Care Home News
Manchester bomb attack: Social care student Gina 'always had big hugs for everyone'
30 May 2017
Eighteen-year-old Georgina Callander, was one of the 22 people killed in a bomb attack at Ariana Grande’s concert in Manchester, but she had spent her short life determined not only to meet the US singer but to pursue a career caring.....
Music and dementia: 'When we talk to Mum about the choir her eyes light up'
30 May 2017
The daughters of a care home resident with dementia have revealed how her face ‘fills with joy’ when she sings, with her eyes ‘lighting up’ when they talk to her about the care home choir she is in. Sanctuary.....
Voters with learning difficulties 'last to be listened to but most affected by legislation'
26 May 2017
Over a million potential voters with learning difficulties and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are at potential risk of being excluded from the voting process of the upcoming General Election on 8 June 2017......
Care homes share Forget-Me-Nots and champagne to remember past residents
26 May 2017
Loved ones who have died in the past year in care homes across the South were remembered with poetry, Forget-Me-Nots ...and champagne in a ‘Celebration of Life’ day that attracted family members. Dozens.....
Growing number of care homes using personalised playlists to reduce use of anti-psychotic drugs
26 May 2017
A growing number of care homes are creating personalized music playlists after research showed people with dementia who listened to music tailored to their tastes and memories, needed less anti-anxiety and anti-psychotic medication. The.....
Over 65s with care needs to rise by a quarter by 2025
24 May 2017
The number of people over the age of 65 who will need care could rise by 25 per cent to 2.8m by 2025 in England and Wales, resulting in more people with disabilities such as dementia. According to research.....
Care home residents who 'accidentally found love' become Britain's oldest newlyweds
24 May 2017
With a combined age of 165, Peter Barratts and Nancy Evans recently tied the knot in their hometown of Chard, Somerset, making them Britain’s oldest newlyweds. The 82-year-old former engineer and his now.....
'Weak and wobbly' Theresa May makes social care cap U-turn
22 May 2017
Prime Minister Theresa May, has announced the public will be given the chance to have ‘an absolute limit’ on what they must pay for their social care costs, in a https://www.carehome.co.uk/news/article.cfm/id/1584507/Theresa-May-denies-elderly-social-care-cap|Conservative.....
Gold Care Homes sells 18 care homes in £90m deal and leases them back
19 May 2017
Gold Care Homes has sold 18 of its 21 care homes, in a leaseback deal, to an overseas real estate investor. Gold Care Homes was set up in 1999 by the Gidar brothers, who are both qualified pharmacists and.....
Nurses with dementia 'may forget' to give patients medication
19 May 2017
In the wake of the Royal College of Nursing calling for nurses with dementia to be allowed to carry on working, an expert on dementia has voiced concerns that a nurse with dementia may forget to give patients their medication. The.....
Tories reject social care cap but promise older voters wealth threshold hike
18 May 2017
Older people will not receive a cap on their social care costs from Conservative leader Theresa May but her manifesto promises that those with as much as £100,000 in savings and assets will no longer be required to pay for their social.....
Elderly with dementia benefit from Japanese chair gymnastics
17 May 2017
If you thought rubbing your stomach and patting your head at the same time was a mindless game for kids, think again, as the country’s care homes look to embrace a Japanese import that sees chair-based gymnastics benefit people with.....
Dolly Parton tops residents' playlists at 'outstanding' care home
15 May 2017
Dolly Parton and Frank Sinatra are firm favourites of residents at an ‘outstanding’ care home in Wimbledon, where each resident has their own personalised playlist to listen to on an ipod or ipad. Other popular.....
Ex-soldier with dementia cycles 934 miles in 'fightback' for family
15 May 2017
Forty-one-year-old Chris Graham has Alzheimer’s but is wasting no time in cycling the length of Britain to raise money for research into a disease that has killed his father at 42, grandfather at 46, aunt at 38 and cousin at 41. Chris.....
Residents forced to move after mice infestation shuts care home
12 May 2017
A nursing home has been shut down by health inspectors after it was found to be infested with mice. Some 42 residents with conditions including dementia, manic depression and schizophrenia are currently.....
Autistic women diagnosed late in life: Appearing 'normal' on an 'uneven playing field'
12 May 2017
Many women with Autism are not diagnosed with the condition until they reach middle age, leaving them wondering what is ‘wrong with them’. Boys are still five times more likely to be diagnosed with Autism.....
Jeremy Corbyn's manifesto promises £8bn for social care and new 'National Care Service'
11 May 2017
The Labour Party will create a National Care Service providing 'care for all' and give £8bn for social care, a leaked election manifesto reveals. £8bn for social care If elected to.....
Judge: 'inhumane' to split up couples and send one to care home
10 May 2017
Sir James Munby, the head of the family court, has called the act of separating older couples by sending one to a care home ‘shocking’ and ‘inhumane’. Speaking to an audience of local authority adult social.....
Norman Lamb calls decision to prosecute over Connor Sparrowhawk’s death 'better late than never'
10 May 2017
MP Norman Lamb has welcomed the decision by the Health and Safety Executive to prosecute Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust over the death of Connor Sparrowhawk, saying it has “taken far too long” but is “better late than never”. Connor,.....
Care homes urged to sign pledge to stop over-medicating people with learning disabilities
09 May 2017
Care homes are being urged to sign up to the STOMP pledge (STopping the Over-Medication of People with a learning disability, Autism or both) in a drive to stop the over-reliance on antipsychotic and antidepressant medications to.....
Should residents be allowed to smoke in care homes?
09 May 2017
Lynne Rourke, care home manager, Southwood Lodge Reside Care Home in Bournemouth
No
It is up to care homes whether they allow their residents to smoke, with residential settings currently exempt from smoke-free legislation.
However, with a number of recent fires being caused by residents smoking, it is...
Frank Ursell, care home manager and chief executive, Registered Nursing Home AssociationYes
A care home is a resident’s home and we should respect that and allow them to have the same rights as they would have at home. Care homes need to ensure residents are safe but still allow them to smoke.
Frank Ursell argues........
Theresa May considers lifetime cap on social care to win votes
08 May 2017
Prime Minister Theresa May is looking to resurrect David Cameron’s ditched pledge to introduce a limit on the amount older people pay for social care. As she draws up the Conservative’s manifesto for the.....
Record rise in number of care homes going bust
05 May 2017
No less than 75 care home businesses failed last year and 421 have gone bust since 2010, according to Government figures. Analysts at the consultancy firm FRP Advisory have been crunching numbers released.....
Care home fires: Should residents smoke if it risks lives?
03 May 2017
No less than 120 care homes caught fire accidentally in London in 2016, causing London Fire Brigade to change its view last October from recommending smoking take place on premises ‘as safely as possible’ to no smoking at all. So.....
Care home group tackles loneliness with 'don't dine alone' evenings
02 May 2017
Barchester Healthcare group is tackling loneliness by introducing a regular ‘don’t dine alone’ evening, providing companionship for those living at their residential homes, as well as those living within the community at large. Over.....