Care Home News
Reliving sounds of their lives: The hots Jean had for American GIs
29 Jun 2017
Londoner Jean Cohen never forgot the ‘cute’ American GIs she met during the Second World War, and others can now have a chuckle over her memories at a sound installation project in her care home that conjures up thoughts, history.....
Care homes told to review fire safety in light of Grenfell Tower blaze
27 Jun 2017
England’s care watchdog, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) wants all care home providers to re-examine the fire safety checks that take place in care homes to avoid a loss of human life in a fire – as seen in the Grenfell Tower blaze......
Care home managers encouraged to nurture 'compassion and commercial awareness'
26 Jun 2017
Care home managers are being encouraged to nurture both their compassionate side and their commercial awareness side in a new book. The guide ‘The Compassionate and Commercially Aware Care Manager’ is edited.....
Sanctuary Care acquires 35 care homes from Embrace
26 Jun 2017
Sanctuary Care has bought 35 of Embrace’s care homes as well as a supported living scheme. The care homes are located in the Midlands, the North of England and Scotland and total 1,650 beds, with the supported.....
Prince's Trust create dementia village in care home to 'ignite special memories'
23 Jun 2017
A group of young people, aged 17 to 26, have helped to create a unique dementia village at a care home in Salford, as part of The Prince’s Trust 'personal development' programme. Over two weeks, the team of 11 put their skills.....
Dementia-friendly barber: 'They have a big smile when they leave as they feel good about themselves again'
23 Jun 2017
“There is such a need for dementia-friendly barbers, says Lenny White, who has been making men with dementia feel good about themselves again. Based in County Down, Northern Ireland, he started cutting the.....
PM's 'dementia tax' ditched like the Queen's crown
21 Jun 2017
As the Queen’s Speech announced the Government’s plans, there was no mention of the Conservative’s election pledge of a dementia tax or a social care cap. Instead, Her Majesty ditched her crown for a blue.....
Nurses want more hospitals to use animal therapy
21 Jun 2017
Hospitals are to be given guidance on when they can safely allow animals into hospitals, in a move to encourage more healthcare settings to use animal therapy and also enable patients to see their pets. The.....
CQC calls 'poor care' found by Dispatches at Bupa care home 'wholly unacceptable'
20 Jun 2017
Care Quality Commission has called the “poor care”’ at a care home in Chester, which was uncovered by the Channel 4’s Dispatches programme, “wholly unacceptable”. The investigative TV programme sent in an.....
Elderly denied loo breaks and kept indoors in short-staffed care homes, say care workers
20 Jun 2017
Elderly and vulnerable people in care homes are being denied trips to the toilet and are kept indoors for days because of severe staff shortages, say care home workers. The majority (83 per cent) of 1,003.....
Founder of intergenerational care charity awarded MBE
20 Jun 2017
Tony Gearing, founder of the charity YOPEY Befriender, which trains young people how to relate to people with dementia as part of a befriending scheme with care home residents, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Mr.....
Care worker on verge of making it as an artist dies in Grenfell fire
19 Jun 2017
Khadija Saye, a care worker and up and coming artist, whose work is part of a showcase of emerging artists at the Venice Biennale, has been named as one of the many residents killed in the Grenfell Tower fire. Khadija.....
Archers actress awarded CBE for raising awareness of dementia
19 Jun 2017
June Spencer, who raised the profile of dementia on the long-running radio show The Archers, has been awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Ms Spencer, the longest serving member of The Archers,.....
Cycle ride raises over £11k for Care Workers Charity
16 Jun 2017
Two fundraising cycle rides have succeeded in raising over £11,000 for the Care Workers Charity, which helps current, former and retired care workers when they fall on hard times. The 30 cyclists, mainly.....
Watchdog investigates concerns care homes are breaking consumer law
15 Jun 2017
Growing concerns that some care homes are breaking the law has resulted in the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opening a consumer protection case to investigate. On 13 June, the CMA launched an investigation.....
London Mayor Sadiq Khan calls Jewish care charity an 'inspiration' with 'values rooted in religion'
14 Jun 2017
London Mayor Sadiq Khan praised the charity Jewish Care as an “inspiration to us all”, at its annual fundraising event which raised over £5m. Mr Khan addressed over 1,000 people at the dinner, saying: “What’s easy to see is that.....
UK sees over 90 per cent drop in EU nurses since Brexit
14 Jun 2017
Since the referendum on Brexit last year, the number of nurses from the EU registering to practise in the UK has dropped by 96 per cent. The Health Foundation obtained figures from a Freedom of Information.....
Anti-dementia tax petition urges PM to end 'catastrophic' care inequality
14 Jun 2017
A petition to stop the ‘enormous injustice' people with dementia face - described as a ‘dementia tax’ - has been launched by the Alzheimer’s Society to force the Government to halt a care cost inequality that sees them pay for social.....
Improved access to outdoor spaces could reduce high depression rates in care homes
13 Jun 2017
With nearly half of UK care home residents now having some form of depression, a new study has shown that it is not necessarily the poor design of care homes that has an adverse impact on the mental health of its residents, but rather.....
People with Down's and learning disabilities miss out on dementia care
12 Jun 2017
One third of people with Down’s Syndrome will have dementia in their 50s and one in 10 people with a learning disability will get young onset Alzheimer’s disease but many are 'falling through the gaps' when it comes to care, dementia.....
Junior care minister loses seat, sparking reshuffle need for social care minister
12 Jun 2017
David Mowat, the junior minister responsible for social care, has left the Department of Health after losing his Warrington South seat in the General Election. The former Conservative MP's exit, leaves.....
Poignant film shows bewilderment and confusion felt by people with dementia
09 Jun 2017
A group of seven-year-olds from a primary school in York have taken part in a new dementia film, showing children can often face the same challenges as people with dementia, but they have the advantage of having “their Mum to keep.....
Election 'Mayhem' over social care puts care challenges on the map
09 Jun 2017
Prime Minister Theresa May was prepared for a sleepless night in the early hours of 9 June, and the next day Britain woke up to find voters had not heeded her call to ‘strengthen my hand’ but taken away the Conservative Party’s majority.....
Ex-judge committed care home suicide believing 'his time was over' after dementia diagnosis
07 Jun 2017
Former senior judge Sir Nicholas Wall wrote letters to his loved ones telling them ‘it’s nobody’s fault’ before hanging himself in his bedroom at Emily Jackson House care home in Sevenoaks. Sir Nicholas,.....
Thirteen convicted for treating residents like animals in 'systemic abuse' at two care homes
07 Jun 2017
Four company directors and nine staff at two care homes in Devon for people with learning disabilities and autism, have been convicted of 'organised and systemic abuse', with one of the directors being jailed for 28 months. The.....
Dementia care volunteer: 'Whether they remember it or not they are having fun'
07 Jun 2017
Volunteers are increasingly being used in the care of people with dementia, with a new report showing they have a positive impact on those with dementia, the people who care for them and the volunteers themselves. “Whether.....
Care home art classes help grandmother tackle depression and lose seven stone
06 Jun 2017
A grandmother has managed to regain her confidence and lose seven stone, after taking up drawing again at art classes at a care home in Wales. Gaynor Jones, who has respite care at Pendine Park care home.....
General Election's grey vote: How will care home residents decide?
02 Jun 2017
Britain's over 65s have seen promises broken by many governments and some recall better leadership choices stretching back to Winston Churchill - so who gets the grey vote on 8 June? carehome.co.uk door-stepped residents at Shinfield View.....