Care Home News
COVID-19 stats must include residential care as study finds half of deaths may be in care homes
14 Apr 2020
Social care leaders are asking ministers to publish daily figures of deaths to include care homes so 'we know the true scale of problem.' The Department of Health and Social Care confirmed yesterday a total of 2,099 homes have.....
Coronavirus care home deaths 'running wild' - rising tenfold in a week
14 Apr 2020
Deaths in care homes have leapt tenfold in a week, latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveal. Today's published figures show 217 people died in care homes of coronavirus (week.....
Care home founders launch emergency appeal in new role as dementia ambassadors
09 Apr 2020
Founders of Hallmark Care Homes, Avnish Goyal and his wife Anita, are backing Alzheimer’s Society’s emergency appeal, following their appointment as ambassadors with the charity. Their appointment comes at.....
Public urged to #ClapForCareHomes
09 Apr 2020
As members of the public across Britain collectively go to their windows and front doors to applaud NHS workers at 8pm every Thursday, a new campaign is urging the people to remember to #ClapForCareHomes. Care.....
Care minister: Facebook video-calling tablets on way to care homes to help isolated 'keep in touch'
09 Apr 2020
Thousands of care home residents in lockdown because of the coronavirus will be able to see their family and friends on Facebook video-calling tablets, the Care minister Helen Whately has announced. People.....
Home care provider invests in 3D printers to make PPE
08 Apr 2020
Face visors for care workers visiting the homes of elderly and disabled people with COVID-19 symptoms have been created with 3D printers by a domiciliary care firm fed up with PPE shortages. The home care.....
Coronavirus: Over £200,000 donated for self-isolating care workers but more desperately needed
08 Apr 2020
More than £200,000 has been donated by the public to a coronavirus emergency appeal fund to help self-isolating care workers but at least £1 million is desperately needed, says the Care Workers' Charity. A.....
One in ten care homes have coronavirus says Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty
08 Apr 2020
One in ten care homes are reporting coronavirus infections, the chief medical officer Chris Whitty has said and he warns COVID-19 cases among elderly people will rise. The warning from Chris Whitty came.....
carehome.co.uk highlights selflessness of care workers on ITV's Good Morning Britain
07 Apr 2020
ITV’s Good Morning Britain has shone a spotlight on care homes looking at how they are being affected and how they are coping in the current pandemic. The news and talk show hosted by Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid featured carehome.co.uk’s.....
carehome.co.uk announces partnership with CoolCare for its Top 20 care home awards
07 Apr 2020
The UK’s leading reviews site for care homes has announced it is partnering with care home management software company CoolCare for this year’s Top 20 care home awards. Every year care home residents and.....
Care home residents and families name UK's top care homes
07 Apr 2020
Residents, family and friends have rated thousands of care homes all over the UK and have named the top residential settings in the UK. Care homes are very much in the public eye at the moment, due to their.....
Dementia organisation creates personalised music for care home residents during coronavirus lockdown
06 Apr 2020
A Devon based organisation which creates bespoke and individual music for people with dementia will distribute MP3 players to care homes to help residents during the cornavirus lockdown. The Purple Angel.....
Podcast: Care England chief talks coronavirus, social care crisis and his love for the North
06 Apr 2020
Care England’s chief executive reveals his passion for social care and to give people a ‘better quality of life’, how the government can fix social care and how the North East of England will always be home to him. Professor.....
Care sector 'crying out' for volunteers in coronavirus battle to protect elderly and disabled
06 Apr 2020
Care homes and home care agencies across the UK are appealing for volunteers to help the elderly and disabled by signing up to the National Care Force platform, which connects volunteers to care providers. Drivers,.....
'Perfect storm' say care homes told to accept people with coronavirus
03 Apr 2020
Care home owners have reacted with shock and anger to the government’s latest guidance telling them to accept people with COVID-19 from hospital while denying residents entering care homes a test. Social.....
Care home's elderly get giant laughs from super-sized Kerplunk
02 Apr 2020
Care home residents are having some big laughs in coronavirus lockdown, thanks to a giant game of Kerplunk. The delighted faces of residents at Fir Villa Residential Home in Yeovil have been captured on.....
Chair-dancing video of care home residents gets 100,000 hits
01 Apr 2020
Care home residents have been learning some chair-dancing moves in lockdown, which are proving a big hit with over 100,000 likes on social media app TikTok Unable to leave their care home, due to the coronavirus.....
Care home group fears it will run out of food if it cannot get a delivery
01 Apr 2020
The owner of a care home group with four residents aged over 80 who have coronavirus has said they are “doing fine” but she fears homes will run out of food because she cannot get a Tesco delivery. Ann.....
Coronavirus: Clarification required for furloughed workers moving to care sector
01 Apr 2020
Care sector leaders have written to the Prime Minister requesting clarification is made in legislation for anyone currently furloughed and receiving 80 per cent of their wage can still take up employment in the NHS and social care.....