Care Home News
Sensory art helps adults to live with dementia
13 Oct 2014
Clients of community village have been supported in getting creative thanks to a Five Senses workshop, led by local artist Christina Milarvie Quarrell. The care village, which has recently opened, wants to help.....
GP practices to receive rating for first time ever
10 Oct 2014
GP practices services and out of hours services in England will be given a rating as part of the new style inspections being carried out by the Care Quality Commission. Around 8,000 practices will now be inspected and rated as.....
'Nobody can know what it is like to live with young onset dementia. It is bloody awful'
09 Oct 2014
Young onset dementia has always had very little publicity compared to the high-profile exposure that dementia gets. However this is gradually starting to change and the recent news that AC/DC guitarist Malcolm.....
CQC promises new inspection results will be 'jargon-free and reliable'
07 Oct 2014
This month sees England’s care regulatory body, the Care Quality Commission (CQC), begin new methods of inspection and regulation that are aimed at providing service users with clear information that will inform their choice-making. Specialist.....
The rise of catering standards in care homes
07 Oct 2014
In the past care homes were not known for their culinary delights. But in recent years – aided perhaps by the sharp investigative light cast over care standards as a whole and a growing knowledge about nutrition and hydration in particular.....
Exercise is key to 'changing the care sector' says provider of exercise therapy in care homes
07 Oct 2014
Care homes, in which visitors can see a wide range of physical activities and interests being undertaken, are the best medicine for diluting the sector’s negative public image, according to Ben Allen, the founder and chief executive.....
Task force set up to tackle nurse shortage in Welsh care homes
07 Oct 2014
A joint task force of representatives from the NHS and independent care providers is being set up to find an answer to the chronic shortage of qualified nurses in Welsh care homes. This major initiative.....
Government launches £1m fund to support people at the end of life
02 Oct 2014
The Cabinet Office’s Centre for Social Action has launched a £1m fund to spend on social action projects that will provide compassionate support for people at the end of life. Organisations with the skills.....
Stressed and neurotic women at increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease
02 Oct 2014
Middle-aged women who have certain personality traits such as introversion and neuroticism, may be at increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research. The study published in Neurology online.....
CQC spells out what care home and home care providers must do to be rated 'outstanding'
01 Oct 2014
The Care Quality Commission has set out what care home and home care providers need to do to achieve the rating of ‘outstanding’, in its new ratings system. From this month, CQC (Care Quality Commission).....
Prime minister’s seven day GP promise could lead to greater pressure on NHS
01 Oct 2014
Fears over the practicality of David Cameron’s promise to ensure GPs become available seven days a week by 2020 has been expressed by research provider Nuffield Trust. The Prime Minister has also promised to extend GP opening.....
Should care homes have CCTV?
01 Oct 2014
Jenny Moore, founder of Your Voice Matters Campaign
YES
"Your Voice Matters is 110 per cent behind the idea of CCTV installation in all care homes.
The police recognised a long time ago that installing CCTV in station cells protected them and those in their custody.
Nurseries...
Des Kelly, executive director of the National Care ForumNO
"The issue of surveillance is one which has been in the news quite a bit recently with families taking the decision that installing hidden cameras in care homes and peoples own homes is the only way to ensure that they are adequately........