Care Home News
Virtual world reunites nursery children and care home residents
30 Mar 2020
Children at nurseries across the country have been getting online sharing stories and jokes with care home residents to make them feel connected with the outside world, during the coronavirus pandemic. Nursery.....
Care home singer performs in garden for residents under lockdown
30 Mar 2020
A care home entertainer has managed to keep performing for residents under lockdown by setting up his guitar and amp in the garden, with one resident saying “it was such a lovely thing to do in these difficult times”. Andrew.....
World's oldest living man shares 112th birthday with UK's oldest woman
30 Mar 2020
Bob Weighton, the oldest man on the planet celebrated his 112th birthday on 29 March – on the same day the UK’s oldest woman Joan Hocquard turned 112-years-old. Bob Weighton celebrated his impressive age.....
Charity launches £1m fundraising appeal to help care workers forced to self-isolate
26 Mar 2020
The public are being urged to show their thanks to care workers across Britain by donating to an emergency fund for those battling to keep the elderly, disabled and others with multiple health conditions safe from the coronavirus. At.....
Coronavirus: PM promises PPE for all care workers 'by the end of this week'
26 Mar 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised personal protective equipment (PPE) will arrive for every care worker in Britain's care homes by the end of this week. Boris Johnson made the game-changing promise.....
MP goes back to care work to help tackle coronavirus
25 Mar 2020
Britain’s youngest MP Nadia Whittome has returned to her former job as a care worker to help the care sector on the frontline dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. The 23 year-old Labour MP for Nottingham.....
Free software for care homes to encourage remote working during coronavirus pandemic
25 Mar 2020
Care homes in the UK are being offered free software to help their head office staff access resident and staff records remotely in reaction to the government requirements during the coronavirus pandemic. This.....
Social care and NHS get £2.9bn to free up 15,000 hospital beds for coronavirus
20 Mar 2020
Health secretary Matt Hancock has announced £2.9bn will be spent on helping patients not requiring urgent hospital treatment to return home with “the right support” in a bid to free up at least 15,000 beds to treat those with the.....
Care workers among 'key workers' whose children can stay in school during coronavirus pandemic
20 Mar 2020
Adult social care sector workers have been included in the government’s ‘keyworker list’ effectively allowing their children to stay in school so that they can keep caring for people during the coronavirus pandemic......
EXCLUSIVE: Coronavirus protection shortages: Government says care sector will get face masks
18 Mar 2020
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has said every care provider will start receiving facemasks from today, after care providers reported shortages of hand sanitiser, masks, aprons and gloves, putting lives at risk during.....
Coronavirus pandemic sees care provider urge all with experience to come forward and care
18 Mar 2020
Care provider Right At Home (Nottingham) is calling on anyone with experience in the care sector or those with ‘life experience’ in caring for a loved one to contact their local care organisations to offer help. The.....
Coronavirus prompts care watchdog to stop all routine inspections
16 Mar 2020
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has stopped all routine inspections of care homes, home care providers and other care settings in England from today (16 March), in response to the coronavirus outbreak. In.....
'Outstanding' Bristol care home hosts party for same sex wedding
16 Mar 2020
A care home run by the St Monica Trust has been rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission and praised for being like ‘one big family’ where everybody is ‘respected and treated equally’. This approach.....
Loved up care home couple say 'you're never guaranteed tomorrow so make every day count'
16 Mar 2020
“You are never guaranteed tomorrow so you must make every day count” – that’s the message from Peter and Alice Burton, who have celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary in their care home. Loved up couple.....
Coronavirus could see over 70s in lockdown and care providers sharing workforce
16 Mar 2020
Health secretary Matt Hancock has said over-70s will be told within weeks to stay at home for up to four months, while the NHS will work with care homes and home care providers on contingency plans which could see providers sharing.....
Three care homes in UK in 'lockdown' - member of staff latest to test positive for coronavirus
12 Mar 2020
Three care homes based in Northamptonshire, Hampshire and Staffordshire are closed to visitors after three people including a member of staff tested positive for coronavirus. The member of staff who works.....
Budget 2020: Chancellor dodges tackling 'big issue' of social care
11 Mar 2020
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a £5bn emergency fund for the NHS, in response to the coronavirus outbreak but said the “big issues” such as social care will be tackled “over the next few months”. The.....
Care workers get WHO tips to limit mental health impact of coronavirus
11 Mar 2020
With the coronavirus raising the global population's stress levels, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has published advice on how care workers can look after the mental health of those they care for as well as themselves. The.....
Coronavirus: Care home providers ask families to 'minimise' visits
10 Mar 2020
The UK's largest care home providers are asking families and friends to 'minimise' visits to residents and to 'stop non-essential visits' till further notice, in a bid to prevent coronavirus spreading to care homes. Barchester.....
Care home resident aged 95 becomes one of UK's oldest skydivers
10 Mar 2020
A care home resident aged 95 became one of the UK’s oldest skydivers, when he leaped 15,000 feet out of a plane, saying ‘I don’t get nervous’. Keith Stevens, who lives at Silvermere Care Home in Cobham, Surrey, was joined in his.....
Social care inquiry into funding gap launched by Jeremy Hunt
10 Mar 2020
An inquiry into the social care funding gap will be opened by the Health and Social Care Committee. Chaired by former Health and Social Care Secretary Jeremy Hunt, the committee will look into how much.....
Health secretary Matt Hancock asks MPs for cross-party talks on social care
09 Mar 2020
MPs and peers have been asked to come up with ideas for a cross-party consensus on social care reform, in a letter from the Health and Social Care Secretary but Labour says the talks will be ’’no help to a system in crisis”. Health.....
Coronavirus' first UK fatality aged over 70 but CMO warns against isolating old 'from society'
06 Mar 2020
England's Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Professor Chris Whitty has warned against isolating elderly "from society", on the day a woman in her 70s became the first person in the UK to die of the coronavirus. An.....
Despite dementia and hip surgery, 80-year-old care home resident returns to the Alps to ski
06 Mar 2020
Despite having major hip surgery and diagnosed with dementia, an 80-year-old resident at Sunrise of Westbourne, has been skiing with her family for a second year running. Last year Jean Bayley wrote to Sunrise.....
CQC chief urges social care staff to have 'open culture' when talking 'sex and sexuality'
05 Mar 2020
The chief inspector of adult social care for the Care Quality Commission is ‘urging’ all sector managers and staff to develop a culture where all people feel empowered to talk about sexuality. Speaking at.....
Care minister Helen Whately says care jobs can 'work around' your life
04 Mar 2020
The Minister for Care Helen Whately has said that even though time is precious for people with family commitments, “a job in social care can work around you and your life”. The minister was speaking to raise.....
Fat-shaming is harmful and hinders fight against obesity says WHO
04 Mar 2020
Obesity rates have almost tripled since 1975, says the World Health Organisation (WHO), which is calling for an end to the blame and shame culture dubbed ‘fat-shaming’, because it fails to tackle obesity and creates physical and.....
Loose Women call WHO chief 'discriminatory' for urging coronavirus curfew for over 60s
02 Mar 2020
The World Health Organisation (WHO)'s chief has said everyone aged 60+ should stay away from crowded areas and isolate themselves to avoid catching the coronavirus - sparking outrage, particularly amongst older presenters of ITV's.....