RECENT NEWS
Residents step into the spotlight
Residents at MHA Elmside care home in Hitchin put on a show to remember as they performed a play they had been busily rehearsing for months.- News
Charity celebrates staff loyalty
The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, which has a workforce of nearly 100 employees, has celebrated almost half of its staff who have collectively dedicated 526 years to the society and its residents.- News
Care catering heroes honoured
On 10 October, the National Association of Care Catering (NACC) celebrated outstanding contributions to the care catering sector at the NACC Awards 2019.- News
Resident celebrates 100 years
Olive Taylor, a resident at Borough Care’s Bryn Haven home in Brinnington, Stockport, recently celebrated her 100th birthday.- News
Tunstall Healthcare wins award
Tunstall Healthcare took home the ‘Technology in Care Homes’ award at the Leaders in Care Awards for its work with NHS Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group and its Quest for Quality in Care Homes programme.- News
Luxury home opens in Eastbourne
Care home staff and guests were delighted when her majesty’s deputy lieutenant of Eastbourne, Mr John Smith JP and deputy mayor councillor Sammy Choudhury officially opened Eastbourne’s newest luxury care home, Mortain Place on Pevensey Bay Road.- News
Software integration a success
Rodwell House in Surrey, part of the Graham Care group of care homes, is celebrating the successful integration of medicines administration and electronic care planning applications from Person Centred Software and Invatech Health.- News
Lucky 13 for Suffolk care home
Care UK has been awarded its 13th 'outstanding' rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) at Mills Meadow care home in Framlingham in Suffolk.- News
Open day brings people together
A Wiltshire care home’s community open day, which was held to bring people and residents together during World Alzheimer’s Month, has been hailed a huge success.- News
Audley Group raises over £30,000
Audley Group, a provider of luxury retirement villages in the UK, has raised over £30,000 for charity in 2019.- News
Borough Care appoints head of finance
Borough Care has appointed Nick Pennell as its new head of finance; the company is the largest not-for-profit provider of care for older people in Stockport and has 11 homes across the borough.- News
Fairmile Grange marks World Music Day
Fairmile Grange in Christchurch invited a number of guests into the care home to join in with the celebrations to mark BBC World Music Day on Thursday 26 September.- News
Award for end of life care
Royal Star & Garter in Surbiton has received recognition for the quality of its end of life care.- News
Care sector ball raises £200,000
The second annual Care Sector Fundraising Ball has raised a staggering £200,000 for the Alzheimer’s Society and The Care Workers Charity.- News
St Mary's Court commended for care
St Mary’s Court Care Home has become the first in Braintree, Essex, to be commended by the National Gold Standards Framework (GSF) for the quality of care it provides to residents in the last years of their lives.- News
New branding for veteran's charity
Royal Star & Garter has revealed a new name and logo. The charity, which provides care for ex-servicemen and women and their partners living with disability or dementia already has three care homes and plans to reach out to more veterans through a range of new services.- News
Pen pals sought by French students
A teacher at a high school near Toulouse in the South of France is hoping to set up a partnership with a care home to give her students the opportunity to become pen pals with residents.- News
Animal therapy at Sunrise of Banstead
Residents and team members at Sunrise of Banstead recently celebrated World Alzheimer’s Day with a special animal therapy session.- News
Bed numbers boosted in Chigwell
A new care home opening in Chigwell will offer much-needed places for older people in the county of Essesx, which has seen a loss of more than 500 care home beds.- News
Retirement development in Berkshire
McCarthy & Stone has announced that it is to begin construction on a £32.2 million development of 92 specialist retirement apartments in Thatcham, Berkshire.- News
