese people.

An Inverness care home has been transformed and is now providing the highest standard of care to its residents after being acquired and refurbished by Meallmore.

A budding young artist from Cramond Primary School has been crowned the winner of a local art competition run by Edinburgh care home Cramond Residence.

Borough Care has appointed apetito as its catering partner, introducing apetito meals into all 11 of its residential homes in Stockport.

A specialist dementia care home in Chorley has taken some of its residents back in time to experience past memories with the help of a virtual reality app.

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

The BHTA (British Healthcare Trades Association) has appointed Mandie Lavin as its new director general; she is a practising barrister and brings great experience to the BHTA from a career spanning healthcare, law and accountancy.

Hull care organisation, Hica Group, has hit the right notes with care home residents after investing in a music therapy initiative.

The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by Foxgrove Residential Home in Felixstowe, Suffolk, to be 'outstanding' following an inspection in April.

Congratulations to Anchor resident Marjorie Smith on reaching her 100th Birthday and what a memorable day she had.

Residents were overjoyed to welcome Robert Courts MP into their Cassington based home recently to help celebrate the nursing home’s refurbishment and new look.

A new guide has been produced to help care homes provide better support for service men and women in assisted living in the UK.

Malden House care home delivered theoretical and practical training about dementia to a group of 15 students from Sidmouth College; the aim of the sessions - to give teenagers empathy about what a person effected by dementia goes through.

John Grover of Auchtercrag House Care Home, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, was crowned 2018 NACC Care Chef of the Year on Wednesday 6 June, following a thrilling national final.