Care Home News
UK's leading care home reviews site launches first ever TV advert
30 Dec 2019
carehome.co.uk, the UK’s leading care home reviews site, launched its first ever TV advert on Boxing Day, in a bid to help even more people find the right care home. Every year carehome.co.uk sees a huge rise in the number of.....
101-year-old's lifelong wish to become a Beaver comes true
20 Dec 2019
A 101-year-old woman who harboured a secret lifelong desire to be a member of the Beavers group, saw her wish finally come true thanks to care home staff. Pip Peek has been a resident at St Pauls Care.....
Podcast: Freda aged 106, met Queen Elizabeth II's grandfather and feels '200-years-old'
18 Dec 2019
The 106-year-old Freda Hodgson, who met Queen Elizabeth II's grandfather King George V, says she feels like she’s 200-years-old, as the oldest of nine care home residents who have made it into the 100+ club at Whiteley Village......
'Compassionate' end of life care worker praised for looking after dying 'with gentle ease'
18 Dec 2019
A care worker at a care home in Bristol has been praised for being “gentle, passionate and compassionate” and looking after the dying person, their family and the staff “with the same gentle ease”. Jane.....
New nursing students in England to get £5,000 a year grant
18 Dec 2019
All nursing students starting degree courses in September 2020 will receive a £5,000 a year grant, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced. There has been a drop in the number of people taking.....
Intergenerational visits to care home make children 'non-judgemental' and elderly feel loved
16 Dec 2019
Hearing a chorus of nursery rhymes isn’t what you expect to hear walking into a care home, but several homes in South Wales and Gloucestershire has its residents doing just that. Founder of Baby Singalong.....
Care leaders seek 'some action' on social care with Boris Johnson's majority win
13 Dec 2019
Boris Johnson’s Conservative party secured a large majority win in the general election, prompting care leaders to demand the Prime Minister makes good on his social care promises. It was a late night on.....
Nursery visits to care home 'hugely beneficial' as resident says 'I couldn’t wish for anything more'
11 Dec 2019
Children from a nursery school in Kent have been meeting up with residents at a nearby care home for an intergenerational project, with one resident saying ‘I couldn’t ask for anything more’. Children from.....
Council fined £500,000 over death of care home resident
10 Dec 2019
Derbyshire County Council has been ordered to pay £500,000 following the death of a dementia resident at a Sheffield care home. The council was also ordered to pay a £170 victim surcharge and £5,124 costs, as a result of the prosecution.....
Care home residents 'not just eating and sleeping' but finding new careers
09 Dec 2019
Care home residents are not 'just eating and sleeping', but are starting new jobs as housekeepers, gardeners, maintenance men and even as an official photographer. The jobs available have been described.....
High Street and society can't afford to ignore over-65s grey pound or working potential
06 Dec 2019
Ageism is hurting the High Street and society as a whole will suffer, unless ‘more inclusive’ environments and positive attitudes towards ageing are nurtured - that’s the warning from the Future of Ageing Conference. Hosted.....
Video of lamb 'hopping around care home and stopping for cuddles' goes viral
06 Dec 2019
A video of a lamb in a Lockerbie care home has gone viral. The Facebook video which shows Ginny the lamb walking with a resident has been viewed over 60,000 times and shared nearly 1,000 times. Residents.....
Care worker says growing up in care made him more empathic
06 Dec 2019
Care practitioner Pete Logan has written a book about growing up in care, saying it has helped him to empathise more with the people he cares for. In his book, No One Cares, which he has written to help people.....
Social care crisis wastes nearly £30,000 of NHS money an hour
05 Dec 2019
Age UK is calling for the future of social care to be put on a sustainable financial footing urgently. A paucity of social care support is costing the NHS £587 million overall, equivalent to £640,000 every.....
Mum joins son in care home: 'I didn’t like my old mum but I do now'
04 Dec 2019
Ninety-six-year-old Lilian has joined her son at his care home, after being diagnosed with dementia. Raymond, who has learning difficulties, has been living at Edendale Lodge in Crowhurst, Surrey since 2013,.....
West Sussex care home wins top reviewed care home award
03 Dec 2019
A care home in Yapton has won an award from Shaw healthcare for achieving the highest score rating on the UK’s leading care home reviews site, carehome.co.uk. Warmere Court, which cares for people with dementia.....
Podcast: Can a robot make you laugh? Esther Rantzen says technology can't stop loneliness this Christmas
02 Dec 2019
In an exclusive interview, Dame Esther Rantzen has said she believes technology has its limits when it comes to care - doubting care robots, robopets or Alexa can banish the loneliness facing too many elderly and disabled people this.....