RECENT NEWS

Signature Senior Lifestyle is to invest in 15-minute Covid antigen tests to enhance the safety of residents receiving visitors to its care homes.

A government-backed study to test care home staff and residents for their immune response to Covid-19 is to triple in size to provide a detailed picture of infection in England.

Advinia Health Care has opened dedicated Covid-19 isolation units across the Midlands and North of England to ease pressure on the NHS and help prevent the virus spreading through care homes.

Nellsar, a family-run group of homes across Surrey, Essex and Kent, is marking International Men’s Day (19 November) by urging more men to consider a career in social care.

Just 1.3 per cent of supported living services or extra care housing schemes in England operated by National Care Forum (NCF) members are getting access to the single round of Covid testing promised by the government, according to a survey.

Northamptonshire County Council is taking over responsibility for the delivery of care services at four homes from Shaw Healthcare.

Retirement community developer McCarthy & Stone has launched a charitable foundation to celebrate, champion and defend the role of older people.

The Scottish government has launched a £1m fund to provide around 1,400 care homes with digital devices to connect those receiving care with their loved ones.

An early draft of a study by University of Manchester health economists and data scientists calculates that up to 10,000 more people may have died in care homes from Covid-19 than previously realised.

Family members or friends of those living in care homes will be given Covid tests to enable visits as part of a government pilot scheme launched today (16 November).

Inspired Villages, the Legal & General-backed later living business, has appointed Sharon Badelek to the newly-created position of chief financial officer (CFO).

Tech outfit Safepoint has launched the ‘Every 30 Minutes’ campaign to bring a spotlight on the daily risks of working within the care industry.

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has funded £2.19m of new projects into adult social care as part of its commitment to generate evidence to strengthen the way services are delivered for users, carers and the public.

Care homes meals provider apetito has launched its 2020 Christmas range as part of its Culinary Inspirations product series.

A state‐of‐the‐art dementia care refurbishment scheme delivered across a live Royal British Legion care home in Warwickshire has been handed over by contractor J Tomlinson.

Care home meals provider apetito has committed to paying from January the ‘real’ living wage - the voluntary hourly rate recommended by the Living Wage Foundation.

Octopus Real Estate is to develop and fund the construction of a 60-bedroom care home in Winchester to be operated by local outfit Brendoncare.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has commenced High Court proceedings against two businessmen and a company over alleged links to investments in care homes in which investors appear to have lost at least £30m.

Healthcare waste management company Anenta has launched an app that gives care homes the ability to conduct compulsory clinical waste pre-acceptance and duty of care audits without the need for third-party on-site visits.

Meals provider apetito has opened registration for its latest webinar on care home catering to be held on 19 November.