Care Home News
Helen Whately drops in for care home's mindfulness session in Care Home Open Week
29 Jun 2021
Care minister Helen Whately visited Karuna Manor Care Home to have a mindfulness session with residents as part of Care Home Open Week (28 June - 4 July). The minister was greeted with a welcoming.....
Man with Down's syndrome becomes 'valued member of staff' at Bristol care home
28 Jun 2021
Alex Warman, who has Down’s syndrome, has become a “valued member of staff” at a care home in Bristol, where he works as a catering assistant. Alex Warman is employed by St Monica Trust’s Garden House care.....
Scottish Government apologises for asking care home residents to wear face masks
28 Jun 2021
Care home residents in Scotland will not be required to wear face masks the Scottish Government has said, following a backlash from families which forced it to apologise. Guidance issued for Scotland on.....
Care providers get three-month Covid infection control extension worth £250m
28 Jun 2021
Care homes and home care providers will receive an extra £250 million to protect staff and those receiving care from Covid-19, as part of infection control and testing fund, but this is £91 million less than the amount previously.....
Care leaders react to Sajid Javid's appointment after Hancock resigns for breaking Covid rules
28 Jun 2021
Families and care home leaders have accused Matt Hancock, who has resigned as health and social care secretary, of hypocrisy over Covid rules which he broke by kissing a work colleague when care home residents were not allowed to.....
Care home provider fined £80,000 after 87-year-old suffered 'avoidable harm'
25 Jun 2021
A care provider in Essex has been told to pay £80,000 after it failed to give safe care and treatment to an 87-year-old who suffered avoidable harm and later died of urinary sepsis. Lanemile Limited, which.....
Care home resident celebrates 71st wedding anniversary by remarrying his 'best friend'
25 Jun 2021
Kings Lodge Care Centre in West Byfleet has helped a special couple celebrate their 71st wedding anniversary by arranging a vow renewal ceremony attended by their closest family and friends. Fred Cobbett (96) and his wife Monica.....
Government publishes draft health and social care strategy to 'free up time and focus on patients'
25 Jun 2021
A new draft strategy has been published by the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) to allow patients gain better access and greater control over their health and care data under new proposals. The.....
Care home staff tuck into fish eyes and locusts in charity bushtucker trial hosted by Emmerdale star
24 Jun 2021
Emmerdale’s Charity Dingle joined care home staff from Windsor Court in Weatherby as they took on the infamous bush tucker trial inspired by the hit ITV programme, ‘I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!’ to raise over £1,000 for their.....
CQC appoints new executive director of operations
24 Jun 2021
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has appointed Tyson Hepple to the new role of executive director of operations. Mr Hepple, currently director-general at the Home Office has over 30 years of experience.....
Over 60,000 sign petition against mandatory Covid vaccine for care home staff
24 Jun 2021
Over 60,000 people have signed a petition against the plan by the government to make the Covid-19 vaccine mandatory for care home workers, which says health and social care workers should be ‘given the right to exercise free will.....
Care England to help advise researchers on impact of Covid infection control in care homes
23 Jun 2021
Care England is to be part of an advisory group helping researchers at the University of East Anglia to investigate how people who live, visit and work in care homes have coped with Covid-19 infection-control measures. The.....
Social care leaders tell government to 'act now' and deliver social care reforms
22 Jun 2021
Social care leaders have written to the Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care asking them to ‘act now’ to reform the social care system and to publish its proposals before the.....
Springfield Healthcare secures a £7.5m loan for new care home in East Yorkshire
22 Jun 2021
Springfield Healthcare has secured a £7.5m loan for the development of a new luxury care home in Beverley, East Yorkshire. The capital from OakNorth Bank will be used to develop a luxury care home with 79.....
Harry Redknapp surprises West Ham fan at Dorset care home
22 Jun 2021
Football legend Harry Redknapp has paid a surprise visit to a care home resident with terminal cancer after a chance meeting in a car park with a Bournemouth care home manager. Bupa’s Queensmount Care Home.....
Care home challenges older people stereotypes by ditching 'stooping pensioners' road signs
21 Jun 2021
A Surrey care home has invested in stereotype-busting new traffic signs along its driveway, depicting dancing couples full of energy and vigour, in a bid to change perceptions of older people as being “frail, slow-moving and often.....
Should the Covid vaccine be mandatory for care home workers?
21 Jun 2021
John Godden, chief executive of Salutem Healthcare
YES
In the wake of the government revealing it is to make Covid vaccines compulsory for care home workers in England, John Godden, chief executive of Salutem Healthcare, has said it hasn't gone far enough. He...
Neil Russell, head of PJ CareNO
The government has said that from this October, care home workers will be given four months to have two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, unless they are medically exempt. If they refuse, they will lose their........
Wales urged to follow England and make Covid jabs mandatory for Welsh care workers
18 Jun 2021
The chair of Care Forum Wales, which represents care homes in Wales, has called on the Welsh government to follow the decision made by England and make the Covid vaccine mandatory for all its care home workers. The.....
Covid jab to be mandatory for England's care home staff with plans to extend it to NHS staff
15 Jun 2021
Care home staff in England will face compulsory Covid vaccination under plans expected to be revealed by the government "this week". The plans, which have not been denied by the Department of Health and.....
People moving into care homes in England will no longer have to self-isolate on arrival
15 Jun 2021
New care home residents in England no longer have to self-isolate for 14 days on arrival at the home and residents can now stay overnight with family and friends. The new guidance by the Department for Health.....
Covid heroes from care sector win awards in Queen's Birthday Honours List
14 Jun 2021
The chiefs of Age UK and the National Care Forum are just two of a host of social care heroes that played a key role during the pandemic, who have been recognised on the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Nearly.....
MPs told Hancock's 1.6% outbreak figure is among PHE's care home 'inaccuracies'
11 Jun 2021
Health Secretary Matt Hancock's statement that only 1.6 per cent of care home Covid outbreaks originated from hospital discharges of Covid-infected patients is one of “a number of inaccuracies” in a Public Health England (PHE) report.....
Hancock says 'false negative' test fears led to infected hospital patients entering care homes
10 Jun 2021
Health secretary Matt Hancock has told MPs concerns about false negative test results for asymptomatic patients and lengthy test turnaround times had led to Covid-infected hospital patients being discharged into care homes......
Autistic people find it harder to tell when someone is angry from a facial expression
10 Jun 2021
People with autism are less able to accurately identify anger from a person’s facial expression, according to new research. The study by the University of Birmingham also found that for people with the related.....
Fury as care home residents in Scotland told to wear masks from 25 June
10 Jun 2021
Care home residents in Scotland must wear masks in the communal areas of their care home and while receiving personal care from 25 June. Residents must wear a mask, unless they are exempt, in all care.....
Government taken to High Court for 14-day isolation policy for care home residents
10 Jun 2021
The government is being taken to the High Court over its guidance advising care home residents isolate for 14 days on first admission to a care home and when they return from an overnight visit outside the home. The.....
Number of people looking for care homes hits record levels as UK emerges from pandemic
09 Jun 2021
The number of people searching for a care home has seen a huge rise as the UK emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic. carehome.co.uk, the UK’s leading site for care home reviews, saw its highest ever traffic.....
National Care Group buys Stepping Stones Care Homes as part of 'ambitious' acquisition plans
09 Jun 2021
Stepping Stones Care Homes has been bought by National Care Group which offers community-based support as well as accomodation for adults with additional and complex needs in the UK. The acquisition includes.....
Historic manor that led England's 1966 World Cup footballers to victory transformed into care home
08 Jun 2021
An old manor house that gave Bobby Charlton and the rest of England’s 1966 football squad a good night's sleep the night before they won the World Cup, has been transformed into a care home. Renamed Signature.....
Staff shortages 'a key factor' of burnout amongst care workers and NHS staff
08 Jun 2021
Chronic excessive workload has been identified as a key factor of burnout amongst care workers and NHS staff, with staff shortages identified as “the most important factor in determining chronic excessive workload”, reveals a report.....