Care Home News
Concerns over ageing workforce increase as one in three nurses can retire within ten years
12 Jul 2016
New research reveals the challenges facing the NHS nursing workforce, with one in three nurses due to retire in the next ten years and a lack of 'homegrown' nurses to fill the imminent gap. The Institute.....
Many people no longer expect families to care for them in old age
12 Jul 2016
According to new research, nearly three quarters of people think themselves or others will have care needs in old age. Yet, a poll of 2,000 people across the UK, commissioned by Bupa, a leading healthcare.....
Policeman rescues woman with dementia and holds her hand all the way home
12 Jul 2016
West Yorkshire police were called out to rescue an elderly woman with dementia after staff at Sainsbury’s in Shorehead found her walking around the store distressed and confused. They revealed on Facebook.....
'More ethnic minority social care leaders needed' to reflect UK
11 Jul 2016
People from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds in social care’s management roles say they have struggled to make it into the sector’s senior positions. In response to this issue, Skills for Care.....
Older people are 'avoiding' difficult conversations about ageing
11 Jul 2016
Millions of older people are putting off difficult conversations about ageing until times of crisis, or are not having them at all, according to new research from Independent Age, the older people’s charity. Research.....
Goodnight Gladys: Britain's oldest person dies in care home
11 Jul 2016
Britain’s supercentenarian Gladys Hooper has died at the age of 113 and a half, at her Isle of Wight care home. The woman who broke a Guinness World Record in 2015 when she became the oldest person to.....
Care Forum continues to attract key decision makers from the care sector
11 Jul 2016
The Care Forum, which has been hailed as the “most worthwhile event in the healthcare industry”, continues to attract key decision-makers from the care sector. The annual networking event in June brought.....
People with hearing loss urged to be proactive about their communication needs
11 Jul 2016
Action on Hearing Loss, a national charity, is urging the nine million people in England who are deaf or have hearing loss to tell their GP what support they need to help them communicate. The call comes.....
'Ineffective' social care courses to be scrapped, says Skills Minister
08 Jul 2016
Hundreds of social care courses that ‘short-change’ England’s students and bosses are to be scrapped, the Skills Minister has announced. Currently, 16-year-olds considering a technical education can choose.....
Still Alice helped trigger 'global conversation about Alzheimer's' giving people with dementia a voice and a face
07 Jul 2016
Lisa Genova wrote the best-selling novel Still Alice, about a woman with early-onset dementia, back in 2007. There are now over 2.6m copies in print, and it has been translated into 37 languages. In 2014, the book was made into a.....
Nursing homes' long wait for rate ends this month, says Government
07 Jul 2016
Nursing homes across England have faced over three months of uncertainty about how much the new Funded Nursing Care (FNC) rate they receive from the NHS will be, but today the Department of Health said it will announce the rate by.....
Don't neglect dental health, NICE warns care homes
06 Jul 2016
More than half of the older people living in Britain's care homes have tooth decay, far more than the number of those who don’t live in a care home, prompting NICE to publish new guidance for the sector. It.....
Care minister who 'prioritised NHS over social care' quits post
06 Jul 2016
Social care minister Alistair Burt has announced he will resign from his frontbench post this September. The minister said he made his decision to quit prior to the EU referendum and had informed Health.....
Downward dog and flying planes: Yoga girl fundraises as grandad dies of dementia
05 Jul 2016
A nine-year-old girl’s love for her grandad sparked her to organise a yoga event for Alzheimer’s Research UK, not knowing her inspiration would die of dementia the same day. In a speech that addressed her.....
Respite care can offer way forward in social care stalemate
04 Jul 2016
The pressures on health and social care mean we need to use innovation and flexibility to deliver better services to patients. At the moment, too many people are being admitted to the busy and stressful environment of an acute hospital.....
A day in the life of a rehabilitation worker specialising in brain injuries
04 Jul 2016
Sally Harris is a senior rehabilitation worker at in Northampton for the Christchurch Group which cares for people with brain injuries and complex neurological conditions. She was named 'Care Home Worker of the Year' in.....
Lost teeth and the art of red bag care: How vanguards improve care of elderly
04 Jul 2016
How do you make an old man feel relaxed in hospital? Find his teeth. A decent start it may be, but what about a woman who hasn’t walked in years? Doctors are not known for stupidity but this educated.....
Bed-bound artist with dementia says art sets her free
04 Jul 2016
An artist virtually bed-bound with dementia, who has found art sets her free, is taking part in an art exhibition designed to challenge public perceptions about older age and dementia. Golden Gallery Art.....
Fighting fit: How table tennis helps elderly live well with dementia
04 Jul 2016
The ping pong craze has swept through care homes across the country since the ‘Over-80s’ featured in the World Table Tennis Championships in 2010. With one in six people aged 80 and over living with dementia.....
Care homes told to protect older people from lethal listeria risk
01 Jul 2016
Care homes and hospitals are amongst the providers being asked to reduce the risk of people in their care contracting harmful bacteria from pre-packaged sandwiches and pre-cut fruit. The Food Standards Agency.....
Councils plan to invest an extra £308m in adult social care
01 Jul 2016
Local councils are planning to spend an extra £308m on adult social care services this year, increasing their spending by 2.2 per cent to £14.4bn, new figures have revealed. A new revenue allows for increased.....