Care Home News
Eastbourne nursing home scoops gold standard beacon award for end of life care
31 Jul 2012
A nursing home in Eastbourne has received the highest award of ‘Beacon’ status in the Gold Standards Framework for its end of life care. in Summerdown Road has been awarded the NHS and Age UK backed Beacon status for.....
Scarborough care home shortlisted at innovation awards for use of telecare monitoring
31 Jul 2012
A Scarborough care home has been shortlisted for an Innovation Nation award for its use of sensor and monitoring equipment. Saint Cecilia's Care Home in Stepney Road, Scarborough, introduced the very latest monitoring equipment to help look after.....
Managing director of HC-One care homes stars in TV reality show Undercover Boss
31 Jul 2012
The managing director of HC-One, went undercover on the Channel 4 programme, Undercover Boss, and found her staff struggling to survive on their low wages. Pam Finnis, managing director, went undercover.....
PLMR media relations agency is in the top 25 healthcare consultancies
26 Jul 2012
PLMR, public affairs and media relations agency, has appeared in PR Week’s ‘Top 25 Healthcare Consultancies’ table for the second year running. PLMR (Political Lobbying and Media Relations) achieved the second highest percentage.....
Give your views on minimum qualifications for care workers
26 Jul 2012
Skills for Care and Skills for Health are developing a code of conduct and minimum training standards for care workers and adult social workers and they are asking for people’s views. Skills for Care and Skills for Health have.....
Chairman of HC-One care homes carries Olympic Torch
25 Jul 2012
Chai Patel, chairman of HC-One care homes carried the Olympic Torch on the final week of its journey to the opening of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Dr Patel, who began his career as a doctor in the NHS,.....
Chevin Housing Association strikes £23m deal with Willmott Dixon to build 200 extra care apartments
25 Jul 2012
Chevin Housing Association has struck a £23m deal with builders to build nearly 200 extra care apartments in Derbyshire. Chevin Housing Association is part of The Together Housing Group, which is Derbyshire County.....
Zurich Community Trust chooses Alzheimer's Society to be new national charity partner
24 Jul 2012
Zurich Community Trust, the charitable arm of Zurich, has chosen Alzheimer’s Society to be a national charity partner. The new three year partnership will start in September. Over 1,700 Zurich employees across the UK took part.....
School children visit multi-million pound care home site in Oxfordshire
24 Jul 2012
Hard hats and thinking caps were the order of the day as Iffley Mead School pupils visited the site of a new multi-million pound flagship care home in Oxfordshire to get inspiration for a summer artwork project. Tommy Trinder,.....
Care homes in Yorkshire to hold their own Olympic Games
24 Jul 2012
Residents at care homes in South Yorkshire will be competing against each other in their own Olympic Games. The Sheffield Care Home Games held at the Don Valley Stadium on Thursday 26 July are being organised by Activity Sheffield,.....
Prime Minister opens care home's dementia cafe
23 Jul 2012
The Prime Minister has opened a community café within the grounds of Barchester Middletown Grange Care Home in Hailey, Oxfordshire. A small, unused cottage in the grounds has been transformed into a KIND café. ‘KIND’ stands for Keeping Individuality through.....
"Revolutionary" dementia care home to launch in UK
23 Jul 2012
A £30m Anchor care home will open tomorrow and is the first English care home to implement a new care model which empowers its community to control the choices that impact on their everyday lives. Anchor,.....
Devon County Council launches social care apprenticeship programme in its care homes
20 Jul 2012
Devon County Council has launched a social care apprenticeship programme in its care homes. The programme has been launched by Devon County Council and training provider, PSC Training & Development Ltd’s care department to attract.....
North Yorkshire County Council appoints dementia champions to help improve quality of care
20 Jul 2012
North Yorkshire County Council has appointed dementia champions to help improve the quality of care and support for people living with the condition. Dementia Champions are trained to lead by example, model good practice and challenge.....
Approved Provider scheme highlights quality care for acquired brain injury
20 Jul 2012
Care providers can now showcase their expertise in delivering care and rehabilitation for clients with acquired brain injury (ABI), thanks to an Approved Provider scheme from , which has proven successful since launched.....
Thomas Pockington Trust believe sight loss to be overlooked in care homes
20 Jul 2012
A joint report from sight loss charity Thomas Pocklington Trust and think tank the International Longevity Centre UK has claimed that eye health is too often neglected in care homes, while being critical of a lack of national policy.....
Older People in the Media Awards 2012 open for nominations
19 Jul 2012
Care provider Barchester Healthcare and advice charity Independent Age have come together to create the Older People in the Media Awards, looking to recognise positive reporting of older people’s issues in the media, the best portrayals.....
Torquay's Warberries Nursing Home embraces Planting Memories campaign
19 Jul 2012
A restoration project underway at Warberries Nursing Home, in Torquay, has become the first to embrace the new Planting Memories campaign. The campaign hopes to see communities embrace the challenge of creating Memory Gardens to help.....
New learning centre opens for care practitioners and nurses in the private care sector
19 Jul 2012
A new learning centre has opened at Pendine Park Care Organisation Ltd in Wrexham, Wales. The new learning centre for care workers and nurses in the private care sector was officially opened by Wrexham Assembly Member, Lesley Griffiths, who is also the.....
House of Lords committee to look at how ageing population will affect public services
19 Jul 2012
A new House of Lords committee is to look at how the ageing population will affect public services and examine the relationship between people and the state. The House of Lords Committee on the Impact of Demographic Change on Public.....
Sport England fund to bring magic of the Olympics to Worthing care residents
18 Jul 2012
Older people visiting day centre Methold House, in Worthing, are to benefit from £22,540 of National Lottery funding, which will pay for the installation of an outdoor gymnasium as an extension to the home’s Healthy Living Centre. The.....
Care providers embrace the goals of Safety in Care Awards 2012
18 Jul 2012
Although being conscious of negative media reporting on the care sector, national chair of NASHiCS (the National Association for Safety and Health in Care Services), Chris Jackson, insists that standards of health and safety across.....
Department of Health welcoming comment on draft Care and Support Bill
18 Jul 2012
The care sector has until 19 October to comment on the Coalition’s draft Care and Support Bill, published alongside the Care and Support White Paper last week, after the Department of Health yesterday launched a new website tool for.....
Number of people with dementia prescribed antipsychotics drugs falls by a half
17 Jul 2012
The number of people with dementia being prescribed antipsychotics drugs has fallen by over a half, in the last three years. An audit carried out by the NHS Information Centre found antipsychotic prescriptions for people with dementia.....
Director of dementia care for Bupa to become honorary professor at Bradford University
17 Jul 2012
The director for dementia care for Bupa Care Services is to be made honorary professor in person-centred dementia care at Bradford University. Dr Graham Stokes, has been working in partnership with Bradford.....
Funeral Payment scheme proves it has become "too expensive for poor people to die"
16 Jul 2012
A joint report from Sun Life Direct and the University of Bath has found ‘Funeral Poverty’ in the UK to be at record levels, while claiming that the welfare state’s Funeral Payment scheme is failing to cope with the growing demand.....
Skills for Care and National Skills Academy for Social Care set to merge
13 Jul 2012
Skills for Care and National Skills Academy for Social Care are set to merge so they can “maximise the impact” of their “combined resources and expertise”. Skills for Care is a charity working with social care employers on workforce.....
Government proposes new adult safeguarding power
13 Jul 2012
The Government has proposed a new legal and policy framework to protect adults at risk of abuse and neglect. The new draft Care and Support Bill out this week includes a proposed duty on local authorities.....
Care home residents perform Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood
13 Jul 2012
Two residents from Pendine Park Care Organisation Ltd in Wrexham have taken to the stage and put on a performance of Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood. The residents were helped by retired language teacher Catherine Bynon, who regularly visits her sister,.....
Prize fund launched to reduce isolation and loneliness amongst older people
12 Jul 2012
A £50,000 prize fund has been made available to tackle the increasing problem of isolation amongst older people. Groups and organisations are being encouraged to put forward their ideas for the Ageing Well challenge which has been.....