Care Home News
Should the Care Quality Commission (CQC) run the new official care homes rating system?
03 Apr 2013
Dr Jennifer Dixon, chief executive at Nuffield Trust
YES
An official care homes rating system looks set to return after a review by the Nuffield Trust found people have been “left in the dark” over the quality of care homes, hospitals and GP practices. The care regulator, the Care...
Frank Ursell, chief executive of the Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA)NO
Frank Ursell, chief executive of the Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA), supports the proposal of a “well-managed, transparent and consistent ratings system” as a good way of helping the public to assess the quality........
Care homes advised to harness the power of social media
03 Apr 2013
The competition for a care home is most often other homes in their area, as statistics from carehome.co.uk show the majority of people search by location more than any other classification. As might be expected with their greater.....
Dementia given social care quality standards by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
03 Apr 2013
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has made dementia one of the first conditions to have been given social care quality standards. Service providers for people with dementia will need to follow the.....
Specialist investor in care homes acquires a portfolio of four new purpose built homes
02 Apr 2013
Target Healthcare REIT Ltd has acquired the freehold of four new care homes in the Midlands from Ideal Carehomes Group, which is part of the LNT Group. The purpose built care homes in Castleford, Nottingham,.....
Care homes urged to run dance classes after they were found to calm dementia patients
02 Apr 2013
An academic is calling for all care homes to run structured and regular dance sessions after she found a popular dance from the streets of Mexico helped to calm dementia patients when they were agitated. Her.....
Focusing on Life Story helps carers to connect with the challenges of dementia
02 Apr 2013
Life Story Network is an organisation that encourages care services to capture each client’s past in order to make a positive impact upon a diagnosis of dementia. A recent HealthEXPO event, held at ExCel London on the 13 & 14.....
Award winning care home manager to tell her story at Care Home Managers Workshop
02 Apr 2013
The first ever Care Home Managers seminar and workshop, taking place in Alfrison, East Sussex on 26 April 2013 will be opened by award winning care home manager Asvinta Thakkar. Ms Thakkar is the.....
Design team behind an innovative dementia home wins a prestigious award
02 Apr 2013
The team who designed, built and manage a specialist dementia care home in Hampshire has won a Pinders Healthcare Design Award. Colten Care won the award in recognition of St Catherines View in Winchester.....