Care Home News
HC-One care homes get over 200 minibuses enabling residents to go on more trips and outings
07 Feb 2013
Over 200 minibuses have been converted and delivered to 241 HC-One care homes enabling its residents to go on more trips and outings. Debbie Carling, HC-One procurement liaison manager, said: “For HC-One the delivery of over.....
Government apologises for Mid Staffordshire Trust scandal
07 Feb 2013
The Department of Health has apologised “wholeheartedly” for the part it played in the failings at Mid Staffordshire Trust. An inquiry by Robert Francis QC into Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust found.....
Mid Staffs scandal shows 'the importance of breaking down the barriers between health and social care'
06 Feb 2013
The final report of the Francis Inquiry into the failures that occurred at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust has been published today, which could have numerous implications for the social care sector as well as the NHS. Speaking.....
Quality reminiscence therapy connects dementia patients with their life histories
05 Feb 2013
Reminiscence therapy is a versatile science that gives care providers a means to fight against swift cognitive decline, once an adult has been diagnosed with dementia. While there remains no cure for dementia, care providers looking.....
Funds for the professional development of England's social care sector released
05 Feb 2013
Skills For Care has opened the application process to allocate workforce development funds (WDF) which provides support for the on-going professional development of staff across the adult social care sector in England. The funding.....
Campaign to make Internet more accessible to disabled and older people gains support
05 Feb 2013
Two public sector bodies have been the first of their kind to join a national campaign which helps disabled and older people overcome the difficulties faced when using the Internet. Go ON Gold is a national.....
Profile: 'I am not sure the public really knows who we are' says CQC chief David Behan
05 Feb 2013
In an exclusive interview with carehome.co.uk, David Behan who took over as chief executive of the last year, revealed that one of the problems facing the organisation is that the public don’t “really know who we are”. “We.....
Residents with dementia 'come alive' and unlock memories through innovative touch screen system
05 Feb 2013
Residents with dementia at a Primetower care home, are now able to unlock their memories through music and archive photographs from different eras, due to a touch screen system called CIRCA. The technology.....
Should care home owners be criminally liable for abuse and neglect?
04 Feb 2013
Paul Burstow MP, former care minister
YES
Former care minister Paul Burstow MP has proposed new criminal sanctions for care home owners who allow the abuse and neglect of vulnerable patients.
The Liberal Democrat MP has published a report, ‘Care and Corporate Neglect’...
Nadra Ahmed, chairman of the National Care AssociationNO
Nadra Ahmed, chairman of the National Care Association has called on the Government to be cautious in its response to Paul Burstow’s call to make care home owners criminally accountable.
She believes it would be unfair to........
Construction begins on specialist dementia care home in Grantham
04 Feb 2013
Building on a new state-of-the-art care home in Grantham is underway and is due for completion in 2014. The plans include a 48-bed specialist dementia unit which will promote reminiscence as therapy, accompanied by a 16-bed short.....
Care homes sector urges caution over Paul Burstow's Bill to make care home owners criminally liable for abuse
04 Feb 2013
The Private Members’ Bill put forward by former care services minister, Paul Burstow MP, to make care home owners criminally accountable in cases of abuse, has received a mixed response from the care sector. Mr.....
Care homes mark Dignity in Action Day across the UK
01 Feb 2013
Today is Dignity in Action Day, a date that many health and social care professionals choose to mark by organising memorable events for care service users. Activities and entertainments are being organised all over the country,.....