31 May 2012
Brunel University is holding a free one day training event giving advice to health professionals on how to tackle incontinence in older people. The training day is being held on Wednesday 13 June by TACT3, the UK’s largest collaborative.....
31 May 2012
Hallmark Care Homes marked Dementia Awareness Week by launching their first care home specialising solely in dementia care. Admiral Court in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, was officially opened by Mayor of Southend on Sea, Sally Carr. Sharon.....
31 May 2012
Hospices are to get £60m of Government funding to improve the quality of care for people at the end of their lives. The funding – which is available to all adult and children’s hospices in England – will help improve care for patients.....
30 May 2012
Dementia care homes in Cumbria will be able to apply for grants from their local authority in order to secure essential refurbishments, necessary in bringing facilities up-to-date with current regulations, as well as help in staff.....
30 May 2012
Roman Ridge extra care scheme in Sheffield received a silver award from the Elderly Accommodation Council at an awards ceremony in London this week. The Sanctuary team who work at the extra care scheme in Lavender Way, had.....
29 May 2012
Residents of Sunrise Senior Living of Virginia Water were treated to a visit by entertainment legend Sir Bruce Forsyth last weekend, as the accommodation marked its tenth anniversary in some style. The Strictly Come Dancing presenter,.....
29 May 2012
The Nursing and Care Quality Forum has written a letter to the prime minister and its initial recommendations have been published. The independent forum made up of a range of experts on nursing and care quality who work to.....
29 May 2012
Much of the money for the social care system can be sourced from the £140 billion of state funding that is already spent on older people, according to a new report from the health care think tank Nuffield Trust. Their report.....
28 May 2012
Fashion icon, Gok Wan has personally customised a T-shirt and donated it to Alzheimer’s Society to auction. The T-shirt, from boutique fashion brand, Rare has been redesigned and totally customised by Gok, following the theme.....
28 May 2012
The Chelsea FC Foundation is helping raising money for the Alzheimer’s Society, by donating a signed football, which is being auctioned off on eBay. Simon Taylor, head of the Chelsea FC Foundation said: “The Chelsea FC Foundation.....
28 May 2012
A report to improve and develop support services for people living with and caring for people with dementia in Carmarthenshire has been presented to the area's Health and Social Care Board. The report was developed by Carmarthenshire’s.....
28 May 2012
The amount of older people who owe money has “risen sharply” over the last year and nearly one fifth (19 per cent) of those in debt are concerned about the money they owe, suggests a survey. The research conducted on behalf.....
28 May 2012
Life got better for nearly half of the residents when Birmingham City Council closed 14 of its care homes, according to a new study. The closures attracted a lot of opposition when it was announced in 2004, that the council wanted.....
28 May 2012
A manager at the Greensleeves Homes Trust has been named care home manager of the year for giving residents “voice, choice and control”. Asvinta Thakkar won the award at the Great British Care Awards for her dedication and management.....
28 May 2012
Police are hunting for a man who sexually assaulted an elderly woman in a care home in the Milton Keynes area. The assault happened in September 2010 when the 70-year-old woman was being washed. She did not report the assault.....
25 May 2012
Sefton Care Association has been told, “there is no money” to pay for the shortfall and backdating of care fees that were frozen by Sefton Council, in contravention of a High Court ruling that says, “no money is not an excuse”. Members.....
25 May 2012
Older people are not impressed with the coalition government’s approach to health and social care, according to new research from older people’s housing and care charity, Anchor. Their research found that •.....
25 May 2012
The Prime Minister has met with one of the three dementia-friendly champion groups set up to meet the Government’s ‘Dementia Challenge’. The groups are committed to driving major improvements in dementia care practice and research.....
25 May 2012
Research from age positive charity WRVS has found the UK to be performing poorly compared to EU countries on the experience on ageing. The report ‘Ageing across Europe’ finds that loneliness and isolation amongst older people.....
24 May 2012
Families across England may be paying councils millions of pounds for care home places according to a charity. Independent Age, an older people’s charity is concerned that thousands of families in England have to “top up” their.....
24 May 2012
Radical changes are needed to transform pharmaceutical care in care homes, says a new report. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Scotland report calls for: • Dedicated roles for pharmacists that are integrated with those.....
23 May 2012
A Cheltenham care home had to be evacuated by quick thinking care workers after a drama involving the bomb squad, the police and the deployment of a robot detecting machine. On Friday 18 May, explosives were discovered in Up.....
23 May 2012
The sixth Barchester care awards celebrated winners from 12 categories at an evening award ceremony at the Hyatt Regency, Birmingham. This year there were more than 550 entries from care homes across the UK and Ireland, as.....
23 May 2012
Over 100 professionals attended an event to celebrate the work of providers of retirement and sheltered housing at Legal and General’s London Office on 21 May. The event was held by the Elderly Accommodation Counsel (EAC).....
22 May 2012
A leading charity that campaigns against the abuse of vulnerable adults has revealed that 200 practitioners have joined a new support network that was only established four weeks ago. Action on Elder Abuse aims to prevent.....
22 May 2012
Silversprings Residential Care Home near Brightlingsea, Essex is to be taken over by Care UK. Voted the Residential Care Provider of the Year in 2011, Care UK has made the announcement that it is taking over the management.....
22 May 2012
A specialist dementia wing has been added to an eighteenth century care home building, acquired by the Magdalen and Lasher Charity in 1981. Old Hastings House in Hastings, East Sussex has a new extension linked to the existing.....
21 May 2012
Planning permission has been granted for a £13m extra care scheme by South Staffordshire Council. Silverdene will consist of 82 purpose-built apartments that will support a more independent lifestyle for adults over 55 with care needs. Construction.....
21 May 2012
Northern Ireland’s care regulator, the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA), has written to carehome.co.uk to highlight the qualities of the procedures and practices the organisation follows when regulating care provision,.....
21 May 2012
It’s Dementia Awareness Week, (20th – 26th May) and Alzheimer’s Society has announced actress Carey Mulligan as their newest ambassador. The Bafta-winning actress has chosen to support Alzheimer’s Society as her grandmother.....