Care Home News
Wish tree project grants resident her wedding dream
10 Jun 2013
Staff from St Marks Court in Gateshead granted the wish of one of the residents by creating a wedding day scene inside the care home for her to attend. Lily Dodds expressed her wish to witness a wedding ceremony through the home’s.....
Carer designs mobility aid clip to help identify care home residents
10 Jun 2013
Elderly care home residents and people with dementia will find it easier to identify both themselves and their mobility aids thanks to a clever creation by a senior carer. Adeline Dalley, who lives in Warminster,.....
Care assistants put on pyjamas for evening with dementia residents
10 Jun 2013
Care home staff have taken a course to help them improve the lives of residents living with dementia. The West Gate has taken part in the project, funded by the Kent County Council, to learn about what it is like to live with dementia.....
Colten Care residents raise thousands of pounds for charity
07 Jun 2013
Colten Care residents have helped to raise £17,000 for a variety of charities in the last year. They have supported a wide range of causes, including Sports Relief, Parkinson’s UK and Macmillan Cancer support,.....
CQC inspectors to support National Care Home Open Day
07 Jun 2013
Members of the public will have the opportunity to meet their local Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors on National Care Home Open Day. On June 21, hundreds of care homes across the country will open.....
Party for Northumberland care home residents to celebrate the Queen's Coronation
07 Jun 2013
Residents at a Northumberland care celebrated the Queen’s Coronation this week with a special party. While Her Majesty marked the occasion with a special service at Westminster Abbey, Debaliol Nursing Home,.....
Scottish minister opens new Four Seasons care home
07 Jun 2013
Scotland’s cabinet secretary for health and wellbeing officially opened Four Seasons Health Care’s new care home in Edinburgh yesterday. Alex Neil MSP was guest of honour at the ceremony at St Margaret’s.....
UK care homes are failing to protect themselves legally
06 Jun 2013
Solicitors who provide legal advice to care homes have frequently found that care homes struggle to deal with day to day legal issues and subsequently are unprepared for allegations relating to the care of their.....
Extra care housing potentially 'vital' in reducing loneliness in older people
06 Jun 2013
Extra care housing has the potential to reduce isolation and loneliness in older people, according to a leading think-tank on ageing and demographic change. The International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK).....
Freckle the lamb brings joy to people with dementia
06 Jun 2013
Residents at a County Durham care home have adopted a cuddly lamb. Freckle regularly visits Raby Cottage, part of Bondcare’ s Willington Care Village, and has his own special pen in the garden. He joined.....
Vida Healthcare plans two new specialist dementia care homes
05 Jun 2013
A Yorkshire-based company is developing plans to build two new specialist dementia care homes. Vida Healthcare’s proposals follow the success of Vida Hall - its first £5 million venture - which was launched.....
Derbyshire councillors visit care homes in countywide campaign
05 Jun 2013
Derbyshire County Council’s new member for social care has been visiting the county’s care homes in an attempt to experience services first hand. Councillor Clare Neill and her deputies Cllr Paul Jones.....
Mayor officially opens new Orpington care home
05 Jun 2013
The Mayor of Bromley has officially opened a new care home in Orpington. Councillor Michael Turner was joined by his wife Janice at Foxbridge House for the ceremony, which was attended by around 70 people......
Profile: Teenagers should do mandatory care 'national service' says actress and 'dignity in care' campaigner
04 Jun 2013
Actress Amanda Waring, who starred as Gigi in the West End musical and had TV roles in Sherlock Holmes, Casualty and All Creatures Great and Small, has devoted the last 10 years to promoting dignity in care. As.....
Retirement village gives stage curtains a new lease of life
04 Jun 2013
A community arts theatre in West Sussex has a new set of stage curtains, thanks to a new retirement village. Staff from Charters Village donated the burgundy drapes to Chequer Mead Theatre in East Grinstead. They.....
Dementia Challenge organisers outline 2015 vision for England
04 Jun 2013
A year on since the Government’s Dementia Challenge was launched the first report has been published detailing the progress of the champion groups involved. Looking for advances in three key areas: improvements.....
Thamesfield residents host fundraising tea dance
04 Jun 2013
Staff and residents at Thamesfield retirement village put on their dancing shoes and raised money for Independent Age. They recently hosted a tea dance at the luxury retirement village in Henley-on-Thames.....
Signature Senior Lifestyle appoints new chief operating officer
04 Jun 2013
Carole Hunt has joined Signature Senior Lifestyle as chief operating officer. She takes up her role with the company, which provides luxury care for older people, as result of its expansion plans, which.....
Care homes urged to get residents online and stop the ‘digital divide’ becoming a ‘digital gulf’
04 Jun 2013
Care homes are being urged to get their residents online, after figures from carehome.co.uk revealed only a fifth of care homes in Britain have internet access for their residents. Statistics from carehome.co.uk.....
National Care Home Open Day to raise awareness of residential homes
03 Jun 2013
Hundreds of care homes across the country are set to open their doors to the public to show people what they are really about. National Care Home Open Day will be held on 21 June and is being backed by.....
Care UK's nationwide residential home investment programme launched in Ipswich
03 Jun 2013
Suffolk County Council and Care UK launched a £60 million programme of investment in new care homes and wellbeing centres during a special on-site ceremony in Ipswich. Councillor Alan Murray, and Care UK’s.....