Care Home News
TV presenter Alan Titchmarsh becomes judge seeking best garden in care home contest
07 Jun 2021
TV gardening presenter Alan Titchmarsh is the judge of a new competition to find the best care home garden. Alan Titchmarsh has agreed to be a judge in Balhousie in Bloom, a new competition taking place.....
Matt Hancock denies saying care homes were put in a protective ring from start despite live TV footage
07 Jun 2021
Health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has denied ever claiming to have said the government had put care homes in a 'protective ring' from the start of the pandemic, despite live TV footage capturing the minister saying it......
Schoolgirl plans live stream exercise class for 100 care homes across the world
04 Jun 2021
A nine-year-old schoolgirl from Scotland is giving fitness guru Joe Wicks a run for his money as she aims to get 100 care homes across the world taking part in a live social media exercise class in June for the ‘Captain Tom 100’ Challenge......
Eighty-seven-year-old care home resident knits hundreds of 'care bears' for newborn babies
03 Jun 2021
An 87-year-old care home resident from Ridgway Court in Farnham has knitted around 500 'care bears' to give to newborn babies at Frimley Park Hospital maternity unit, as well as care home staff and residents. When.....
Younger people want 'emotionally available staff' and 'autonomy' in their future care home, study finds
03 Jun 2021
Living in a care home with "as much autonomy as possible" and connections to the "wider community" are just some of the responses generations X, Y and Z view future environments for older people, a new study shows. Castleoak,.....
Care bosses confirm Cummings' claim people were sent to care homes without Covid tests
01 Jun 2021
Care chiefs have confirmed Dominic Cummings’ claim that people were discharged from hospitals into care homes in England without being tested for Covid-19 and have called it a “scandal”. Former chief adviser,.....
Care leaders reject government claim of 'protective ring' around care homes at start of pandemic
01 Jun 2021
Care leaders have rejected Matt Hancock’s claims the government threw a ‘protective ring’ around care homes at the beginning of the pandemic, saying "it was chaotic, care settings were not protected or shielded and suffered terribly.....