RECENT NEWS

A happy couple from Glasgow have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary surrounded by friends and family at Bupa’s Deanfield Care Home in Penilee.

An 86-year-old from Glasgow recently remembered his fellow veterans on Remembrance Sunday in George Square.

Caring Sunderland College students are doing their bit to help bridge the generation gap between young and old.

Residents at an Ayr care home are celebrating their green-fingered success after winning a national gardening competition.

Residents at a care home in Falkirk have been horsing around thanks to a visit from some new equine friends.

Audley Group has exchanged contracts with the Watford Riverwell Partnership on its first site for Mayfield Villages, a new offering designed to meet growing demand for modern, mainstream retirement accommodation in the UK.

A design-led residential care home has received planning consent from York City Council on the site of a former council care home.

Care UK colleagues are celebrating after winning one of the two Residential Care Provider categories at the prestigious 12th National LaingBuisson Awards.

Work has now been completed on The Chocolate Quarter, the highly anticipated new retirement village and care home on the site of the former Cadbury’s factory in Keynsham, Somerset.

Princess Marina House, the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund’s flagship care and respite centre on the West Sussex coast, has been awarded an ‘outstanding’ rating following an inspection earlier this year.

Kings Lodge, located in Surrey and operated by Aura Care Living, has selected power assisted Gentona and Sentes baths from Gainsborough to enhance its state of the art care provision.

The Chancellor has announced the Government's future plans in the Autumn Budget 2017. Here are responses from some of the key organisations in the social care sector.

Innovative Aged Care has announced the launch of the research project Beyond Words in conjunction with the University of Roehampton at dementia residential home and day club Chelsea Court Place.

The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by St Peter’s House in Bury St Edmunds to be 'outstanding' following an inspection in September.

Care England and ITN Productions have launched Shaping Tomorrow, a news and current affairs style programme exploring the future of health and social care and the challenges facing the sector.

Central Bedfordshire Council’s Priory View, an independent living scheme in Dunstable, has been awarded the title of Best Social or Affordable New Housing Development at the Grand Final of the LABC Building Excellence Awards.

The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society has won Residential Care Home Provider of the Year – Small Organisation at the prestigious Laing Buisson Awards.

Residents at a Dundee care home will be able to enjoy American-style dining and get their hair cut in style, thanks to a generous donation from a former resident’s fundraiser.

The first exclusive and private Facebook community to enable owners, CEOs and senior managers of residential care and nursing homes to share best practice has been launched.

The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) has launched a new training workshop and qualification for 2018 that will help care caterers confidently and safely manage the complex area of food allergy, food intolerance and coeliac disease.