Care Home News
New form of Alzheimer's therapy is set to be safety tested on people
15 Jul 2013
Alzheimer’s therapy which may promote brain cell creation in animals is set to be safety tested on humans. A therapy has been approved to be tested on humans which could form the basis of a treatment for Alzheimer’s. Scientists.....
Care minister criticises ‘poor healthcare’ available to people with learning disabilities
15 Jul 2013
Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb has criticised the standard of healthcare available to people with learning disabilities and says more needs to be done to improve the treatment they receive. His plea.....
Alzheimer's Society appoints new director of external affairs
12 Jul 2013
The Alzheimer’s Society has appointed a new director of external affairs. Alison Cook, previously a director at leading consultancy MHP Health Mandate, has taken up the role, replacing Andrew Chidgey who.....
CQC to appoint bank inspectors to help meet demand
12 Jul 2013
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) hopes to recruit around 200 social care professionals to help with its inspection programmes. The bank inspectors, who will work under the direction of permanent CQC staff,.....
Care sector backs National Minimum Training Standard for Healthcare Assistants
12 Jul 2013
The recommendation to train all healthcare assistants made in the Cavendish review published this week has been welcomed by many in the sector. In the review it was recommended that all healthcare assistants.....
Gaelic choir hits all the right notes at Wrexham care home
12 Jul 2013
A Gaelic choir took time out from performing at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddford to give residents at a Wrexham care home a musical treat. The Glasgow Islay Gaelic Choir came straight from the stage of the five-day.....
Regal Care staff to complete charity bike rides in aid of the Alzheimer's Society
11 Jul 2013
Four fit fundraisers from Northamptonshire are getting ready to saddle up and complete three charity bike rides in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society. The team from Westlands Care Home, in Wellingborough,.....
Fred Longworth High School students cook up a treat for dementia residents
11 Jul 2013
“Kind” pupils from a school in Greater Manchester cooked up a treat for elderly people with dementia. The Year 10 students from Fred Longworth High School invited residents from Belong Atherton, a purpose-built.....
Redworth House staff walk the 'extra mile' for residents
11 Jul 2013
Residents of a County Durham care home are set to receive extra treats thanks to the efforts of a team of staff who put their best feet forward and completed a sponsored walk. The group from Redworth House,.....
Portsmouth City Council seeks residents' views on proposed new care home
11 Jul 2013
Portsmouth City Council is asking residents who live close to the site of a proposed new care home to give their views on its design and layout. The authority hopes to build a 72-bedroom facility for older.....
Dementia cure could be discovered as early as 2020 claims the Health Secretary
10 Jul 2013
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has claimed that drug companies could find a cure for the disease, which affects 800,000 people in the UK, by 2020. During a speech at the Local Government Association’s annual conference, Mr Hunt.....
Sheltered housing complex in Falkirk praised by Keep Scotland Beautiful campaign
10 Jul 2013
A sheltered housing complex in Falkirk has won praise for a project that gives older people the opportunity to develop their own garden. Thornhill Court - part of Bield, Scotland’s largest care, community.....
All healthcare assistants will have to undergo basic training, according to Compassion and Care report
10 Jul 2013
A new independent report published today has revealed plans to ensure that all frontline healthcare assistants undergo the same basic training before being able to work unsupervised. The report showed.....
Trade union Unison calls for Government to scrap cap on social care costs
10 Jul 2013
The trade union Unison has joined forces with the National Pensioners Convention and is calling for the cap on social care costs to be scrapped. Instead they want social care to be provided free at the point.....
West Lothian care home manager faces her fears for charity with 165ft abseil
10 Jul 2013
The manager of a West Lothian care home is celebrating after facing her fears and abseiling down the Forth Road Bridge for charity. Helen McLeod was joined by other members of her team from St Andrews Court.....
Prestwick care home residents and schoolchildren bond over Wally the scarecrow
10 Jul 2013
Residents of a Prestwick care home have a new addition in their recently renovated gardens thanks to a group of primary schoolchildren. Pupils at St Ninian’s Primary School helped residents at Berelands.....
Planners grant permission for five and a half storey care home
09 Jul 2013
Planning permission has been granted for a new care home in Poole which is set to have a contemporary design running through its five and a half storeys. Primetower’s managing director John Yeoman said, “With the success of our.....
Planners grant permission for five and a half storey high care home
09 Jul 2013
Planning permission has been granted for a new care home in Poole which is set to have a contemporary design running through its five and a half storeys. Primetower’s managing director John Yeoman said, “With the success of our.....
Caring Homes Group director completes gruelling double marathon and raises £15,000 for charity
09 Jul 2013
Robert Jeffery, director of Caring Homes Group and First Care Homes, raised £15,000 for charity after he completed the challenging Comrades Ultra Marathon in South Africa. The gruelling 56 mile race began.....
Art competition won by residents from dementia care home
09 Jul 2013
Residents have won an art competition run by Akari care group, which challenged them to create a piece of artwork that represented ‘new beginnings’. The winning art work was a calendar with a picture of a ‘new beginning’ for.....
Plans approved for new Haverhill care home
09 Jul 2013
St Edmundsbury Borough Council has approved plans to build a state-of-the-art care home and wellbeing centre in Haverhill, Suffolk. The new facility in Chalkstone will house 60 residents and will be built.....
Care UK's bid to make care homes more environmentally friendly
08 Jul 2013
Care UK has launched a two-month pilot scheme designed to make its care homes more environmentally friendly. The initiative, which has so far been launched at 11 facilities across the country, will help.....
CQC praises quality of care at Lancashire home
08 Jul 2013
A residential home with a “lovely atmosphere” has been commended for the quality of its care by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Shevington Court Nursing Home in Rainhill, Lancashire, was recently visited.....
Wales’ top government official to join Alzheimer’s Society as new chair
08 Jul 2013
Dame Gill Morgan, who retired from her post as Permanent Secretary of the Welsh Government last year, is to become the new chair of the Alzheimer’s Society. Dame Gill, who was the most senior civil servant.....
CQC to prosecute care home directors that allow neglect and abuse
05 Jul 2013
The will have the power to prosecute directors of care homes and hospitals and will also carry out mandatory checks to ensure they are ‘fit’ to lead their organisation, according to new proposals set out by the Care Minister. Care.....
Vulnerable elderly people to have 'named' clinician responsible for their care in the community
05 Jul 2013
All vulnerable, elderly people are to have 'named' clinicians responsible for coordinating their care once they have left hospital. The proposal is one of just a raft of proposals setting out improvements.....
Nearly all care home inspections are unannounced
03 Jul 2013
Inspectors from the Care Inspectorate are using their power to visit care homes 24 hours a day to check standards in 98 per cent of visits this year. The figure is up from two years ago, where only 50 per cent of care homes in.....
Activity book published as vital resource to help those caring for dementia
03 Jul 2013
A dementia-care themed publication has been launched by Care UK, with the helping of dancing judge and choreographer Arlene Phillips. Designed to inform carers and loved ones of adults with dementia with up-to-date expertise, the.....
National Care Home Open Day success proves 'life in a care home is for living, and this open day gave us a great opportunity to do just that'
02 Jul 2013
The National Care Home Open Day took place on 21 June with over 2,000 care homes throughout the country opening their doors to the public. As well as the public, care homes invited local councillors, MPs.....
Charities criticise Government's 'unrealistic threshold' on who should get help with care under new eligibility criteria
02 Jul 2013
The Government has announced new national eligibility criteria for the first time, setting out a minimum threshold to be introduced in 2015, on who should be offered care and support by local authorities in England. Care.....