Care Home News
'Alarming shortage' of specialist consultants and nurses hindering stroke rehabilitation and aftercare
29 Nov 2016
Health experts are calling for an improvement in stroke rehabilitation services following an official audit of stroke services commissioned by the NHS. Around 9,000 patients a year could be missing out on.....
PM backs '1 Million Minutes' campaign to befriend lonely older people this Christmas
29 Nov 2016
Prime Minister Theresa May has backed Good Morning Britain’s '1 Million Minutes' campaign, asking people to pledge just 30 minutes of their time to help a lonely older person this Christmas. Launched in.....
Scottish care home uses pioneering light therapy to treat skin conditions
28 Nov 2016
A care home in Scotland has successfully trialled light therapy to treat residents with skin conditions and now plans to use it on a permanent basis. Marchglen Care Centre in Clackmannshire has been using.....
Football mascot becomes Dementia Friend in partnership with Alzheimer's Society
28 Nov 2016
Hartlepool United has taken steps towards becoming a dementia friendly club by training its mascot, H’Angus the Monkey, as a Dementia Friend. Together with full-time staff at the League Two outfit, H’Angus.....
Alzheimer's charity awarded £172,000 grant for 'promising' research
25 Nov 2016
The Denise Coates Foundation has donated a generous £172,000 to Alzheimer’s Research UK to fund two dementia research projects. The grant will be used to fund two three-year PhD research scholarships at the.....
Songwriter of chart-topping charity single misses his mum who had dementia 'most at Christmas'
25 Nov 2016
Songwriter Alan Stott has teamed up with Birmingham Conservatoire to join the race for the Christmas number one, with a jazz version of ‘What are we gonna do for Christmas?’ in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society. The.....
Care homes join Mannequin challenge craze
25 Nov 2016
Chelsea pensioners' success in staying still like statues in their Royal Hospital Chelsea home has led to other care homes getting in on the act, by posting videos of residents doing the Mannequin Challenge. Move.....
Government to scrap 'bureaucratic nightmare' of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard coroner inquests
24 Nov 2016
Coroners will no longer be required to carry out inquests for anyone who dies while under Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), under an amendment to the Policing and Crime Bill. The Government has ruled.....
Animation urging care homes to offer nutritious vegan and vegetarian food shortlisted for film award
24 Nov 2016
An animation, which highlights how important it is to respect the beliefs of older vegans and vegetarians, has been shortlisted by the Charity Film Awards. The animation which was created by Vegetarian for Life (VfL).....
Autumn Statement: Job losses from wage rise puts social care in 'NAM' not 'JAM'
23 Nov 2016
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Autumn Statement tried to 'absolutely ignore’ social care but seemed to deal the sector a body blow anyway with a rise in the minimum wage expected to bring job losses. Instead.....
Anti-dementia drugs: People taking memantine have highest risk of pneumonia
23 Nov 2016
Memantine has been singled out as the riskiest drug, in a study which looked at which anti-dementia drugs put people most of risk of getting pneumonia. The research by the University of Eastern Finland found.....
'Sorry' says care home owner after secret Panorama film reveals 'inhumane' care
22 Nov 2016
Care provider the Morleigh Group, which became the focus of a BBC Panorama documentary revealing 'inhumane' care in two of its nursing homes in Cornwall, has apologised 'unreservedly'. Broadcast on BBC One on 21.....
'Cruel' care workers who tortured residents' dementia dolls have been jailed
22 Nov 2016
Two care workers, who posted video clips online of them torturing residents’ dementia dolls, have been jailed by a judge who called them ‘cruel’ for treating residents as ‘playthings’. Shauna Higgin, 20,.....
Four out of five local authorities admit social care shortages
21 Nov 2016
Four out of five UK local authorities admit there is a care shortage for older people in their area, new research reveals. The Family and Childcare Trust’s (FACT) Older People’s Care survey 2016, (published.....
Chancellor Hammond urged to introduce social care vouchers
21 Nov 2016
Chancellor Philip Hammond is being urged to use Wednesday's Autumn Statement to help the public prepare for their social care costs and introduce 'eldercare' vouchers. Speaking on Radio 4's Today programme,.....
Hillary Clinton's done it, now watch Chelsea Pensioners do the Mannequin Challenge
18 Nov 2016
In her bid to become President of the United States, Hillary Clinton took the Mannequin Challenge to try to outdo Donald Trump but now Britain’s Chelsea Pensioners have been caught on film playing this game of statues. The.....
MP Norman Lamb warns Brexit may exacerbate social care workforce crisis if UK 'clamps down' on immigration
18 Nov 2016
Liberal Democrat spokesperson for health, Norman Lamb, has spoken of fears for the social care sector which depends ‘very substantially’ on EU workers. The pressures facing the health and social care systems.....
Rallying cry for MPs to 'Save social care tonight' gets 279 'noes'
17 Nov 2016
An opposition-led debate proposing a motion to bring forward social care funding for 2019-20 to treat the sector’s funding crisis, has been defeated with 279 'noes' and only 200 ‘ayes’. Speaking on 16 November,.....
Prince Charles: 'Having reached this age I understand' what caring for elderly is 'all about'
17 Nov 2016
Prince Charles, who has just celebrated his 68th birthday, hosted a reception at St James's Palace for care home provider, Abbeyfield Society, saying "having reached the age I have, I begin to understand exactly" what caring for the.....
Sea Hero Quest: The smartphone game helping to fight dementia
17 Nov 2016
Sea Hero Quest is the mobile phone game that allows its users to help contribute to dementia research each time it is played, and has become the biggest dementia study in history. Since the game launched in May, more than 2.4m.....
Helen McArdle Care group unveils its 19th care home
16 Nov 2016
Care group Helen McArdle Care is unveiling its nineteenth care home to the public on 20 November. The group’s new £6m care home, Fleming Court in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne, will provide residential, dementia.....
What if Santa forgot Christmas? Poignant animation shows dementia doesn't discriminate
16 Nov 2016
What would Christmas be like if Santa had dementia? Alzheimer’s Research UK has joined forces with Aardman Animations to show that dementia doesn't discriminate in a moving animation called ‘Santa Forgot’. Narrated.....
Living Wage costs put care homes under 'considerable financial strain'
15 Nov 2016
Around one in eight care homes are at increasing risk of going insolvent within the next three years, according to accountancy firm Moore Stephens. Research suggests that care homes in the UK have been under.....
Pudsey Bear visits care home to launch Children in Need campaign
15 Nov 2016
BBC Children in Need launched its fundraising campaign ‘Do your thing’ on 5 October and urged people across the country to channel their passions and hobbies to help change the lives of disadvantaged children and young people across.....
'Devoted' care home couple celebrate tying the knot on Armistice Day in WWII
14 Nov 2016
War veteran Dennis Collins, aged 94, proudly wore his medals in bed on Armistice Day as he celebrated his 72nd wedding anniversary with his wife Doris, 92, at their care home. Doris Collins met Dennis when.....
Dementia overtakes heart disease as leading cause of death in England
14 Nov 2016
Dementia is now the biggest killer in England and Wales, according to figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), having replaced heart disease as the leading cause of death. Some 61,686 people.....
Positive Spin: Enabling people with dementia to feel 'free and happy' by cycling
14 Nov 2016
Positive Spin has a range of all-ability trikes as well as regular bikes, with the aim of Cycle Training UK's project to offer a fun and sociable activity that has the potential to enhance health and well-being in people living with.....
Care home residents go vegan and discover it is far more than mung beans and lentils
11 Nov 2016
Residents at a Barchester care home ditched meat and dairy for the day and instead ate only plant-based food, embracing the growing trend for veganism. Over the past decade, ethics and the desire for a.....
Probiotics found in yoghurt may 'benefit cognition' in people with Alzheimer's disease
11 Nov 2016
Probiotics found in yoghurt and supplements could help improve memory and cognition in people with Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests. A small clinical trial of 52 participants revealed that people.....
Virtual reality helps transport Chelsea Pensioner back to town he liberated in WWII
11 Nov 2016
A Chelsea Pensioner has become the first World War Two veteran to use Virtual Reality to revisit a town that he helped liberate 72 years ago. The virtual reality video was specially created for 91-year-old.....