Care Home News
Care worker starts petition to stop 'devastating' care home closure
30 Jul 2021
A determined care worker intent on fighting a decision to shut Spurr House care home in Bury has started a petition to halt its closure. The respite care centre currently offers people temporary accommodation,.....
Covid-19 time capsules created by care home residents
29 Jul 2021
Residents at Rogers House care home in Wigmore have created time capsules based around their pandemic experiences from the last 18 months. Residents at the care home each filled boxes to use as their capsule.....
Care home fundraised for beach wheelchairs, after resident said his last wish was to go to the beach
27 Jul 2021
A care home in Clacton-on-Sea fundraised for two beach wheelchairs, after care home staff said they were “heartbroken” when they were unable to fulfil a resident’s last wish to go to the beach. Simon Keyes,.....
Care home founder appointed government advisor on sport-related head injuries
27 Jul 2021
The founder of a care home in Chelsea which is rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission for dementia support, has been appointed Ministerial Advisor on Concussion in Sport. Laurence Geller will.....
Care home calls for Covid vaccine to only be mandatory for new employees, after staff threaten to leave
23 Jul 2021
A care home owner is calling on the government to make the Covid vaccine only compulsory for new employees, after staff told him they are leaving. The government has revealed that from 11 November, all care.....
Covid vaccine for care home staff in England will be mandatory from 11 November
23 Jul 2021
The Covid vaccine will be mandatory for all care home workers in England from 11 November, with the government admitting that up to seven per cent of the workforce, equating to 40,000 staff, could lose their jobs. In.....
Care home staff did 'everything they could' says CQC chief revealing Covid deaths in care settings
22 Jul 2021
The number of people who died with Covid-19 in each care home in England has been published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with its chief inspector calling out care staff as having done “everything they could”. Over.....
Care staff 'traumatised' after care home residents drown in Germany's floods
20 Jul 2021
Twelve disabled care home residents drowned in their care home because of catastropic floods in Germany, prompting the boss of a care home to describe his staff as 'traumatised'. The Lebenshilfe Haus care.....
Care home operators Care UK and Signature acquire Sunrise Senior Living homes
20 Jul 2021
Care providers Care UK and Signature Senior Lifestyle (Signature) are taking over the leadership and management of all of Sunrise Senior Living UK and Gracewell Healthcare’s care homes in the UK. Signature.....
PM delayed lockdown because only over 80s were dying says Dominic Cummings
20 Jul 2021
Prime Minister Boris Johnson rejected a lockdown last Autumn, preferring instead to let Covid “wash through the country” because he thought only people aged 80+ were dying, his ex-advisor Dominic Cummings claims. In.....
Care workers and NHS staff who are double jabbed can work rather than self-isolate
19 Jul 2021
Double vaccinated care workers and NHS staff in England can keep working rather than self-isolate under 'exemptional circumstances', the government has confirmed. If health and care workers have been.....
Menopause: Tips on hormone health for care workers
16 Jul 2021
According to Skills for Care, 82 per cent of the adult social care workforce are female, with an average age of 44 years. Working in social care is a rewarding yet demanding job. It can involve long shifts which are often busy and.....
Government confirms care home residents still have to self isolate after overnight hospital stay
16 Jul 2021
‘Freedom Day’ on 19 July was meant to bring an end to most restrictions for care home residents in England, however new guidance has confirmed care home residents will still have to isolate on their return from overnight stays in.....
Princess Anne visits Surrey care home to meet former seafarers and staff
16 Jul 2021
As a patron of The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, HRH Princess Anne made a visit to Belvedere House care home to meet former seafarers, their widows and dependants for the first time in person since the pandemic. The.....
Care home group urges government to ditch face masks for visitors
15 Jul 2021
With the government lifting social distancing restrictions and removing the mandate to wear face masks, one care home group has written a letter to the Secretary of Health and Social Care asking for the rule of mandatory mask wearing.....
MPs ignore public consultation and vote for compulsory vaccinations for care home staff
14 Jul 2021
MPs have approved regulations for all care home staff in England to be vaccinated against Covid, despite the government holding a public consultation which found 57 per cent did not support mandatory vaccination. The.....
Social care 'is a huge priority to me' says Sajid Javid on visit to Streatham care home
14 Jul 2021
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Sajid Javid paid a visit to Aashna House Residential Care Home in Streatham on Tuesday 13 July where he said reforms in the social care sector will be a “huge priority” for him. During.....
'Masked graffiti grannies gang' runs amok in care home
13 Jul 2021
The 'masked graffiti grannies gang' has run amok in a care home in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, wielding cans of spray paint and daubing the walls in tags and murals. The gang which lives at Hazelgrove Court.....
Care England launches its vision for social care
13 Jul 2021
Care England has today launched its vision for adult social care which is aimed help government establish a long-term and sustainable future that will be to the benefit of all citizens and the economy. The.....
The Care Workers' Charity to receive £78,000 donation to support care workers with their mental health
12 Jul 2021
The Care Workers' Charity (CWC) is to receive a donation of £78,000 over the next three years from Hallmark Care Homes Foundation to help support care workers struggling with their mental health. This donation.....
It is 'immoral' and 'illogical' that care workers are underpaid by £7,000 a year
12 Jul 2021
Care workers are underpaid by as much as 39 per cent or nearly £7,000 per year in comparison to their peers in equivalent positions in other public funded sectors, according to new research. Community Integrated.....
Care home resident graduates with degree saying 'you're never too old to learn something new'
09 Jul 2021
A 75-year-old resident at Brunelcare’s Woodland Court retirement village has graduated with a degree in health and social care, saying ’it’s never too late to learn new skills and new things’. Gaynor Powell.....
UK's biggest care home provider HC-One to make Covid vaccine mandatory for all staff
08 Jul 2021
HC-One, which runs 326 care homes in the UK, has revealed it is planning to make the Covid-19 vaccine a condition of employment for all of its staff across the UK. The government announced in June that the.....
New Health and Care Bill to be introduced to Parliament today
06 Jul 2021
A package of measures to improve oversight and accountability in the delivery of social care services will be laid out in Parliament today, the government has said. The new Health and Care Bill will implement.....
Government to lift cap on visitors for care home residents in England after 19 July
06 Jul 2021
‘Freedom Day’ on 19 July will bring an end to restrictions on visitors for care home residents in England, according to health and social care minister Sajid Javid. In a speech to the House of Commons yesterday,.....
A quarter of staff in England's older care homes are not fully vaccinated
02 Jul 2021
One in four staff in older adult care homes in England have not had both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, figures from NHS England reveal. Less than three quarters (73.9 per cent) of eligible staff in older care.....
Vogue model turns 102 in style with care home photo shoot
01 Jul 2021
A Vogue model who catwalked her way around the globe with a figure that wowed crowds at runway fashion shows is celebrating her 102th birthday at her care home with a photo shoot. Former haute couture.....