Care Home News
Book launched to improve care for deaf people with additional needs
16 Oct 2012
A mini book of ‘person centred thinking tools’ has been launched to improve the care and support of deaf people who have additional needs. Helen Sanderson Associates and the charity Action on Hearing Loss.....
New £13m care home to be built in Coombe, Kingston-upon-Thames
16 Oct 2012
A new, £13 million care home is to be built in Coombe, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey. The Signature Senior Lifestyle development will provide 92 suites with 24 of them being specially designed for dementia.....
MP David Blunkett tells care sector "money won't be available" to meet cost of reform
15 Oct 2012
The BBC will this evening broadcast an ‘Inside Out’ programme focusing on the problems the UK faces in financing care for older people, in which former cabinet secretary David Blunkett warns that a political solution is unlikely,.....
Alzheimer's Society supports Bupa toolkit helping loved ones discuss dementia
12 Oct 2012
Helping people to communicate with their friends and loved ones living with dementia is the purpose of a new Talking Toolkit launched by Bupa. The toolkit has been developed in response to research commissioned by Bupa and carried.....
Gateshead dementia unit to provide person-centred care and versatile lifestyles
12 Oct 2012
Carers of Armstrong House, Gateshead, will soon be able to practise their skills in expertly designed dementia suites, when doors to the care home’s new unit open next week. The suites are tailored towards independent living, helping.....
New Dundee care home welcomes first residents
12 Oct 2012
Scotland-based care home provider BCG celebrated the opening of their latest state-of-the-art accommodation earlier this week, at the opening of the £5m St Ronans Care Home in Dundee. A purpose-built care facility has the capacity.....
Six arrests made after investigation into abuse at Lancaster nursing home
11 Oct 2012
The Lancashire Constabulary yesterday confirmed the arrest of six care workers for alleged mistreatment and neglect of residents at Hillcroft Nursing Home, a thirty-six capacity accommodation located in Slyne-with-Hest, Lancaster. The.....
Aylesbury care home development and jobs boost announced by The Fremantle Trust
11 Oct 2012
Buckinghamshire-based charity and care home provider, The Fremantle Trust, have announced they are to collaborate with specialist care developer Castleoak and the CarePlaces Fund in order to build a state-of-the-art care facility in Stoke Mandeville,.....
Suffolk councillor looks to calm anxieties over care home closures
11 Oct 2012
Suffolk County Council has confirmed plans to replace sixteen existing residential homes, along with eight community well-being centres, with ten state-of-art care homes and well-being centres to be run by Care UK, one of the country’s.....
Recruitment drive announced for Harrogate dementia facility Vida Hall
10 Oct 2012
NHS partnership Vida Healthcare has announced a recruitment drive for a new residential care home currently being constructed in Harrogate, aiming to build up a team of 70 healthcare professionals by February to deliver a specialist.....
Government bids to become world-leader in dementia by showcasing UK's world-class research
10 Oct 2012
The UK’s world-leading research dementia facilities are being showcased today at an invite-only event for more than 150 global leaders from research, charities, biotech and pharmaceutical. The Government is bringing together.....
Social care funding cap "as soon as we are able", Jeremy Hunt tells conference
10 Oct 2012
It was the turn of the new Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to give his speech to the Conservative Party Conference yesterday, during which the minister did confirm his commitment to funding a cap on social care, but without giving any.....
NHS funding drive focuses on nursing and midwifery
09 Oct 2012
The Prime Minister and new Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt have announced £140m of funding to go towards improving the care standards of nursing and midwifery in the NHS. The funding will enable services to incorporate new technology.....
Charlie Dimmock impressed by Barchester care home gardens
09 Oct 2012
The UK’s fourth largest care home provider, Barchester Healthcare Ltd, have held their 2012 ‘Barchester in Bloom’ competition, holding an event at Birmingham Botanical Gardens where six winners were announced with the help of celebrity gardener Charlie.....
Carers in Wales are becoming better qualified
09 Oct 2012
The Care Council for Wales has called for the Welsh Government to support a new analysis of social care worker regulation, in partnership with care regulators and local authorities, in order to assemble a workforce fully prepared.....
Government plans to modernise NHS dentistry as dental pilot project is extended
09 Oct 2012
Spitting after brushing your teeth instead of rinsing, can help teeth to absorb fluoride from the toothpaste and protect your mouth from disease, is the key message being given by dentists as the Government announces it will extend.....
National Association of Care Catering proud to announce a new Patron
09 Oct 2012
Older people’s campaigner Baroness Sally Greengross OBE has been confirmed as the new Patron of the National Association of Care Catering (NACC), an announcement welcomed by the organisation’s supporters with Baroness Greengross already.....
Worcestershire to see "new generation of retirement homes"
08 Oct 2012
Building work has commenced on a new extra care housing site in Malvern, Worcestershire, which developer Festival Housing predicts will be the first of many in the region. Clarence Park Village will consist of 101 apartments and.....
New snack shop brings sound nutrition to care home's dementia residents
08 Oct 2012
A community dietician working at Longridge Hall care home, an Orchard Care Homes accommodation in Preston, has praised the implementation of a new ‘snack shop’ initiative that has so far seemed to answer all of the residents’ nutritional needs. Visiting.....
Survey to find out what workers think on "pension revolution"
05 Oct 2012
A national survey is under way to find out how British people feel regarding their pensions, announced today by the British Pension Survey who are poised to collate responses from UK workers and employees. Views are being gathered.....
York to be transformed into a "dementia-friendly city"
05 Oct 2012
Dedicated to inspiring social change, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation have announced plans to turn the city of York into the UK’s first ‘dementia-friendly city, as part of a pioneering project to help communities embrace an ageing.....
Care home vs home care
04 Oct 2012
Geoff Lane, chief executive, Regal Care Trading Ltd
CARE HOME “It is undoubtedly true that when we reach an age where we need additional help, the vast majority of people would wish to stay in their own home in familiar surroundings. In many instances this works well but the reality...
Lindsey Edgehill, marketing director, Helping HandsHOME CARE “Residential care homes are a crucial part of the UK’s elderly care portfolio and without them the country would not be able to adequately care for its elderly, but it’s important that families understand that alternatives........
Woman arrested over care home death on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence
03 Oct 2012
A woman has been arrested, on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence, over the death of Jean Halfpenny in May 2010 at Orchid View care home in Copthorne, Sussex. The 44-year-old woman from Tunbridge.....
Care homes to hold a national open day
03 Oct 2012
Care homes all over the UK are to hold a national care home open day. The idea behind the day, which will be on 21 June 2013, will be to encourage communities to visit their local care homes and to connect.....
Care sector in fear of u-turn on long-term care funding
02 Oct 2012
Recent weeks have seen an escalation of political uncertainty over long-term care funding, after the Coalition’s commitment to the financing of a solution was brought into doubt by none other than the former Care Services Minister.....
Barchester Healthcare continue to unveil new care homes in 20th year
02 Oct 2012
Luxury care home provider Barchester Healthcare Ltd celebrate their 20th Anniversary this year, after two decades of growth that have seen the company grow into the UK’s fourth largest care home portfolio, since opening their first accommodation.....
New learning resource pack to improve end of life care for people in extra care housing
02 Oct 2012
A new learning resource pack to help deliver end of life care for residents of extra care housing has been launched. The pack is to help those working in extra care housing to plan and deliver care and housing.....
A demographic revolution is transforming the world we live in, warns United Nations report
02 Oct 2012
The United Nations has called upon the global community to recognise an ageing population as one of the key challenges of the twenty-first century, with secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon calling upon developed nations to achieve a “society.....
Is older people's wealth being fairly utilised to pay for care?
01 Oct 2012
Dot Gibson, National Pensioners Convention, general secretary
YES “This idea that the country’s economy is struggling because an army of millionaire pensioners are joy riding with their free bus passes is absolute nonsense. The economic crisis is being used as an excuse to undermine the welfare...
Stephen Burke, United for All AgesNO: “The wealth held by many (but by no means all) older people should be the starting point to pay for care. It would also be intergenerationally fair compared to general taxation.
“As has been widely documented, the care system........
New Social Care Information Service to help women over 50 hit most by austerity measures
01 Oct 2012
The Labour Party has launched a new Social Care Information Service as part of the launch of a special older women’s commission to be chaired by MP Harriet Harman. The new service was announced by Yvette.....