Care Home News
Almost 30,000 people needing care illegally locked up, restrained or sedated
29 Sep 2016
Some 28,530 people have been wrongfully deprived of their liberty in care homes and hospitals across England, figures reveal. According to statistics for 2015/16, published by NHS Digital, councils assessed.....
Care sector is facing 'the most difficult period I can remember', says Des Kelly
29 Sep 2016
Des Kelly, who spent 13 years at the helm of the National Care Forum and clocked up 45 years in social care, has revealed that “without doubt social care is facing the most difficult period” he can remember......
Dinosaur marathon runner aspires to make dementia extinct
29 Sep 2016
A 32-year-old teacher will be completing the Cardiff Half Marathon dressed as ‘Deano the Dementiasaurus’. An English teacher for international students at Cardiff University, Sam Evans is a keen runner in.....
Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey: Care home resident 'over the moon' with relative's gold medals
28 Sep 2016
There were joyous celebrations at a care home after a resident’s granddaughter-in-law picked up three gold medals at the Rio Paralympics. The achievements of Paralympic cyclist Dame Sarah Storey were celebrated.....
Care group fined £1.6m after woman freezes to death in care home
28 Sep 2016
A 91-year old woman froze to death in her care home one winter's night because of a broken heating system, resulting in a care group being fined £1.6m for health and safety breaches. Annie Barritt died.....
Hotelier Laurence Geller launches luxury dementia care home in Chelsea
28 Sep 2016
Laurence Geller, a British-born, US-based real estate investor and philanthropist, has launched Chelsea Court Place, a care home on the famous Kings Road in Chelsea, London, for people living with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. As.....
Dedicated care home staff and pet rabbit honoured with awards
27 Sep 2016
An Ayrshire care home is celebrating after three of its staff members and their house pet won UK-wide awards. Bupa’s Claremont Care Home, in Whitletts, Ayr, scooped three awards at the annual Bupa Care Home Awards 2016, taking.....
Care home residents rock and roll for charity
26 Sep 2016
The Knoll Care Home in Gloucestershire travelled back to the 1950s to relive the age of rock and roll, in recognition of World Alzheimer’s Day. Residents at the care home in Tuffley, Gloucestershire grabbed.....
Care home rated Outstanding for risk-taking
26 Sep 2016
A Shropshire-based care home has been rated Outstanding for its approach to risk-taking and emotional development. Welwyn care home, which provides support for people with learning difficulties, was praised.....
Monty Python star Terry Jones diagnosed with dementia causing progressive loss of language
23 Sep 2016
Terry Jones, famous for directing and starring in the Monty Python films, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life, has been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia - a severe form of dementia affecting one's ability to speak. The.....
Essex care home workers shave their heads for charity
23 Sep 2016
Two care workers from St Mary’s Court care home in Braintree, Essex, have joined thousands of people around the country in shaving their hair for Macmillan Cancer Research. Yasmin Grey and Dawn Potter took.....
Peruvian scarf made from alpaca wool attracts distant furry cousin to care home
23 Sep 2016
A pair of alpacas names Oli and Jimmy made their way to a care home in Salisbury and managed to sniff out the wool of a distant relative. To the surprise of residents at Braemar Lodge nursing home, three-year-old.....
Care home receives a visit from Chelsea Pensioners
22 Sep 2016
Southlands Place care home in Bexhill has played host to a visiting group of Chelsea Pensioners. The iconic faces of the UK’s veteran community, the Chelsea Pensioners reside at the Royal Hospital Chelsea.....
Music festival sponsored by Wellburn Care raises over £3k for charity
22 Sep 2016
A Wellburn Care sponsored music festival in York proved to be a success welcoming more than a thousand spectators and raising more than £3,000 for charity. More than 1,500 visitors of all ages and backgrounds.....
Academics find 'excessive' use of antipsychotics in care homes
21 Sep 2016
A major study has found no reduction in the prescribing of high risk antipsychotic drugs to people with dementia in care homes, despite a Government strategy recommending their use be curbed. The length.....
Care worker struck off for telling a resident to 'Hurry up and die'
20 Sep 2016
A care assistant has been struck off for subjecting care home residents to verbal abuse that included the insult ‘Hurry up and die’. At a hearing on 12 September, Barry Wilton faced 17 charges by the Scottish.....
'Elderly Olympics' sees care homes compete in walking frame slalom
19 Sep 2016
Never mind Rio 2016 and the Olympic and Paralympic Games, eager competitiors from care homes across the Swedish region of Jura have battled it out in their own Olympics. Some of the well-seasoned competitiors.....
'Dangerous' lack of specialist nurses could have 'grave consequences' for MS patients
19 Sep 2016
Two thirds of people with MS in the UK live in an area where there is a stark shortage of specialist nurses, a new report published by the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Trust has revealed. MS specialist nurses.....
'Hope for a better future' as Government dementia research funding hits highest level ever
15 Sep 2016
A new £816m investment, the largest ever in NHS and health research, will see dementia research funding rise to more than £45m from 1 April 2017. Funding from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).....
Years of cuts see elderly struggle to get help with care
15 Sep 2016
Six consecutive years of cuts to local authority budgets have seen 26 per cent fewer people get help with care, says a report highlighting the 'bleak' state of social care services for England’s older people......
Bristol becoming dementia friendly city with dementia awareness sessions for businesses
14 Sep 2016
Bristol is on its way to becoming a dementia friendly city with its initiative to enlist a hundred Bristol businesses to hold dementia awareness sessions for their employees. The dementia awareness group.....
How funny is dementia? Comedian David Baddiel sees humour in his dad's condition
13 Sep 2016
‘My Family - Not the sitcom’ is a hugely ‘disrespectful celebration’ of the lives of comic David Baddiel’s father Colin, who has a rare form of dementia, and his late mother Sarah. 'Calling.....
Elderly left waiting as NHS fails to pay homes for nursing care
12 Sep 2016
Nursing homes up and down the country are still waiting for money promised by the Department of Health (DH) to materialise, to pay for five months of nursing care needed for elderly people. The NHS contribution.....
Travel charity 'rekindles interest in life' for people with disabilities
09 Sep 2016
Going on holiday is something most people take for granted. Yet for those with disabilities or people who are very ill, a trip to the shops isn’t easy, so a holiday abroad can be a logistical nightmare. There.....
Social care crisis forces cash-strapped council to build its own care home
08 Sep 2016
The Borough of Poole is to build its own care home in response to the social care crisis affecting the borough which it says makes the independent sector’s care costs ‘unaffordable’. The council's cabinet.....
Being one of CQC’s Experts by Experience 'tugs at the heartstrings' and plays 'crucial role in raising standards'
07 Sep 2016
Being an Expert by Experience for the Care Quality Commission enables care home residents and their families to have a voice and play a ‘crucial role in raising standards’. Experts by Experience are people.....
'Facebook for care homes' helps care homes create 'reminiscence' life stories for residents
06 Sep 2016
Personalised care is crucial in care settings and even more so for people living with dementia. Finding innovative ways to engage residents in reminiscence therapy, life story sessions and activities is no easy task with carehome.co.uk.....
Care & Dementia Show 2016 will give valuable insight into lives of people with dementia
06 Sep 2016
The Care & Dementia Show, the UK’s largest care home event, is set to change attitudes this year by offering visitors a chance to take part in a Virtual Dementia Tour. The Tour which is being used to train.....
Healthy body, healthy mind: Luxury care home with rooftop spa and library opens in Merseyside
05 Sep 2016
With the number of people aged 75 and over expected to reach ten million by 2039 and with one in four living with a health condition, The Hazelwell is one of the latest care homes striving to enhance the health and well-being of its.....
Being chief executive of a care home provider is a 'huge responsibility and privilege'
05 Sep 2016
Dr Alison Rose-Quirie has been chief executive of Swanton Care and Community, a care provider for people with learning disabilities and complex needs, for two years. She also sits on the Board of Care England, where she represents.....