Care Home News
Hiring male care workers is a 'struggle', admits manager
30 Jan 2020
Finding men willing to take permanent care jobs is a "struggle" for many care homes, a manager at a mental health setting has said. Lannock Manor in Hitchin is among the care settings finding it a challenge.....
Jeremy Hunt gets social care scrutiny committee job
30 Jan 2020
Jeremy Hunt, the former health secretary, is the new chair of the health and social care select committee, sparking criticism that he is a fox “put in charge of the hens” who failed to deliver for social care while in office and will.....
Care leaders warn migrant salary threshold will 'shut door' on EU care workers
29 Jan 2020
Social care leaders say Britain will miss out on ‘desperately needed’ care workers after Brexit, because the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) recommendation to government to lower the salary threshold for non-British workers fails.....
Podcast: John Suchet and his wife Nula reveal how dementia brought them together
29 Jan 2020
TV broadcaster and Classic FM presenter John Suchet met his wife Nula, interior designer and artist in the most ‘extraordinary way’. With both spouses fading away with dementia, John and Nula found friendship and comfort after meeting.....
Actor Jim Broadbent to help charity boost number of dementia nurses
28 Jan 2020
Oscar-winning actor Jim Broadbent, who starred in Iris as John Bayley the husband of Iris Murdoch as she succumbed to dementia, has been named as an ambassador for Dementia UK. The charity supports people.....
Care home manager calls on schoolchildren to write letters to elderly to combat loneliness
28 Jan 2020
A Stroud care home manager is campaigning for schools and community groups throughout the county to get involved in writing to the elderly in care homes and in ‘their own homes’ to combat loneliness and isolation. The.....
'I've found my calling' says male care worker backing Scotland's recruitment drive
27 Jan 2020
Care worker Lee Robertson is backing Scotland’s drive to recruit more people to the care workforce, describing it as a “satisfying career choice”. Lee Robertson, a care worker at Enable Scotland, is lending.....
Holocaust survivor cried at Auschwitz 'I want to see my Mummy'
27 Jan 2020
Over 200 Holocaust survivors came to Poland’s Auschwitz site on 27 January for Holocaust Memorial Day. But 87-year-old Ivor Perl, who lives in a Jewish Care apartment in London, won’t be there. He already visited in 1944. He was.....
'Outstanding' LGBTQ-friendly care home praised for 'breaking barriers'
24 Jan 2020
A care home in Abingdon has been rated 'outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and praised for finding ways to maintain dignity and creating ‘strong links with local LGBTQ+ groups’. The report.....
Alzheimer's Society chief says people with dementia are 'dumped' in hospital
22 Jan 2020
One in 10 dementia patients (40,000) spend longer than a month in hospital, figures analysed by the Alzheimer's Society reveals, prompting its chief executive to say people with dementia are being “dumped“ in hospital. The.....
Monty Python star Terry Jones dies, four years after being diagnosed with dementia
22 Jan 2020
Terry Jones, famous for directing and starring in the Monty Python films, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life, has died at the age of 77, four years after being diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia. The.....
Kangaroo hop race among Australia fire fundraising efforts by care workers
22 Jan 2020
Care workers in care homes and home care agencies across the UK are raising money to assist people devastated by the Australian bush fires. Staff at Healthcare Homes, which has 37 care homes in East Anglia.....
Care England chief says 'refund should be given' for care homes given inaccurate CQC grading
22 Jan 2020
A number of care and nursing homes are to be reinspected after the care watchdog found almost 40 inspection reports contained duplicate material. All of the homes were in the north of England except for.....
Edinburgh care home resident storms UK chart beating Billie Eilish and Lewis Capaldi
21 Jan 2020
Edinburgh care home resident Margaret Mackie and her care worker Jamie Lee Morley is currently in the UK's top 10 singles chart with a cover of Frank Sinatra’s My Way beating Billie Eilish and Lewis Capaldi. A.....
Slough care home resident hooks 14 pound catch after his wish was to fish again
20 Jan 2020
Care home resident Roger Tinkler had a trip to remember as he caught his first-ever stone loach and a personal best 14-pound carp thanks to the home’s maintenance manager Martin Blackmun. Mr Tinkler, 74,.....
UK's leading reviews site for care homes hits 150,000 reviews
17 Jan 2020
Looking for a care home for your friend or family member can be a time-consuming task, with many spending hours trawling through reports by the care regulator and visiting numerous care homes. However there.....
Wheelchair-bound care home residents go ice skating for first time in decades
17 Jan 2020
Twenty-six care home residents, including two on end of life care, went ice skating for the first time in decades, with an 88-year-old saying she “loved the feeling of freedom”. The team at CHD Living, which provides care services.....
Boris Johnson says solution to social care crisis could take up to five years
15 Jan 2020
The prime minister has admitted he does not have a plan in place to solve the social care crisis and revealed a solution could take up to five years. Boris Johnson was speaking on BBC Breakfast and said he.....
Care provider launches care fees calculator
15 Jan 2020
Care provider Agincare is helping people confused about care home fees by launching a care fees calculator. It can seem an onerous and time-consuming task calculating your finances and working out your loved.....
Care home gives dementia residents high chairs and baby food to feed their dolls
13 Jan 2020
A care home in Derbyshire rated by the care regulator as ‘outstanding’ gives residents with dementia high chairs and pureed food so they can feed their therapy dolls. Ashbourne Lodge in Ashbourne provides.....
Mary Berry calls care home contestant's cake in Britain's Best Home Cook 'a bit of alright'
10 Jan 2020
Robin Watkinson, a maintenance supervisor for a group of care homes in Bristol is taking part in Britain’s Best Home Cook and has already won the praise of baking guru Mary Berry for his pear upside down cake, with her saying “it.....
Old and disabled at risk of losing care if government fails to fund wage rises
10 Jan 2020
Older people, the disabled and working age adults reliant on care could lose vital support if the government does not fund the National Living Wage rises it has announced, warns Care England. The wage rises.....
Pensioners rewrite wills in New Year after holiday family fallouts
09 Jan 2020
Older people are among those busy in the New Year rewriting their wills, after mounting tensions over the Christmas holidays - dubbed as ‘stressmas’ - have caused some to consider disinheriting family members......
Husband's pyjamas put on care home woman's pillow to mimic good night cuddle
08 Jan 2020
An elderly woman’s sleepless nights may be over thanks to a care home in Reading which decided to put her husband’s pyjamas over a pillow for her to cuddle in his absence. Shinfield View care home in Reading.....
Large numbers of care homes have their own private pub, according to poll
06 Jan 2020
Nearly half of care staff say their care home has its own private pub or a drinking facility where residents can get alcohol, according to research carried out by carehome.co.uk, the leading reviews site for care homes. The.....
New Year's Honours for chief social worker and 'extraordinary' nurse
02 Jan 2020
This year’s New Year’s Honours list includes Simon Stevens, chief executive of the NHS and Professor Sally Davies, former chief medical officer, as well as an “extraordinary” nurse who taught herself to read and write. Professor.....
Man stabbed in Essex care home on New Year's Eve
02 Jan 2020
A man has been rushed to hospital after being stabbed inside an Essex care home. Police and paramedics attended the scene of an incident in at a care home in Swan Lane, Wickford shortly after 1 pm on New.....