Care Home News
Mental health guide launched to improve young people's mental health services
30 Oct 2014
The Mental Health Foundation and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation have launched a new guide on ‘How to commission better mental health and wellbeing services for young people.' The guide is part of a series of.....
Charity discloses 'unacceptable low' levels of spending on public mental health
29 Oct 2014
Mental health charity Mind has revealed that local councils spend what they consider to be an ‘unacceptable low’ amount on public mental health spending in England. It is the responsibility of local councils to prevent mental.....
New director appointed by The Mental Health Foundation
28 Oct 2014
The Mental Health Foundation has selected Isabella Goldie as its new director of delivery and development. Ms Goldie is a passionate advocate of human rights and equality for people with mental health problems and previously worked.....
Care home receives award for quality surroundings
28 Oct 2014
Bannview House in Banbridge has recently been awarded highly commended in the Northern Ireland Amenity Council’s Best Kept Awards. The Amore Care home, part of the Priory Group, was recognised in the 2014 Best Kept Residential.....
Incontinence pad improves dignity by sending text message to care worker when soiled
28 Oct 2014
A team of innovators have created a ‘smart diaper’ to improve the lives of older people who suffer with incontinence, which sends a text message alert to care workers when a soiled pad needs changing. The disposable.....
Dementia care home welcomes community into 'Tea for Two Bistro'
27 Oct 2014
Birch Green Care Home has been welcoming members of the public into the home to enjoy tea, coffee and cakes while spending time in the home’s new Bistro café. The dementia specialist care home, located in Skelmersdale in Lancashire,.....
Maritime care home receives sensory garden revamp
27 Oct 2014
A care home for seafarers in Banstead, has welcomed a team of volunteer gardeners to help revamp its grounds. The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society at Belvedere House invited 12 employees from Legal & General, a local financial.....
Cocoa may help to slow and even reverse age-related memory loss
27 Oct 2014
A small clinical trial has shown that a diet supplemented with cocoa flavanols– naturally occurring compounds found in cocoa beans – may help healthy older people improve their performance in cognitive tasks......
Care Workers Charity pays tribute to its patron Lynda Bellingham
27 Oct 2014
The charity for care workers has paid tribute to its patron and actress Lynda Bellingham, who recently died after a long battle with cancer. The 66-year-old, who died on 19 October, was a popular presenter.....
Giant of social care says investing in staff is key to a successful business
23 Oct 2014
Social care expert, Mike Parsons, founder and former chief executive of Barchester Healthcare has cited investing in his staff as one of the key reasons for his success. Mr Parsons recently acted as keynote speaker during a meeting.....
Older people share life stories with children to bridge generation gap
23 Oct 2014
Opportunities for children to spend time with older people and learn about their life stories are being created as part of a new initiative launched by Anchor. Anchor has launched its ‘life histories’ initiative after the charity.....
Paying GPs £55 for diagnosing dementia could lead to 'over-medicalisation' of patients
22 Oct 2014
The Royal College of General Practitioners has warned that paying GPs £55 every time they diagnose someone with dementia, could lead to “inappropriate actions being taken” and “over-medicalisation” of patients. NHS.....
Angela Rippon crowns winners of Anchor’s Strictly Dancing 2014 competition
21 Oct 2014
TV legend and former Come Dancing host, Angela Rippon, returned to the dance floor to judge the dance moves of the 14 finalists of Anchor’s Strictly Dancing 2014. Run by care home provider Anchor, the competition.....
Alzheimer’s Society pays tribute to Lynda Bellingham’s charity work
21 Oct 2014
Actress and presenter Lynda Bellingham, who had cancer, has died aged 66. Best known for her work in All Creatures Great and Small as well as a long running role in the Oxo TV adverts and on the panel of ITV’s Loose Women, she was.....
Nearly 200,000 people struggle to find the true value of wills
21 Oct 2014
More than 175,000 people find it difficult to track down all assets listed in the wills of loved ones, according to research conducted by Willsandassets.co.uk. The nationwide survey found 31 per cent of people who have lost loved.....
Police release e-fit of intruder who stabbed and punched care home worker
21 Oct 2014
Police have released an e-fit of an intruder who forced his way into a care home and stabbed a care home worker in the arm. The stabbing happened at 6.15am on Saturday 18 October at The Beeches care home.....
Care product retailer offers free prevention of infection posters
21 Oct 2014
As part of International Infection Prevention Week, which this year runs from 19 to 25 October, a care products’ retailer has produced some free downloadable posters for use in care homes to spread the message that everyone plays.....
Brave firewalkers to walk barefoot on hot coals for Care Workers Charity
20 Oct 2014
A group of people working in the care and healthcare property sector, will be hot-footing it over burning coals at a fundraising event, in a bid to raise over £4,000 for the charity which supports care workers. The.....
No excuses for bad care despite challenging times, states CQC
17 Oct 2014
Care Quality Commission (CQC) chief executive David Behan has committed the regulator to ‘calling time on unacceptable inadequate care’, pointing out that many financially challenged organisations have nevertheless achieved good or.....
Woman from Little Chalfont bakes her way to London Marathon for Leonard Cheshire Disability charity
16 Oct 2014
A woman from Little Chalfont is preparing to run the Virgin Money London Marathon for the first time fundraising for the Leonard Cheshire Disability charity. Alexandra Wilson-Jones, 29, will be one of 30,000 runners on 26 April.....
Mental health waiting time standards set to bring treatments in line with physical health
16 Oct 2014
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has officially outlined the first ever NHS waiting time standards for mental health conditions, bringing psychosis standards in line with consultations targets for cancer patients. Patients.....
Cost of dying rises seven times faster than the cost of living
16 Oct 2014
Funeral costs, researched by financial services experts SunLife and recorded in the company’s annual Cost of Dying report, show that the costs loved ones face at a time of loss continue to grow and with no sign of slowing down. In.....
Disability charities call Lord Freud 'not worth the full wage' comments 'offensive and outdated'
16 Oct 2014
Welfare Reform Minister Lord Freud has issued an official apology, after receiving substantial criticism about his comments that some disabled people are 'not worthy' of being paid the minimum wage, calling his.....
Sanctuary Care home manager shortlisted in National Dementia Care Awards 2014
16 Oct 2014
Sanctuary Care home manager, Anita Fletcher of Heathlands Residential Care Home in Pershore, has been shortlisted for the Best Dementia Care Manager award at the National Dementia Care Awards 2014. In addition to Ms Fletchers’.....
Cabinet to become 'Dementia Friends'
15 Oct 2014
All Cabinet ministers are to join Prime Minister David Cameron in becoming Dementia Friends. Mr Cameron told BBC Radio Oxford that the whole of the Cabinet has made a pledge to join the initiative. Jeremy.....
The National Care Forum appoints David Coull as chair
15 Oct 2014
David Coull, chief executive of Coverage Care Services, has become the new chair of the National Care Forum (NCF). Mr Coull took over from Gerald Lee, chief executive of St Monica Trust at the National Care Forum annual meeting.....
NICE calls for care homes to empower residents to manage their own medication
14 Oct 2014
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has called for care homes across England to empower and support residents to make decisions about their own medicines. The institute has developed.....
Positive thinking plays a crucial role in self-healing, says ex-breast cancer patient
14 Oct 2014
Breast cancer survivor Tessa Guy is challenging care programmes that advise patients to rest rather than seek physical activity, in support of a Macmillan study that reached the same conclusions. The study.....
Quality, not quantity, of support can minimise loneliness in people with sight loss
13 Oct 2014
Despite being more common among people with sight loss, loneliness is not inevitable, national charity the Thomas Pocklington Trust has found. Looking into research on loneliness in people with sight loss, the charity found services.....
Patchy care puts people living with dementia at risk, says CQC
13 Oct 2014
A major review of dementia care carried out by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) says the unacceptable gap in the quality of care means it is likely that many people living with dementia will experience poor care as they move between.....