Care Home News
Care industry professionals to benefit from Care Roadshow Glasgow
31 Jan 2013
Care Roadshow Glasgow will be coming to Hampden Park Stadium on 5 March, hosting seminars and workshops from many experts within the care sector. Care home owners, managers and those involved in the care.....
First of Care UK's ten controversial new care homes wins planning approval
31 Jan 2013
The first of Care UK’s ten new care homes, that are replacing 16 local authority care homes in Suffolk, has been given planning approval. The transfer of Suffolk’s local authority care homes to the private equity-owned healthcare.....
Sanctuary Group opens new care home with purpose built dementia suite
31 Jan 2013
Leading care provider Sanctuary Group has opened a new care home with a purpose built dementia suite in Iffley in Oxford. The home, which will be managed by Sanctuary Care, has 76 en-suite bedrooms including.....
Thunderbirds creator, Gerry Anderson, donated his brain to dementia research
30 Jan 2013
Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson, who died on Boxing Day, donated his brain for medical research into Alzheimer’s disease. Mr Anderson, who died at the age of 83, wanted to help other dementia sufferers.....
Adults with mental health problems in Wales are given a new voice
30 Jan 2013
Care Forum Wales has created a new group, where service providers for vulnerable young adults with complex mental needs, will be supported and given a unified voice in Wales. The aim of the group is to drive.....
New £8m dementia care home under construction welcomes trainee plumbers
29 Jan 2013
Linden House, a care home currently under construction in Lymington, was visited by over 20 Newbury College students last week. The students are all trainee plumbers and were shown around the site to give.....
NHS chief criticised for saying hospitals are 'very bad places' for the elderly
29 Jan 2013
The president of the British Geriatrics Society has criticised David Nicholson, head of the NHS Commissioning Board, for saying hospitals are “very bad places” to care for the elderly. Forty per cent of people.....
Alzheimer's Society launches independent guide to choosing care homes
29 Jan 2013
The Alzheimer’s Society has launched its new tool, the 'Handy Guide to Selecting a Care Home’, an independent aid for people when choosing care homes. The Alzheimer’s Society has also launched an updated.....
Pioneering scientists to help stroke patients ‘rewire’ their brains
28 Jan 2013
Researchers at the University of Glasgow are hoping to help people who have had a stroke overcome their physical disabilities by stimulating their brains to ‘rewire’ themselves. Doctors and scientists from.....
Dementia UK urges care homes to support its Time for a Cuppa campaign
28 Jan 2013
Dementia UK is calling on the care industry to support its Time for a Cuppa campaign. The event, which this year runs from 1-8 March, is dedicated to raising money to provide more Admiral Nurses - highly.....
In-house sunbathing helps care home raise money for local lifeboat station
25 Jan 2013
The snow might be lingering this January, but one care home in the New Forest has found an innovative way of helping visitors recall that summer feeling with the use of its own ‘sun cove’. Belmore Lodge is a fifty-five capacity Lymington.....
New specialist Hyde nursing unit will reduce dependency on hospital stays
25 Jan 2013
Post-hospital care is the focus of a new specialist unit at ’s , as the provider looks for innovative ways of working more closely with local health services. The new unit, Grange View, has been set up in partnership.....
Scotland's care homes show healthy improvement through 'period of uncertainty and change'
24 Jan 2013
According to findings from Scotland’s Care Inspectorate, the majority of care homes with service issues raised at inspection are moving in the right direction despite a turbulent time for the sector. Published this week, the ‘Care.....
Andy Burnham reveals Labour's 'Whole-Person' vision on health and care
24 Jan 2013
In a speech being made today to think-tank the King’s Fund, Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham is setting out the Labour Party’s ‘One Nation’ approach to health and care in the twenty-first century. Key.....
First arts centre to declare Dementia Action Alliance commitment
23 Jan 2013
The Courtyard Centre for the Arts, in Herefordshire, has become the first arts venue nationally to join the Dementia Action Alliance. Looking to set an example as to how the arts community can contribute.....
Care providers advised to use Nutrition Advocates in support of a healthy diet
23 Jan 2013
Good nutrition and hydration within health and social care settings is the focus of a new joint initiative from the National Association of Care Catering (NACC) and the Hospital Caterers Association (HCA). The Nutrition Advocates.....
Nursing association blasts local councils for 'bully-boy' tactics on care cuts
22 Jan 2013
Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA) chief executive Frank Ursell has warned local authorities who use older people’s care budgets to balance their books that they will face legal consequences. Speaking out for care homes.....
New owners save West Lancashire care home from administration
18 Jan 2013
Holt Green Residential Homes Ltd have saved the jobs of 16 carers at Ormskirk’s Willow Lodge care home and made secure nursing and dementia care packages for 22 clients. Formerly known as Moss View, Willow Lodge’s future had been.....
Welsh care home receives top award from Investors in People
17 Jan 2013
Pendine Park Care Organisation Ltd has become one of only a handful of social care companies across the UK to receive the Investors in People Gold Award. The award was presented to care home owners Mario Kreft and his wife, Gill,.....
Care UK and MedicX Healthfund to open new £8.3m care home in Newbury
16 Jan 2013
Healthcare property investment fund, MedicX Healthfund, is funding the construction of a £8.3m care home in Newbury, Berkshire. Once the 80 bed care home is completed, a 30 year lease will be given to Care.....
Call for care home owners to be criminally accountable in cases of abuse
16 Jan 2013
Tougher laws are needed to make care home owners criminally accountable if there are cases of abuse and neglect in their care home, says former care minister. Lib Dem MP Paul Burstow has published a report.....
Health Secretary calls “dramatic variation” in dementia diagnosis across the UK “unacceptable”
15 Jan 2013
Health Secretary has called for the “worst performing areas to wake up to the dementia time bomb”, after new figures revealed the extreme variation in dementia diagnosis across the country. New figures released.....
Priory Group opens new residential dementia unit at Cooper House care home
14 Jan 2013
The Priory Group has opened a new residential dementia unit at Cooper House care home in Bradford. Cooper House, in Bradford, is a purpose built home currently providing care to older people. The new 21-bedded.....
Former Care Minister claims dementia research is underfunded
14 Jan 2013
Former Care Minister Paul Burstow has called for more investment in dementia research to enable scientists to find a cure and better treatments. The Liberal Democrat MP, was speaking during a backbench debate.....
Care home owners urged to embrace green energy to make long-term savings
10 Jan 2013
The Government recently launched the ‘Green Deal’ scheme to help care homes improve the energy efficiency of their buildings without any upfront cost. Climate minister Greg Barker, called the ‘Green Deal’ scheme, which is being.....
Are older people being let down by their friends and families?
09 Jan 2013
Norman Lamb MP, Care and Support Minister
YES
Minister for Care and Older People Norman Lamb clashed with shadow minister Liz Kendall last week, over comments the Labour MP saw as accusing UK families of neglecting their elderly.
Speaking to The...
Liz Kendall MP, Shadow Care and Support MinisterNO
Liz Kendall MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Care and Older People, was scathing towards Mr Lamb’s comments on family responsibility, attacking the Coalition’s record on the ‘care crisis’ and calling for the........
Older people urged to master the Internet in light of benefit reforms
09 Jan 2013
West Midlands social housing provider, The Accord Group, is urging more older people to get to grips with the Internet, in preparation for benefit changes that come into effect in April. By providing free Internet training workshops,.....
Profile: Miele plays vital role in eradicating superbugs from care homes says director Les Marshall
09 Jan 2013
Nearly half of Miele’s sales in the UK are made to the care sector and sales and marketing director, Les Marshall, puts its success down to the “important part plays in preventing superbugs such as MRSA” in care homes. One.....
Coalition criticised for "lack of detail" on plans to cap individual care costs
08 Jan 2013
Despite positive reports and rumours regarding the Government’s intention to see through a cap on individual care costs, several leading sector voices have announced their disappointment that the Coalition’s Mid Term Review was lacking.....
Coalition leaders confirm agreement for cap on individual care costs
07 Jan 2013
Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg have today confirmed the Coalition Government’s intention to place a cap on individual care costs, as part of the ‘Mid Term Review’ presented to the media this afternoon. A.....