Care Home News
'Big softie' Sarah Millican tackles loneliness on Christmas Day with Twitter
22 Dec 2017
Comedian and podcast star Sarah Millican has taken to Twitter to keep people from being lonely on Christmas Day, with her campaign #joinin. The prolific Twitter user, who describes herself as ‘comedian,.....
Christmas card-making unites nursery children with care home's elderly
22 Dec 2017
The season of goodwill and a love of card-making has brought three-and four-year-old children from a West Sussex nursery to ninety-year-olds living in a care home nearby. As well as helping each other create.....
Professor Graham Stokes joins HC-One as dementia leader
21 Dec 2017
Professor Graham Stokes, a dementia care specialist has been appointed as HC-One’s dementia leader, to help enhance its person-centred memory care. The new position as director of memory care support services.....
Dementia remains a mystery with still a 'lot to learn'
20 Dec 2017
One of the biggest ever studies on the prevention of dementia has concluded that the condition is still a mystery, with one of the authors saying 'there is no magic bullet’. The US report ‘Physical Activity.....
Lottery winner to keep job as she 'loves working in a care home'
20 Dec 2017
A care worker, who won a £1m on the Lotto, has revealed she plans to keep her job as she “loves” working in a care home. Patricia Aldridge, from Wexham, near Slough, won the money with her husband Robert,.....
Deacon Blue and Del Amitri singers to hold dementia fundraising concert
20 Dec 2017
Three leading singer-songwriters from Scotland are joining forces to raise money for dementia in a concert that will feature songs they have written on the theme of memory. The line-up will be Ricky Ross.....
Brexit-voting East of England most reliant on overseas doctors
19 Dec 2017
People in the East of England mostly voted to leave the EU in the referendum last year, yet new figures have shown it is these areas which are most dependent on overseas doctors. A report by the General Medical.....
104-year-old care home resident says secret to long life is 'an egg a day'
19 Dec 2017
Kath Newton, who worked as a waitress up till the age of 75, has just celebrated her 104th birthday. Kath, who lives at Lancum House care home in Wellingborough, was born just seven months before the start of.....
Ab Fab star June Whitfield 'likes living with friends' in a care home
18 Dec 2017
Dame June Whitfield has revealed she has moved out of her house and into a care home and is enjoying not having any responsibilities. The 92-year-old, who became a household name with the TV series Terry.....
Jo Cox report: 'Loneliness is not inevitable'
18 Dec 2017
Loneliness is 'not inevitable' and we all need to be responsible for tackling the problem, according to a new report by the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness. The commission which was created by MP Jo Cox.....
Elderly spared Christmas home alone as care home welcomes them
14 Dec 2017
A number of older people in Worcestershire will no longer spend Christmas Day at home on their own, thanks to a care home which is opening up its doors to lonely locals. Single or widowed people aged over.....
Old People's Home for 4 Year Olds returns for Christmas special
14 Dec 2017
Old People’s Home for 4 Year olds - Channel 4’s heart-warming documentary series about intergenerational care - will be returning to our television screens once again for an hour-long Christmas special. The festive return will.....
Care home boss on 2017 list of '100 Women to Watch'
13 Dec 2017
Carole Edmond, who used to be in charge of Bright Horizons nursery group, and is now managing director of The Regard Group, a care provider, is on the 2017 list of ‘100 Women to Watch’. The list features.....
Hundreds with dementia won't be home for Christmas but needlessly stuck in hospital
13 Dec 2017
A lack of available care homes and home care, due to underfunding, will see at least 1,400 people with dementia spending Christmas Day in hospital, despite being fit enough to go home. Those with dementia.....
Think tank calls for evidence that opt-out organ donation works
12 Dec 2017
People will have to opt out of donating their organs under new plans to boost the number of donations in England. However ethics think tank. the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, has expressed concern that there.....
Care home staff 'very proud' as autistic woman undergoes transformation
11 Dec 2017
Staff at a care home in Worthing have said they are “very proud” after one of their residents who has autism and severe learning difficulties, changed from being very angry and withdrawn to greeting them with a smile. Leanna.....
'Ground-breaking' new discovery in search for Huntington's cure
11 Dec 2017
A ‘ground-breaking’ new drug trialled by University College London (UCL) is thought to be one of the biggest finds in the treatment of neurodegenerative disease in a generation. In the trials, an experimental.....
Police warn elderly after rise in accidents involving older drivers
08 Dec 2017
A rise in the number of road accidents involving people over the age of 70, has led police to warn elderly drivers to check they are still safe to drive. Failing eyesight and age-related conditions such.....
Slippers for Christmas can help prevent falls in elderly
08 Dec 2017
Doctors at a Welsh hospital are urging people to buy well-fitted slippers as gifts for Christmas to prevent their loved ones from falling. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board hope their Slippers for.....
London care home that encourages 'positive risk taking' rated 'outstanding'
06 Dec 2017
A care home in London that encourages residents to take ‘positive risks’, such as pouring boiling water from a kettle to make a cup of tea, has been rated ‘outstanding’. Anchor’s Silk Court in Bethnal Green.....
Squaddie defending Polish border gets food parcels from WW2 hero
06 Dec 2017
On his first tour of duty abroad, 20-year-old Private Daniel Burnikell was sent with 150 UK soldiers to defend the Polish border ‘against an undisclosed aggressor’. The young soldier's arrival in Poland in.....
Literature students share passion for Keats and Kipling with dementia residents
05 Dec 2017
Stories and poems are bringing young and old together through an innovative scheme, where English Literature students share their love for Keats and Kipling with care home residents. The Exeter Care Homes.....
Nurseries reach out to care home leaders to fight for young and old
04 Dec 2017
Nursery managers are working to join forces with residential and nursing home owners to end the ‘national disgrace’ of underfunding against the young and old. Nursery manager Jo Morris, the spokeswoman for.....
Inspirational woman overcomes crippling illness to land dream job as a care worker
01 Dec 2017
A young woman who was given only hours to live at birth has landed her dream job caring for vulnerable, older people. Jade Boiling was born with a catalogue of major health problems but after defying the.....