Category: Care Home News
Stars Awards recognise care workers
On Thursday 25th April 2013, Avante Partnership held their Annual Stars Awards at Gillingham Football Club, Priestfield Stadium. The Stars Awards are held for Avante Partnership staff that have been recognised for going that ‘extra mile’ within their work and are looked at as being an Avante Star for 2013. As an organisation Avante Partnership [...]
Wealstone carer wins Star Apprentice award
CLS-run care home, Wealstone, in Upton, is celebrating after Jacob Wilderspin was presented with the Star Health and Social Care Apprentice gong at the West Cheshire College awards recently. Jacob, 20, from Saughall in Chester, won the accolade for the high levels of care, commitment and compassion for older people demonstrated throughout his apprenticeship. After [...]
Care home residents celebrate Doris’s 104th birthday
The staff and residents of Knowle Park care home in Cranleigh joined the family and friends of popular resident Doris Bowern as she celebrated her 104th Birthday recently. The day itself was marked by a party for Doris, her family and friends and all of the residents and staff at the 19th Century former [...]
Care home residents enjoy a woolly welcome to Spring
Residents at a County Durham care home enjoyed a woolly welcome to Springtime, thanks to a group of visitors. Raby Cottage, which is part of care home operator Bondcare and is based at The Willington Care Village, welcomed four lambs for the afternoon to celebrate the new season. Residents, members of staff [...]
Attleborough care home receives top marks
The staff and residents of Brooklyn House care home in Attleborough were celebrating this week as they received top marks in their latest inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Following a review of the inspection process in recent years, five areas of the business are now inspected which assess how well the service [...]
Willmott Dixon secure contract to build £22m retirement village for Anchor
Willmott Dixon is strengthening its reputation as one of the country’s most prolific builders of retirement accommodation with a £22 million contract from Anchor to create Bishopstoke Park in Hampshire. Bishopstoke Park is Anchor’s flagship retirement village near Eastleigh and Willmott Dixon’s role, working with architects Urban Edge, will see it build 170 properties [...]
Care homes have capacity to support hard-pressed acute hospitals in winter
Care homes have capacity to support hard-pressed acute hospitals in winter More than five times as many people accessed short-stay services in a Bupa care home in June than any other month of the year, according to a new report. The report, called ‘Short Stay – Long Benefit’ looked at the times of year when [...]
New appointments for Healthcare Homes
Healthcare Homes, an East Anglian-based residential and domiciliary care provider, is today announcing the appointment of two new managers within the Suffolk region. The first is the appointment of Alison Lovelock, who joins the group as a Regional Manager; in addition to Emma Beckett, who has been appointed as the new Home Manager of its [...]
Yorkshire care provider is amongst first to showcase its services
A Yorkshire care provider has played a key role in a new Government initiative to help people find the right type of care for their needs. St Cecilia’s care home in Scarborough is amongst the first to showcase its services on a new Department of Health website launched this week. And the new site has [...]
Four Seasons invest in e-learning for 445 care home staff and 61 hospitals
An innovative e-learning initiative by Four Seasons Health Care, the leading independent elderly health and social care provider, has proved so successful that Sonia Van Bart, an employee at Guthrie House Care Home in Edinburgh, has completed the millionth course. In addition, Margaret Rita Wong from St Catherines Care Home in Bolton was the first [...]
Yateley Hall for sale suitable for Special Needs Residential School
Joint Agency Instruction DC Care with Vail Williams REF 4282 YATELEY HALL, HAMPSHIRE • C2 PLANNING PERMISSION • DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR SPECIAL NEEDS RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL • GRADE II* LISTED BUILDING • 21 BEDROOMS, 17,553 SQUARE FEET • SCOPE FOR CONVERSION INTO RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY • AVAILABLE EITHER FREEHOLD OR LEASEHOLD [...]
Majesticare raise money and boost awareness for The Care Professionals Benevolent Fund
Majesticare raise a rocking amount of money and boost awareness for The Care Professionals Benevolent Fund. Nathan Hart who works for Majesticare Luxury Care Homes heard about all the good work that The Care Professionals Benevolent Fund (CPBF) do for carers and decided to arrange and host an event in Heanor, Derbyshire to raise [...]
NHS back Nuneaton care home for Autism
A new care home for people with autism in Nuneaton is scheduled to open in the Summer of 2013. With the backing of NHS Warwickshire and Warwickshire County Council, the purpose built development will support the care needs of local people. Noble Care CEO, Dr Gurpreet Takhar, said “This 7 bedroom home fulfils an urgent [...]
Bupa care home celebrates top marks in quality of care inspection
Staff and residents at Bupa’s The Springs Nursing and Residential Home in Malvern are celebrating after their home received top marks in its latest inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the government body responsible for maintaining quality and safety standards in care homes. The CQC inspectors reported that the quality of care service delivered [...]
Ed Milliband chooses retirement village to launch Labour’s new commission on health & social care
Labour Launches New Commission on Health and Social Care at Buckshaw Retirement Village Labour Party leader Ed Milliband chose Buckshaw Retirement Village at Chorley in Lancashire to launch Labour’s new commission on health and social care. He was accompanied by a delegation of Labour Ministers, including Andy Burnham, the Shadow Minister for Health, and Liz [...]
Norman Lamb announces online service to locate, choose & comment on care
New online information profiles that will help people to choose, compare and comment on care homes and other care services is being launched today by the Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb. The new profiles, part of the NHS Choices website, will create the most definitive online source of information on [...]
Signature confirm new £10m care home for Epsom
GB Building Solutions has been awarded a £10 million new care home for Signature Senior Lifestyle in Epsom, Surrey. This is the third project awarded to GB by Signature following recent awards in Coombe and Marlow. The new care development will provide 87 private apartments comprising a mixture of studios and one-bedroom suites, [...]
Changing the attitude of care employees
‘Employee attitudes represent greatest challenge for social care professionals implementing health and safety policies’: NASHiCS research Employee attitudes represent the greatest challenge for social care professionals in implementing health and safety policies, according to research conducted by the National Association for Safety and Health in Care Services (NASHiCS). When asked to rate by greatest [...]
Helping an Elderly Relative Adjust To Their New Care Home
It’s a sad fact of growing older, but there often comes a point where someone can no longer care adequately for themself. Maybe they’ve had support from relatives and friends, or maybe they’ve received some care services at home but some people will reach a point where it is best for them and their future [...]
Care home residents become poets and stir up wonderful and sad memories
A group of care home residents in North Wales have turned their memories into touching poems. Now the work of the senior wordsmiths from the Gwern Alyn care home, in Wrexham, has gone on show at the Waterstones book shop in the town. People can read the poetry or buy a copy and all the [...]
Sanctuary Care residents benefit from World Book Night
Residents at Sanctuary Care homes across the country will benefit from a donation of books as part of the annual reading initiative World Book Night. World Book night today is a celebration of reading which sees passionate volunteers gift specially chosen books in their communities, in the hope of encouraging individuals to read more. Copies [...]
Moving on from care home to supported living
A 30 year old man with Asperger’s Syndrome is preparing for a new life in the community after 11 years in a care home. Peter Haskins, who has been on an on-going tailor-made programme of personal development at The Lodge Care Home in Highbridge, Somerset which is part of Craegmoor, says: “I have really enjoyed [...]
Gateshead care home welcomes feathered guests!
Philips Court care home in Gateshead welcomed some magnificent guests for an afternoon of feathered entertainment. Residents watched, held and learnt about three birds of prey, including a Barn Owl, an African Spotted Owl and a Harris Hawk. Philips Court provides nursing and residential care for up to 75 people. Care is provided [...]
Care home resident recognised for her contribution to the local community
A special presentation was held at Horsell Lodge care home this week in recognition of the long and significant contribution made to the local community by resident Violet Valentine. Violet (known to her friends as Pat) was joined by her family and former colleagues at Horsell Lodge, as she was presented with a ‘Citation [...]
Hydrotherapy sessions for residents at Brain Injury unit
A ‘quick dip’ has taken on a new meaning for people supported at Pirton Grange in Worcester, who have enthusiastically joined in weekly trips to the local pool and Jacuzzi for hydrotherapy sessions. Pirton Grange has been organising trips for people supported at the service and staff to attend the hydrotherapy sessions. Everyone who [...]
UK Care provider welcomes Director of Quality and Clinical Governance
Barchester Healthcare is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Trish Morris-Thompson to the newly created role of Director of Quality and Clinical Governance. Trish is highly qualified, with more than 30 years’ experience working in the NHS. Prior to accepting the position with the multi-award winning national care provider Trish was seconded to [...]
Young at Heart care homes continue to build portfolio
Young at Heart Care Homes has secured its third site in the Bristol area with the acquisition for an undisclosed sum of Bernash Residential Care Home in Whitchurch, in a sale brokered by specialist property adviser Christie + Co. Debbie and Beryl Williams had owned and operated the home for over 25 years when they [...]
Specialist care home re-opens in Brockenhurst
A specialist care home in Brockenhurst has re-opened following a major refurbishment. Fernlea, operated by Priory Education Services, part of the Priory Group, has reopened as a residential facility for young people aged from 16 to 25 who have autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), including Asperger’s Syndrome and associated learning difficulties. The home has [...]
Talented Care Cooks prepare for Grand Final battle
The finalists for the National Association of Care Catering (NACC) Care Cook of the Year Competition 2013 have been confirmed. Having triumphed in their respective regional heats, the six talented finalists are now preparing to do battle at the Grand Final1 on Wednesday 12 June 2013 and claim the coveted title NACC Care Cook of [...]
Bondcare invests in heating systems for Willington Care Village
Bondcare has invested more than £300,000 on enhancing the heating systems in its buildings based at The Willington Care Village in Willington, County Durham. The investment was used to modernise an existing under floor heating system which was in operation in all the buildings on site, including the shared day centres. Based on Hall Lane, [...]
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