Care Home News
A good care home activity coordinator will understand each resident's uniqueness
27 Oct 2017
The best thing about being a care home activity coordinator is “seeing someone completely absorbed in an activity and the smile it puts in their eyes,” reveals Tamzin Moloney, who works at Oakfield Care Home in Bath. Being.....
Families looking for a care home face lack of choice
27 Oct 2017
Families looking for a care home for their relative are finding there is a distinct lack of choice, according to a new survey. New research by Which? revealed that 48 per cent of people who had arranged care.....
Mum aged 98 moves into care home to help look after 80-year-old son
26 Oct 2017
A mum aged 98 has moved into a care home in Liverpool to help look after her 80-year-old son. Tom never married and had always lived with his mum Ada Keating in Wavertree, Liverpool. However last year, he.....
Picture book on dementia helps children understand Granny's behaviour
26 Oct 2017
Sometimes Granny doesn't remember my name. It’s like hundreds of names are spinning around in her head and she just picks one. She does unusual things too. She gets lost in her own house and puts orange juice on her cereal. What's.....
What's it like to have autism? 'My senses were under attack'
25 Oct 2017
As an autism tourist, I was about to take a trip and enter a new world. This new place, courtesy of a blacked-out van, was immediately unnerving. Visually it felt like the floor was escaping from me. Suddenly vulnerable. Unsteady.....
Older people taking multiple medications more likely to fall over
24 Oct 2017
Older people who take a combination of at least five different medications are 21 per cent more likely to fall over, according to a new study. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).....
Elderly should be exercising not resting, say doctors
19 Oct 2017
Instead of resting, older people should be exercising and keeping physically active, according to doctors. A report in the British Medical Journal has called for a change in the current thinking that exercise.....
Care home neglect led to death of autistic man 'shut away from the world'
19 Oct 2017
The death of a 64-year-old man with severe learning disabilities may have been avoided had he received medical attention earlier, a coroner’s court has concluded. Anthony Dawson died in May last year from.....
Innovative balance app reduces falls risk in care home
18 Oct 2017
A care home in West Yorkshire has reduced the chances of its residents having falls and accidents by trialling an innovative program designed to improve balance. Seven residents from Czajka Care Group’s Brookfield Residential Care Home.....
Chris Packham - Asperger's and Me: 'People find me weird which is why I live in a wood'
18 Oct 2017
Wildlife TV presenter, Chris Packham, has spent 30 years on the TV “trying to act normal”. Now he has decided to bare all in an extremely candid documentary, revealing what it is like living with autism. It.....
Robots to care for elderly and check if they are happy or sad
16 Oct 2017
Robots are being created to help care for older people, find out if they are sad, happy or angry and check they are hydrated and have taken their medication. As well as caring for older people, researchers.....
'Severe pressure' forces Scottish firm Bield to exit care home market
13 Oct 2017
One of Scotland’s largest care home providers has decided shut down its care homes and exit the care home market because of severe financial pressures. Bield, based in Edinburgh, has taken the ‘last resort’.....
Dementia 'hotspots' in UK revealed
12 Oct 2017
The areas hardest hit by dementia in the UK have been revealed in two interactive maps – with areas on the South coast among the worst affected. For the first time, people can see the impact of dementia in.....
Nurse numbers fall with Brexit exposing workforce 'fragility'
12 Oct 2017
The number of nurses in the NHS has fallen for the first time since April 2013, causing The King’s Fund to warn that Brexit has 'exposed the fragility of NHS workforce planning', a day after the Prime Minister promised more money.....
West Sussex care home wins accolade for top reviewed home
10 Oct 2017
Elizabeth House care home in Bognor Regis has been selected from over 80 care homes as Shaw healthcare’s top reviewed care home. The care home won the ‘carehome.co.uk Award’ at Shaw Healthcare’s annual Shaw.....
Care staff give good care in 'toughest climate' but CQC warns it's 'unsustainable'
10 Oct 2017
Most adult social care services are rated as ‘good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in its latest annual State of Care report but the watchdog warns this is only because of the hard work of staff operating in extreme conditions,.....
One in 10 care home staff rejects obese residents due to lack of bariatric facilities
09 Oct 2017
One in 10 care home staff has been forced to turn away an obese person due to their care home not having bariatric facilities, according to a new survey. The research carried out by leading care home reviews.....
People with challenging behaviour should only be hospitalised as 'last resort', says NICE
09 Oct 2017
People with challenging behaviour should be only be treated in a mental health hospital or a residential setting as a last resort, according to new draft NICE guidelines. According to the guideline committee,.....
Care home resident with dementia found guilty of stabbing fellow resident
06 Oct 2017
A care home resident with dementia, aged 79, has been found guilty of attempted murder by repeatedly stabbing a 90-year-old female resident, in the face with a table knife, as she lay in bed. Dennis Latter,.....
Ethnic minorities care for elderly better, says care minister
04 Oct 2017
People have a lot to learn from ethnic minorities about how to care for their own ageing relatives and friends, care minister Jackie Doyle-Price has said. Speaking at a fringe event at the Conservative.....
Which? calls for CMA's inquiry to address care home bed shortages
04 Oct 2017
Consumer body Which? is calling for an inquiry into the care home market by Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to go beyond issues of care quality, fees and complaints and address regional disparities in care home bed provision......
Jeremy Hunt's plan to train 25% more nurses criticised as 'too hospital-focused'
03 Oct 2017
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has promised the number of nurses in training would rise by 25 per cent and the Government would make it easier for people to become nurses without needing a degree. In his.....