RECENT NEWS

Winterbrook Nursing Home in the Oxfordshire market town of Wallingford has been sold to Wallingford Care Ltd.

The doors to Grosvenor Manor Care Centre on Heath Lane in Chester have been officially opened by one of the home’s first residents, Miss Margaret Laird.

Despite the cold weather, things are hotting up for the return of Care Roadshow Glasgow to Hampden Park Stadium on Tuesday 17 April.

Elderly residents in Lincolnshire are having a say in how their rooms are decorated thanks to a pioneering project being run by Tanglewood Care Homes.

A family owned care operator has acquired a local Hertfordshire nursing home, and plans to transform the home over the next couple of years.

The Deputy Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Mike Leddy was the guest of honour at a celebratory lunch organised for the residents of a Nehemiah UCHA retirement scheme in Digbeth, Birmingham to mark a major anniversary in the history of the scheme.

A former Gateshead College student with learning difficulties has spoken out about how his grandad’s dying wish led him to a career in the care sector.

DC Care has recently completed the sale of The Laurels Care Home in Aberdare, South Wales on behalf of Mr Keith Jones.

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Jeremy Hunt has confirmed that there will be a cap on what people are expected to pay for their care and has also promised to find a way to help local authorities fund care and a 10 year joint NHS and social care workforce strategy.

The boss of a leading housing and care provider has paid tribute to staff who went ‘the extra mile’ to ensure that vital services continued when the ‘Beast from the East’ hit parts of the UK recently.

LifeCare Residences, a retirement village operator, has announced the appointment of Joseph Fisher as the new head chef at Battersea Place, a luxury retirement community in London.

A new £13.5m care village developed by Prime in Newcastle-under-Lyme will soon be ready to welcome its first residents, as construction work on the scheme is now complete.

Great Oaks, a specialist residential, nursing and dementia care home in Bournemouth, has been crowned the winner of the Dorset Building Excellence Awards 2018 for Best Inclusive Building.

Hallmark Care Homes’ facility in Royal Tunbridge Wells has won a national design award.

The sale of Green Hill Care Home in Crowhurst, East Sussex has been completed by specialist business property advisor Christie & Co.

A care organisation, which operates 15 care homes across Hull and East Riding, has appointed a new regional director to head up operations for the East.

The first Future of Care Conference was held at The King’s Fund, London on 13 March; directors, CEOs, owners, managers and providers from all walks of the care sector attended the event in London’s think tank to discuss what is in store for the future of the care industry.

The number of hospital admissions due to an older person falling is set to rise to nearly 1000 a day by the end of the decade, according to figures obtained by the Local Government Association.

Residents and team members at Sunrise of Eastbourne have treated two local boys to a day out at Brighton Football Club as a result of their inspirational 'Help the Homeless' campaign.

Portsmouth based care provider, Hartford Court has received an overall ‘good’ rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).