RECENT NEWS
Dementia-friendly shopping boosts Wellbeing at Suffolk care home
A care home in Beccles, Suffolk has installed a dementia-friendly shopping lane to boost the physical and mental wellbeing of its residents.
New Care home build underway in Cheshire town
Construction has begun on a new £11m care home in Warrington, Cheshire, operator New Care has announced.
Controversial Health and Social Care Levy comes into effect
The government’s much-heralded Health and Social Care Levy took effect in April – with an immediate impact on pay packets.
Two Oxfordshire homes to provide Premium Care
New operator Premium Care Group has purchased two Oxfordshire care homes.
Lords committee investigates social care ‘invisibility’
The House of Lords adult social care committee has announced plans to investigate ‘the invisibility of adult social care’.
Residents Fern home after Gloucester facility placed in special measures
Fern Court in Gloucester has been downgraded to ‘inadequate’ and placed in special measures by the CQC following an inspection.
Opportunity to Mold new care provision in North Wales
The long-established Cottage Nursing Home in Mold, North Wales, has come to the market courtesy of Christie & Co with an asking price of £1,250,000.
Yorkshire care provider rebuked by ombudsman after failing to provide financial records
North Yorkshire care provider Hamilton Care has been criticised after failing to respond to a local government and social care ombudsman’s investigation into its failure to properly record how it spent funds belonging to one of its residents.
Dementia faces the music with new study
Dementia research charity Alzheimer’s Research UK has partnered with national campaign Music for Dementia to raise awareness of the positive role music can play in supporting people living with dementia.
Back to the 1920s for luxury care home in Worcester
Sanders Senior Living’s luxury Worcester care home The Belmont celebrated its opening on 26 March with a 1920s-themed bash.
Future of Care – “No road map” for government social care reform
Minister of State for Care and Mental Health, Gillian Keegan MP, left delegates unconvinced by government plans at the King’s Fund’s Future of Care conference on 29 March.
School kids becoming Care Home Friends under new scheme
Schools across England are being encouraged to become Care Home Friends in a new scheme to bring together children and older people living in care homes.
Dementia-friendly ‘sensory zone’ installed in Chislehurst home
Prince George Duke of Kent Court in Chislehurst, Kent, has undergone a substantial refurbishment to better support its residents living with dementia.
Rotherwood up for nine Care Home Awards
Rotherwood Healthcare has been nominated in nine categories at the Care Home Awards.
Orchard Care pictures new menu concept
Leading care provider in the North of England and Midlands, Orchard Care Homes, is introducing pictorial menus in its care homes.
NCF responds to Sunak’s Spring Statement
The National Care Forum (NCF), the leading association for not-for-profit care and support providers, has responded to the chancellor’s Spring Statement.
Sector leaders demand action on social care workforce
Several leading national adult social care organisations have jointly called on the government to deliver a long-term care workforce strategy to tackle the issue of care worker pay.
Care UK’s new recruit solution nominated for national award
Residential care provider Care UK finds itself going head-to-head with household names like Coca-Cola and Adobe after its nomination for a national award.
Choice Care happy with Compromise in new deal
Welsh specialist care provider Care Without Compromise has been sold to national provider Choice Care in a deal overseen by Christie & Co.
Audley appoints GRAHAM for retirement village build
Luxury retirement village provider Audley Group has appointed contractor GRAHAM to lead on the construction of Audley Scarcroft Park, a new 110-acre retirement village in West Yorkshire.
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