Care Home News
Welsh farmer produces 'natural' dementia drug by ditching sheep for daffodils
20 Dec 2018
A sheep farmer in the Welsh Black Mountains has turned his farm into fields of yellow daffodils, after a drug derived from the flower was found to be effective in slowing the progress of dementia. Certain.....
Care home sets stage for 'Brief Encounter' re-enactment starring husband and wife
20 Dec 2018
An 81-year-old man with Parkinson’s and his wife of nearly 60 years have re-enacted iconic scenes from the Film Brief Encounter at a care home in Newquay, echoing the night they first met in the 1960s. Like.....
Care workers can apply for year-long visas post-Brexit
19 Dec 2018
‘Low skilled’ care workers from the EU will lose the automatic right to work in the UK’s care sector post Brexit but could apply for short-term visas lasting a year, according to new immigration proposals. A.....
Meghan Markle's visit makes residents at Royal Variety care home feel 'truly uplifted'
18 Dec 2018
Pregnant Meghan Markle popped in to meet retired entertainers and actors living at the Royal Variety Charity’s Twickenham-based care home – bringing her own star quality to liven up residents’ day. The.....
£1.4m study to explore impact of yoga on elderly with multiple health problems
17 Dec 2018
Academics from Northumbria University are carrying out a £1.4m study exploring the impact of yoga on older people with multiple long-term health conditions. In the UK, two-thirds of people over the age of.....
Ex-copper who jailed Stephen Lawrence's killers investigates 'neglect' in care homes
17 Dec 2018
The police detective who sent two of Stephen Lawrence’s killers to jail, has come out of retirement to help families investigate deaths and injuries in care homes. Former Detective Chief Inspector Clive.....
Brexit among contributing factors delaying social care's green paper
14 Dec 2018
The Government has confirmed it is delaying the publication of a social care green paper until the New Year, a move that is in part due to Brexit challenges, despite millions of elderly, disabled and the sector crying out for a blueprint.....
Gogglebox's Mary and Marina talk Brexit and how TV stardom gave them 'new lease of life'
14 Dec 2018
Best friends Mary and Marina, who are both grandmothers in their eighties, have become a huge hit with the British public for their funny, cheeky comments on the popular TV series Gogglebox. The pair who.....
One million people will give the gift of time this Christmas
13 Dec 2018
Millions of people plan to give the gift of time this festive season by volunteering to help others, new research suggests. According to the Royal Voluntary Service, one in five adults in Britain plan to.....
Elderly should be encouraged to 'play and have fun' and 'be silly'
13 Dec 2018
Baroness Sally Greengross is calling for older people to be given more opportunities to play and have fun, saying we need to combat the assumption that play ends with adulthood. Play has an essential role.....
Nation's favourite bunch of four-year-olds unite with older people for Christmas special
12 Dec 2018
Old People’s Home for 4 Year olds will be returning to our television screens once again for an hour-long Christmas special, with a surprise visit from Alfie Boe. The special episode will see the elderly.....
Hallmark Care Homes begins building its first assisted living scheme costing £23m
12 Dec 2018
Care provider, Hallmark Care Homes, has begun the construction of its new 55 bed assisted living development as well as a 77 bed care home which will provide residential and dementia care. This is Hallmark.....
Son arrested and charged with murdering mum in care home
12 Dec 2018
A 52-year-old man has been charged with murder, after his mum June Knight aged 79 died of injuries in her care home in Essex. Robert Knight, 52, of The Fairway, Leigh, is appearing in Southend Magistrates.....
Australian pensions giant buys learning disability care provider Care Management Group
11 Dec 2018
One of the leading care providers for people with learning disabilities in the UK, Care Management Group (CMG), has been bought by Australian fund manager, AMP Capital, in a deal thought to be around £200m. Care.....
BBC's 'Care' shows how the 'real-life Jenny's have been forgotten by our government'
10 Dec 2018
Leading charities have praised 'Care' - the BBC’s latest drama - for showing the true day to day struggles of people affected by dementia. Alzheimer’s Society has warned that the story is often the reality.....
New charter demands airlines give disabled flyers a real break
07 Dec 2018
A new Passenger Charter is to be adopted say ministers, to ‘improve experiences’ and tackle poor treatment of disabled and elderly travellers using airports and airlines. The government's charter is aimed.....
BBC presenter Sally Magnusson to chair Future of Care conference
07 Dec 2018
TV presenter, Sally Magnusson, who founded the dementia charity, Playlist for Life, is to chair the second annual Future of Care conference, where experts will be discussing key trends in the care sector. The.....
81-year-old makes hundreds of Christmas cards for dementia charity
07 Dec 2018
A care home resident, who makes thousands of greetings cards every year, is hoping to spread some Christmas cheer as she gets creative for charity. Patricia Griffiths is hoping to donate the money raised.....
Christmas funds stolen from care home is a 'kick in the teeth'
06 Dec 2018
A safe containing funds for Christmas has been stolen from a care home in Musselburgh. According to Police Scotland, more than £2,000 was in the safe when it was taken from Hollies Day Centre in East Lothian.....
Pub staff make room at the inn for 100 lonely elderly this Christmas
06 Dec 2018
Never mind baby Jesus, staff at the Kingslodge Inn made sure there was lots of room at their inn and a Christmas lunch for 100 elderly people living alone. For almost one million older people in the UK,.....
Residents take back control of retirement home after being 'fleeced for essential services'
05 Dec 2018
A group of residents with a combined age of 428 have become directors of their own retirement home after becoming “fed up with being fleeced for essential services”. The group took action after enduring expensive.....
Weightlifting could reverse frailty in old age
05 Dec 2018
Older people would benefit from weightlifting and increasing their protein intake to reverse frailty, new research suggests. Increases in life expectancy have led to rising numbers of frail older people,.....
Care home's activities coordinator honoured for making war heroes laugh
03 Dec 2018
A war veterans' care home is celebrating after staff member Raquel Pena Aristizabal was named best activities coordinator at the 2018 National Care Awards. Ms Aristizabal, activities and volunteers manager.....