Care Home News
Tory MP's plan to fix social care suggests over 50s pay £300 a year
29 Apr 2019
Damian Green, former Cabinet minister, has put forward his funding reforms for the social care system, which includes a mandatory one per cent National Insurance surcharge for everyone over 50. His report.....
Big Ben and 'Babs' army join London Marathon runners raising £3m for dementia
29 Apr 2019
Big Ben and EastEnders co-stars of actress Dame Barbara Windsor, aka Babs, are among the London Marathon runners who collectively raised over £3 million for dementia research. More than 2,000 people ran.....
England is seeing rise in people requesting care but fewer receiving it
26 Apr 2019
There has been a rise in disability among working-age adults and a growth in the number of people aged 65 and over, leading to more people requesting care from their local authority but less people receiving it. An.....
Union warns private sector care workers three times more likely to be on zero hours
26 Apr 2019
Those working for private care companies earn 17 per cent lower than those in the public sector, with four in ten in the private sector leaving their job every year, according to the union GMB. GMB union.....
Fear is stifling potential use of robots in UK care homes, says AI researcher
25 Apr 2019
There is considerable stigma around the use of robots in care homes, and in the UK “we have already decided without any evidence that we don’t like the use of robotics in care,” according to a leading AI researcher. Chris.....
Take from the old and give to the young, say peers
25 Apr 2019
Peers have called on the government to deliver a 'fairer society' by axeing TV licences, free bus passes and winter fuel payments for the elderly, and giving more support to young people. The House of Lords.....
Louis Tomlinson helps 83-year-old who lost wife to dementia complete bucket list
25 Apr 2019
In Louis Tomlinson’s new video, the song has taken a back seat with the video instead focussing on 83-year-old Richard, who lost his wife to Alzheimer’s in the same month as the One Direction star lost his mum to leukemia. In.....
Mobile phone game can detect people most at risk of Alzheimer's
25 Apr 2019
Scientists have identified people who are more at risk of developing Alzheimer's, based on how they play the mobile phone game 'Sea Hero Quest'. A research team from the University of East Anglia (UEA) studied gaming data taken.....
DoLS replacement won't safeguard residents or reduce admin backlog warns care sector
25 Apr 2019
The Liberty Protection Safeguards are set to replace Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in 2020, but a group of 100 care organisations have called for a halt to the Bill, saying it will dilute existing safeguards, give care home managers.....
Katie Price has 'no option' but to put son with Prader-Willi syndrome into care
23 Apr 2019
Celebrity Katie Price has revealed she has ‘no option’ but to put her son Harvey, who is partially sighted, autistic and has Prader-Willi syndrome, into residential care. The reality star explained her decision.....
Care group get 100 per cent 'good' and 'outstanding' ratings across all services
17 Apr 2019
Somerset Care has announced that all of its 32 services have been given either a ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by care watchdog, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Somerset Care has 27 care homes across the south.....
Exclusive: Care Minister Caroline Dinenage on EU care workers' rights after Brexit
16 Apr 2019
"The prospect of our departure from the EU will no doubt be at the forefront of many EU nationals’ minds who either live, train or work as part of our health and care system", writes care minister Caroline Dinenage in an exclusive.....
Falling for a scam could be an early sign of dementia
16 Apr 2019
Research suggests falling prey to a con artist could be an early sign that an older person has dementia. Being the victim of a scam could be linked to mild cognitive impairment and dementia, according to.....
Daisy the dog makes woman with Huntingdon's Disease giggle again
15 Apr 2019
A young woman who is no longer able to talk, walk or feed herself has begun to giggle again, after a small dog visited her care home. Thirty-one-year-old Lizzie Bennett and her two brothers all have the degenerative.....
Care home staff give up spare time to clear rubbish from local stream
15 Apr 2019
Care home staff in High Wycombe have given up their spare time, working with others on a community project to clean up a local stream. Staff at the Royal Star & Garter Home donned their wellies to pick out.....
Care home reunites sisters aged 94 and 102
12 Apr 2019
Two sisters aged 94 and 102, who thought they may never see each other again, have been reunited due to a care home in Hampshire. Olive Heasman, aged 94, who lives at Hartwood House care home in Lyndhurst,.....
Daredevil gran stuns onlookers with 4th wing walk at 90
10 Apr 2019
Fearless adrenaline junkie Betty Bromage has wowed care staff by taking her fourth wing walk across the freezing skies of Gloucestershire to celebrate turning 90. Held aloft on the wings of a plane hundreds.....
Care home pays tribute to care worker who took his own life
09 Apr 2019
West Park Care Home in Hull has paid tribute to care worker Peter Young, who has taken his own life, saying: "Whilst Peter was busy caring for our residents, who was caring for Peter?" Peter Young, who was.....
Scientists to explore link between sleep and dementia at UEA sleep unit
09 Apr 2019
Academics at the University of East Anglia are to explore the link between sleep and dementia at a special sleep unit. Disturbed sleep is common in people with dementia but scientists want to find out whether.....
Care home residents in Wales can keep £50,000 rather than spend it on care
09 Apr 2019
People living care homes in Wales can keep up to £50,000 of their money rather than spending it on their residential care – more than double the £23,250 allowed in England. Care home residents get to keep.....
Hadland Care Group exits care home market as CQC 'worse to work with' than Ofsted
08 Apr 2019
Award-winning nursery chain owner Hadland Care Group has pulled out of the care home market to concentrate on its childcare business with its managing director admitting the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is "much worse to work with".....
Less 'dishing out' of pills for dementia patients and more music and dance says Matt Hancock
04 Apr 2019
People with dementia should be prescribed music and dance therapy and less pills, when it is in their best interests, the health secretary Matt Hancock has said at a ‘social prescribing’ event hosted by Prince Charles. Speaking.....
Deal or no deal, Matt Hancock says EU workers' qualifications will be recognised after Brexit
04 Apr 2019
With just days to go before the UK is scheduled to leave the EU on 12 April, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced EU workers, including nurses, will have their qualifications and registration recognised in the UK, even if Britain.....
Care home residents failing to claim thousands of pounds in benefits
03 Apr 2019
Care home residents and their families are failing to claim for thousands of pounds in benefits as well as funded nursing care from the NHS, due to a "knowledge black hole", says a care home fees expert. Paying.....
Care minister says care workers, unlike politicians, can 'be proud of the work they do'
02 Apr 2019
Care Minister Caroline Dinenage has told care workers that unlike politicians “when you go home at the end of the day you can be proud about the work you do” and informed carehome.co.uk that she is “hopeful” the social care green.....
Daughter aged 51 moves into Scottish care home to be with 81-year-old mum
02 Apr 2019
A 51-year-old with learning difficulties has moved into sheltered housing in Scotland to be with her 81-year-old mum, who said that "having her here means that I can keep my eye on her." Isa Curren first.....
Daughter reveals why she put her mum in a care home
02 Apr 2019
Carolyn Knight was working long hours in her job and caring for her mum, but after her 97-year-old mum had a fall and lay on the floor for 16 hours before anyone found her, she was forced to make a very difficult decision. Her.....
Care home residents reveal their top care homes for 2019
01 Apr 2019
Residents, family and friends have been rating thousands of care homes all over the UK and have revealed the top residential care settings in the country. Choosing a care home can be extremely time consuming.....