RECENT NEWS

Residents of a Glenrothes care home have been paid a special visit by Shetland Pony, Bonny as part of a generous free call from Toppy Star Pony Hire.

On the eve of Care England’s national conference Professor Martin Green, chief executive of Care England, has called upon the Government to put social care at the heart of its agenda.

A Bellshill care home has paid tribute to Remembrance Day by creating a decorative memorial filled with red poppies.

A Glasgow care home has paid tribute to Remembrance Day by creating a decorative memorial tree filled with red poppies and handwritten memories.

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co has brokered the sale of Kent Lodge in Woodbridge Road, Ipswich to L’Arche Ipswich.

The Care Quality Commission has rated a care home in Camberwell, south east London, as inadequate during its latest unannounced focused inspection.

An Ayrshire care home has paid tribute to Remembrance Day with a memorial garden filled with red poppies.

Barchester care homes, hospitals and offices across the country held a two minute silence to remember those who fought and fell to protect our freedom.

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co has sold Elliscombe House Nursing Home in Wincanton, Somerset to a new entrant to the care sector, The Ellie Group.

A manager of Bield’s very sheltered housing development at Glebe Court, Cumnock has raised over £1,100 during her final coffee morning in an annual tradition that has been running since 1994.

Meat-free hot dogs and pecan pie were top of the menu at a vegan festival held at Barchester’s Harper Fields Care Home in Balsall Common, where staff, residents, family and friends came together to celebrate World Vegan Day and try something a little bit different.

St Mary’s Residential Care Home in the village of New Buckenham, Norwich has been sold through specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co.

A retirement housing development in Haddington is looking for a volunteer to provide valuable computing support for its tenants.

A Glasgow care home is celebrating its industry success after landing a double award nomination for this year’s Scottish Care – National Care Home Awards.

MHA, a charity providing care, accommodation and support services to older people, has revealed that just one in 1,000 people living with dementia in the UK today are receiving life enhancing music therapy.

Three leading health charities have issued a call for the government to address a £1.9 billion social care funding gap through the Autumn Statement.

Christie Finance has successfully arranged a finance package of £26m for 23 of Hollyblue Healthcare’s portfolio of residential care homes operating in the elderly and specialist care sectors. Tenants include some of the leading healthcare providers in the UK.

Bield, one of Scotland’s leading providers of housing and care services, has raised a fantastic £430 at a garden party in Port Glasgow.

Oakdale Care Group, a new care home operator, is developing a chain of state-of-the-art residential facilities for the elderly that will create 180 new jobs after securing a £13 million funding package from Clydesdale Bank.

apetito is using Meals on Wheels Week to call on Government to direct more money into social care and to consider revolutionary measures such as merging health and social care budgets, to combat the alarming decline in Meals on Wheels services.