Care Home News

Care Quality Commission "has failed to fulfil its role effectively", say MPs

30 Mar 2012

The Care Quality Commission which is responsible for regulating health and adult social care in England has “failed to fulfil its role effectively”, says the cross-party Commons Public Accounts Committee. The public accounts.....

Pinders Healthcare Design Awards recognise best designed care homes

29 Mar 2012

This year’s Pinders Healthcare Design Awards have once again chosen the best designed care homes and independent living housing. The event, which was hosted by broadcaster, Sir David Frost, is now in its 13th year. During this.....

Councils must "act lawfully" funding the elderly in need of nursing home care, warns campaign group

29 Mar 2012

The Registered Nursing Homes Association is warning local authorities to ensure they act lawfully when setting the fees they will pay for publicly funding nursing home residents in the new financial year. The announcement.....

Rise in number of dementia and learning disability patients being restrained in care homes

29 Mar 2012

There has been a rise in the number of people with dementia or learning disabilities, being restrained in care homes and hospitals, according to the Care Quality Commission. The commission has published its second annual report.....

Older people's learning charity wants care homes to embrace in-house courses

27 Mar 2012

UK care homes may be transformed into places of learning, if a new range of courses from the University of the Third Age (U3A) is embraced by residential care providers The courses are designed to further the independent living.....

Care fees reclaim deadline announced by the Department of Health

26 Mar 2012

The claiming back of wrongly-paid care home fees has been given a deadline of 30 September 2012 by the Department of Health, to affect payments made between 1 April 2004 and 31 March 2011. Compensation experts are looking to stress,.....

Royal College of Nursing will "fiercely resist" regional pay for nursing staff

23 Mar 2012

The Royal College of Nursing has pledged to “fiercely resist” any move to get rid of national pay rates and bring in regional pay for nursing staff. Chancellor George Osborne, announced in his budget speech that the coalition would.....

New dementia unit opened at Wallace House care home, Dunston

23 Mar 2012

Wallace House care home, in Dunston, now has its own state-of-the-art dementia unit, having been officially opened by the Mayor of Gateshead. Named the Ravensworth Suite by the residents of Wallace House, the unit has been purposely.....

New Arbroath care home welcomes first resident

22 Mar 2012

The Balhousie Care Group have confirmed that stage one of Arbroath care development, Monkbarns Care Home, has been a success, with carers now having welcomed the home’s first residents. Part of a £5m investment, the Monkbarns development.....

Dementia research is "desperately underfunded", says Alzheimer's Research UK

22 Mar 2012

Alzheimer’s Research UK has called for the Government to invest more in dementia research. The Thomson Reuters report ‘Defeating Dementia’, commissioned by Alzheimer’s Research UK, says that finding a cure can be accelerated by.....

Government names fairer funding pilots for end-of-life care

21 Mar 2012

The Department of Health has confirmed £1.8m of new Government funding is to be directed into seven pilot end-of-life care projects. The pilots will be focused on achieving fairer funding, allowing families who require palliative.....

Chancellor's Budget deeply criticised by National Pensioners Convention

21 Mar 2012

George Osborne’s 2012 Budget has called into question the Coalition’s commitment to older people and an ageing population, according to the National Pensioners Convention (NPC). Having lobbied the Government yesterday to support.....

Central Bedfordshire Council pick up procurement award for Extra Care services

20 Mar 2012

A Best Customer Engagement Initiative of the Year award has been presented to Central Bedfordshire Council, after the authority was successful in engaging external care providers to drive up standards within Extra Care and Sheltered.....

Fresh drive to lobby Parliament for a £10bn National Care Service

20 Mar 2012

The National Pensioners Convention (NPC) has today attempted to reignite the debate for a tax-funded ‘National Care Service’, with a rally planned at the House of Commons at 1pm that has the support of trade union Unison, together.....

Ten 'Centres of Excellence' for dementia care backed by Devon County Council

20 Mar 2012

Devon councillors have announced their support for the development of ten ‘Centres of Excellence’, which will specialise in looking after the needs of dementia sufferers, as part of an £11.2m investment. Altogether the new Centres.....

Community living helps tackle loneliness in older people, says Anchor

20 Mar 2012

Care home provider, Anchor, has highlighted the benefits of community living in the wake of the first summit on loneliness. The summit, which was hosted jointly by Minister of State for Care Services, Paul Burstow, and the Campaign.....

Leading nursing organisations say care home workers are not paid enough

19 Mar 2012

The Royal Nursing Homes Association (RNHA) has welcomed a call from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) for an increase in public funding for care home residents, ahead of Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget this week. The key concerns.....

B&M Care opens its second home

16 Mar 2012

B&M Care have successfully relocated thirty-eight residents to the purpose-built Montrose Care Home, in Watford. The new home replaces the former Tremona Care Home, now closed after thirty-two years of service. Despite an impressive.....

Care homes struggling to provide high quality care for complex conditions, warns Royal College of Nursing

14 Mar 2012

The Royal College of Nursing is concerned that care homes are struggling to provide high quality care for residents with complex medical needs. The RCN warns that severe shortages in funding, equipment and staff are exacerbating the.....

Community and partnership support enables new extra care development to be built in East Sussex

14 Mar 2012

A £3.9 million, 25 bedroom, extracare development is to be built in Ticehurst after a unique partnership from GB Building Solutions, Court Royal Developments and Tridos Bank. It has taken nearly 18 months of planning applications,.....

Westley Court care home wins gold award for end of life care

14 Mar 2012

Westley Court care home in Cookley near Kidderminster has won a national award for its gold standard of care and support for residents in their final days. The home in Austcliffe Lane achieved pass status as part of the Gold.....

Quality care achieved by valuing staff, say National Care Forum

14 Mar 2012

The National Care Forum has commissioned the Institute of Public Care to produce a series of three papers that will give an overview and practical examples from National Care Forum members on the distinctive contribution made by not-for-profit.....

New care home being built in Wetherby

13 Mar 2012

Construction work has started on a new nursing home in Wetherby. Completion of the new £6 million Hadrian Healthcare Group residential home is expected in January 2013. Jas Gill, managing director of Hadrian Healthcare.....

New manager for new Essex care home

13 Mar 2012

Colne View is a brand new care home in Halstead, Essex and Care UK has appointed Heather Choat as the manager The care home in Colchester Road will open in April and Care UK believes the home will offer residents the ultimate.....

Sanctuary chef aiming for finals of national care catering contest

12 Mar 2012

A Sanctuary Care chef is hoping to win the prestigious title - National Association of Care Catering’s Care Cook of the Year. The contest aims to raise the profile of care catering and is one of the longest standing independent.....

Telehealth and telecare could save NHS £1.2 billion, says Minister for Care Services

12 Mar 2012

At the recent international conference for telehealth and telecare, Minister of State for Care Services, Paul Burstow spoke of how the appropriate use of telehealth in the NHS could help people to live more independent lives and stay.....

Work starts on new care home in Chippenham

12 Mar 2012

MHA, a national charity providing accommodation, care and support services for 15,000 older people has started work on a new care home and housing complex with care, on the site of Chippenham’s golf club. The care home is planned.....

Stonehaven Care Group secures prestigious accreditation for care homes

09 Mar 2012

The prestigious ISO 9001 accreditation has been awarded to the Devon and Cornwall-based Stonehaven Care Group, whose seven residential homes were found to be compliant with recognised standards of staff professionalism. Although.....

Former Southern Cross care home to close

09 Mar 2012

An Oxfordshire care home formerly run by Southern Cross, is to close after its new owner said it is ‘not fit for purpose’. The Crown Care Home in Harwell will close within the next three months, according to Four Seasons, who took.....

Specialist dementia home from Colten Care ready to open in May

09 Mar 2012

South England care provider Colten Care are currently assembling the team that will carrying out care provision at latest development, St Catherine’s View, in Winchester. The fifty-six capacity nursing home has cost £8m and will.....