RECENT NEWS

Gainsborough Baths Limited, the West Midlands manufacturer for specialist bathing under its established Gainsborough, Abacus Healthcare and Access brands, is delighted to announce a new company structure and location for future development and enhanced customer service.

A North-West business that plans to eradicate institutionalised care and stamp out ageism has been named one of the top innovators in active and healthy ageing by the European Commission.

One Housing’s first Season-branded extra care scheme outside London, Rosebank Park, opened in Essex on Thursday 22 June; the £11 million development in Harwich is the first in it’s current wave of expansion into older people’s housing and care outside London.

National home care provider HC-One has been pulling out all the stops to make residents’ wishes come true at Meadowbank House in Bolton.

A new multi-million pound, state-of-the-art retirement home at Nautilus International’s Wallasey-based, Mariners’ Park Estate, welcomed its first residents on 23 June following its royal unveiling.

Work has begun on a £200,000 investment in better access at a Berwickshire retirement housing development.

The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by Wren Hall Nursing Home in Selston, Nottinghamshire, to be 'outstanding'.

Christie & Co has sold a portfolio of 35 care homes on behalf of Embrace Group to Sanctuary Group in an off market deal.

Durapipe UK is celebrating a successful five year partnership with specialist residential care sector contractor Heatcare, which has seen the HTA pipe system installed in an array of new care home developments across the country.

Resident care has undergone a hi-tech revolution at a leading Sheffield care home as it becomes the first in Yorkshire to install a pioneering new generation of nurse call system designed to prioritise care for the most vulnerable.

Sharing approaches, technology and best practice that can help transform care and improve lives is the aim of a new care home innovation hub, launched by WCS Care.

Staff and residents at a Chester based care home marked the fifth birthday of national home provider HC-One recently with a celebratory tea party.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is consulting on a further set of proposals that will help shape the next phase of regulation for health and social care across the country.

A housing development in Alexandria has celebrated the vital role volunteers play in helping to provide support for its tenants.

Wiltshire Farm Foods has launched its first British Dietetic Association (BDA) approved CPD training course for healthcare professionals.

Rosebank Care Home opened its doors to the community and brought the seaside to Oxfordshire, at its popular annual summer fete.

Staff and residents at a Garforth based care home marked the fifth birthday of national home provider HC-One recently with a celebratory tea party.

The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) has crowned the 2017 NACC Care Chef of the Year; Stuart Middleton of Meallmore Lodge Care Home, Inverness, was victorious in the respected culinary competition.

DC Care has confirmed the recent sale of Intercare Services (Sheffield) on behalf of Charles and Deborah May.

A luxury St Andrews housing development for older buyers has secured nominations in an impressive four categories at an upcoming property awards ceremony.