Care Home News
Older people's savings failing to cover rising care costs
30 Aug 2013
The average older person’s savings are failing to cover the rising care costs, with most people only having enough stored away to pay for just six months in a residential home. Prestige Nursing+Care is urging.....
Belong recruits first Admiral Nurse
30 Aug 2013
Older people living at Belong villages now have access to specialist dementia care after the provider recruited its first Admiral Nurse. Caroline Clifton, a mental health nurse who specialises in dementia,.....
Canterbury Care dementia residents make exotic new friends
29 Aug 2013
Residents at a Canterbury Care home in Sawley, Lancashire, made some exotic new friends when Home Safari visited with its Animal Encounters roadshow. Riverside Care Centre, which provides specialist dementia.....
Naidex Scotland 2013 already confirmed as welcoming more than 2,600 visitors
29 Aug 2013
Health and social care professionals in Scotland and the north of England can get up-to-date with some of the latest industry innovations for free on the 18 & 19 September, by visiting the Naidex Scotland event at the SECC, Glasgow. The.....
Bield home offers unique dining experience to people with dementia
29 Aug 2013
A Bield care home is offering people with dementia a unique opportunity to enjoy the experience of dining out with their families. Whitehill Court, in Kirkintilloch, has launched Mary’s Kitchen, a relaxing.....
Putting care home interior design under the spotlight
29 Aug 2013
Positive psychology within care homes owes a great deal to the aesthetics of each accommodation’s interior, as well as the quality of care provision itself, according to interior design expert Niki Schäfer......
Charity fun run helps Akari Care residents enjoy extra treats
28 Aug 2013
Residents at Alexandra House care home, in Gateshead, are set to enjoy extra treats after a sponsored fun run raised more than £200 for their comfort fund. Care home staff, residents’ families and their.....
Colten Care to give ex-airmen VIP experience at Bournemouth Air Festival
28 Aug 2013
Former pilots and crewmen living at Colten Care homes will be able to enjoy this weekend’s Bournemouth Air Festival from a prime spot. The care provider, which has 19 homes across Dorset, Wiltshire and Hampshire,.....
Dementia prevention and volunteering in focus this World Alzheimer's Day
27 Aug 2013
Volunteering members of the retirement community are essential for helping the UK deal with the challenges of an ageing population, according to cognitive neuroscientist and ageing specialist Dr Lynda Shaw. Dr.....
Winchester City Council secures funding for extra care housing scheme
27 Aug 2013
Winchester City Council has secured £1.8m of funding from the Department of Health to provide extra care housing. The cash, from the Specialised Housing Funding, will boost Hampshire County Council’s commitment.....
Entrepreneur wins £100,000 deal on TV show Dragons Den with reminiscence pods for care homes
27 Aug 2013
An entrepreneur, who has designed a reminiscence tool for people with dementia, has managed to win a £100,000 deal on the TV show Dragons Den. Richard Ernest secured the deal on the TV show that aired on.....
Dementia charity awarded Government voluntary organisation funds
23 Aug 2013
Care and Support Minister, Norman Lamb has announced that a new round of funding will be awarded to voluntary organisations which work to improve people’s health and well-being. Among the organisations that have already received.....
Gracewell Healthcare backs carehome.co.uk's call for ICT in all care homes
22 Aug 2013
Care provider, Gracewell Healthcare, has thrown its support behind a plea from carehome.co.uk, leading guide to care homes, for all care homes to give their residents internet access. A survey by carehome.co.uk.....
ICT is at the core of a pioneering integrated dementia care service in Manchester
21 Aug 2013
ICT is an integral part of life at EachStep Blackley care home, as its ethos is if 'there is no ICT in a care home, residents are being excluded from modern society'. The £5m care service run by Community.....
Free networking events for care home owners and managers
21 Aug 2013
Care home owners and managers in the south of England can attend free Care Roadshows where they can gain invaluable information and find out about new products and services. Having already visited Glasgow,.....
Care village pioneer calls Bupa's acquisition of Richmond Villages 'major endorsement' of care village concept
21 Aug 2013
The man who pioneered Britain’s growing care village industry has called Bupa’s acquisition of his former company Richmond Care Villages a “major endorsement” of the care village concept. Keith Cockell,.....
Care home residents with dementia go on sensory woodland walks in new innovative project
21 Aug 2013
The Woodland Trust and Barchester Healthcare are giving care home residents with dementia a chance to connect with nature and go on organised sensory woodland walks. The UK's leading woodland conservation.....
Prospective residents can look inside Gracewell care homes with Google street map technology
20 Aug 2013
Future residents, families and healthcare professionals can now look at the inside of Gracewell care homes using Google street map technology. The first home to employ the technology, Parker Meadows in.....
Bupa moves further into care village sector with acquisition of Richmond Care Villages
20 Aug 2013
Bupa has acquired Richmond Care Villages, which comprises of five care villages in England that are home to over 660 people. The deal also includes three further sites for developing new care villages. Care.....
Health and social care PR agency PLMR climbs further up the PR rankings
20 Aug 2013
PLMR, the specialist health and social care communications agency, has climbed another six places in the ‘Top 25 Healthcare Consultancies’ table this year, in its third consecutive year in the rankings. Elin.....
Scarborough and Whitby MP presents first Excellence in Care Standard award
20 Aug 2013
The MP for Scarborough and Whitby took some time out of his busy schedule to present the first ever Excellence in Care Standard award. Robert Goodwill congratulated staff and chatted with residents during.....
UK to host first ever G8 dementia summit in bid to tackle ‘global challenge’
19 Aug 2013
Health ministers from across the world will flock to London in December for the first ever G8 summit on dementia. The Department of Health has today unveiled David Cameron’s ambitious plans to tackle the.....
carehome.co.uk reveals over 80 per cent of care home residents are missing out on 'crucial' internet access
19 Aug 2013
The director of carehome.co.uk is calling on care homes to help get residents online as research reveals that thousands are missing out on a “crucial” tool. carehome.co.uk has found that only a fifth of care.....
OUTFIT raises thousands of pounds in charity partnership with Alzheimer’s Society
16 Aug 2013
A fashion chain has raised more than £470,000 for the Alzheimer's Society. OUTFIT raised the cash during a two-year partnership with the charity, which came to an end in July. Rob Thomas, general manager.....
Care staff complete 320-mile charity cycle
16 Aug 2013
Staff from SweetTree Home Care Services and Barchester Healthcare came together to raise £17,000, which will be split between two charities. Over five days a team of 11 cyclists completed a 320-mile challenge,.....
Breakthrough finds possible indicator of dementia 10 years before symptoms develop
15 Aug 2013
An indicator for dementia as early as 10 years before symptoms develop has been discovered by scientists in Barcelona. The aim of their small research project was to discover a novel biochemical marker in the body that precedes.....
Star of The Great Gatsby raises awareness of Alzheimer's disease by talking about grandmother's dementia diagnosis
15 Aug 2013
Actress Carey Mulligan has appeared on BBC Breakfast to speak about understanding the changes that have affected her grandmother since she was diagnosed with dementia over ten years ago. As well as talking about her grandma “Nans”,.....
Ageing specialist urges families to avoid extreme worry when moving loved ones into a care home
15 Aug 2013
Negative press coverage of the care sector has led to increasing paranoia over care home service quality, according to ageing specialist and psychologist Dr Lynda Shaw. Dr Shaw wants to stress to those families feeling anxiety.....
Alzheimer's Society CEO Jeremy Hughes discusses dementia care on visit to care home
15 Aug 2013
Jeremy Hughes was welcomed by Marlborough Court care home staff and residents to deliver a presentation about dementia care. The presentation titled ‘Dementia Care- What makes a difference?’ was followed by a tour of the home.....
Eleven arrests announced over death of care home resident
14 Aug 2013
A police investigation into the death of a care home resident in Nottingham has led to the arrest of eleven people on suspicion of manslaughter. Ivy Atkin, an 86-year-old resident of Autumn Grange, in Sherwood Rise, died in November.....