Two thirds of GPs say many people with dementia are not being diagnosed because they are not making an appointment to see their doctor, an Alzheimer’s Society survey reveals today (Thursday, 03 May). The survey of 382 GPs provides new insight into why diagnosis rates for dementia continue to be so low. Currently, just 43 [...]
Eating foods containing omega 3 fatty acids including fish, chicken, salad dressing and nuts could lower levels of a protein linked with Alzheimer’s, a study published online in Neurology today (Wednesday, 02 May) suggests. Researchers in New York studied the diets of 1,219 people over 65 without dementia for an average of 1.2 years, looking [...]
Moderate exercise combined with mentally stimulating activities such as using a computer could decrease your risk of mild cognitive impairment according to research now published. The study, in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, involved 926 people in Olmsted County, Minnesota aged 70-93. Participants completed self reported questionnaires on physical exercise and computer use within one year prior to [...]
Residents at Sanctuary Care homes across the country will taste mouth-watering dishes lovingly prepared by four of the organisation’s chefs after they won pride of place on its Queen’s Jubilee menu. Marcella Field, who is a chef at Oxfordshire’s Watlington & District Nursing Home, Daniel Perks and Chris Hill from The Rosary Nursing Home [...]
Care home owners Mr & Mrs Poddar are delighted to announce the appointment of Lorna Flanagan as Home Manager at Cumbrae House in Glasgow part of Lambhill Court Limited. Cumbrae House is a unique development at St. Georges Cross located where the city centre meets the West End. Lorna, 57 who lives in Crookston in [...]
There’s just three weeks to go until Care Roadshow comes to The Lancastrian Suite, Gateshead. The event is free to attend and is packed full of inspiration, care industry updates and networking opportunities to help your care home stand out! Don’t miss out, join your colleagues and register today at www.careroadshows.co.uk. Care Roadshow Gateshead [...]
Henley MP John Howell attended the official opening of Abbeycrest Care Home. As well as being given a tour of the care facilities by members of staff, Mr Howell took the time to speak to residents about their everyday lives and activities. The purpose-built home, located in the quiet village of Sonning Common, provides residential [...]
Miranda House in Royal Wootton Bassett has unveiled its new Manager this week. Mike Farmer, a familiar face within the Caring Homes Group, has now taken full charge of the purpose-built 65 bed care home. As a qualified and Registered Mental Health Nurse, Mike has experience at all levels of independent care services, from managing [...]
An unemployed woman from Anfield who wanted to work as a professional care worker has finally realised her ambition, thanks to an innovative partnership between a local care home and Ingeus, which delivers the government’s Work Programme in the North West. Karen Carter has just started working for Redholme Memory Care, a specialist home in Mossley [...]
O2 Health has now launched Help at Hand, the UK’s first telecare service built around mobile technology. In a major step forward for the care industry, O2 Health’s Help at Hand expands telecare support beyond the boundaries of the home giving those with long term conditions the freedom, reassurance and support they need to leave their homes [...]
Govan based Florence House part of the Lambhill Court Ltd family of care homes has been involved in a national evaluation of a new education initiative to support infection prevention and control in Care Homes and the home environment across Scotland. The education programme was developed by NHS Education for Scotland (NES) in partnership with [...]
Care home group CEO Arti Poddar is delighted to announce the appointment of Liz Campbell as Manager at Mohsen Care Home a 63 bedded home for older people in Pollok, Glasgow part of Lotus Senior Living. Liz, who lives in the Pollok is originally from Elderslie, worked 16 years for the Civil Service and has [...]
DC Care is pleased to announce the first of a series of upcoming seminars for first time entrants to the care sector. The first of these is to be held on Thursday 31st May 2012 in Nottingham. The aim of the seminar is to provide a deeper understanding of the healthcare business sector as a [...]
Four Seasons has been acquired by private equity firm Terra Firma for £825 million- Wilmslow based Four Seasons has today agreed a deal with a completion date of July 16th 2012. Four Seasons is the largest independent care provider in the UK. The independent sector is worth £15 bn. Four Seasons acquired 140 Southern Cross [...]
Mohsen Care Home a 63 bedded home for older people in Pollok, Glasgow part of Lotus Senior Living celebrated International Dance Day on Sunday, 29th April 2012. Residents and staff from Nithsdale Lodge Care Home, part of Lotus Senior Living and Nightingale House, part of Sterling Care Homes joined Mohsen for a day of celebrating [...]
Pupils from Downs View School in Brighton took part in a ground breaking ceremony for Bupa Care Homes’ new flagship care home on Thursday 26 April, burying a time capsule in the new grounds before building begins. The new 80-bed Dean Wood Nursing and Residential Care Home will provide specialist nursing care and has [...]
Mark Ellerby, Managing Director, Bupa Care Services, said: “Council chiefs are right to call on political parties to work together to plug the funding shortfall facing the social care sector. If the Government does not allocate additional money alongside the upcoming White Paper next month, thousands of frail and elderly people will be left isolated [...]
Residents and staff at Care UK’s Whitby Dene care home will spend Local and Community History Month investigating local history for a display at the home and learning about each other’s multicultural heritage and traditions. Manager Sue Ann Jones said: “History Month, which takes place in May, has given us a great opportunity to [...]
Staff and residents at The Magna Care Centre near Wimborne got into the groove recently as they welcomed new charity ‘Alive!’ to deliver one of their ‘variety hour’ sessions. Alive! is a new South-West based charity dedicated to connecting with people now living in residential care. The charity conducts interactive activity sessions which help [...]
Sunrise of Tettenhall, the residential and dementia care community on Wergs Road got into the medieval spirit yesterday for a special St George’s Day celebration. Residents and staff welcomed local people to a medieval-style banquet, to mark the story of England’s fabled Saint whilst at the same time, raising vital funds for the worthy cause [...]
June Hughes, a Rectory House resident recently undertook a long and poignant journey to North Wales in fulfilling a long-held promise that she made to her late husband. June lost her husband, Elwyn, whilst living together at Rectory House in Sompting. After attending the funeral with her family and a number of the staff members, [...]
Residents in Bupa care homes across the UK are taking a walk on the wildside in a bid to attract more wildlife into care home grounds and gardens. Bupa’s Wildlife Week (7 – 13 May) will see staff and residents enjoying a week of special activities, focusing on helping boost the house sparrow population. [...]
Rosemarie Gray has been appointed to manage Care UK’s latest nursing home which is due to open to residents this summer. Mill View, in East Grinstead, will be home to 70 residents and will provide specialist nursing care for frail older people and ground-breaking dementia care in a specially designed wing. Rosemarie, who is [...]
Phil Rimmer, Head Chef at leading food company apetito, has won a highly contested industry award in recognition of his work to develop the company’s range of soft and puréed foods for care home residents with chewing and swallowing difficulties. In a year that saw a record number of nominees, Rimmer received the Chef [...]
Glasgow based Lambhill Court Ltd has been awarded with the Eat Safe Award in Scotland. Formed in 1987, with five care homes for the elderly based in and around Glasgow and employing a 350-strong workforce, Lambhill Court Ltd has experience of more than 20 years in the care of elderly people and is an [...]
The BBC Panorama programme on 23rd April highlighted every care service involved in catering should understand the importance of getting nutrition and hydration right and strive to improve the quality of their nutritional care in an environment that also respects their service users dignity. There is a myriad of information available so there is no [...]
Speaking yesterday Robert Houtman, Director of the Obesity Management Association, said: “The Impact Diabetes report shows that the number of diabetics is set to rise from 3.8 million to 6.25 million by 2035. This is expected to cost the NHS over 16.9 billion pounds. Quite simply, our health service will not cope. “We need to get [...]
Historic plans to set up a professional body for people who work in social care in Wales are set to become a reality. The creation of the Academy of Care Practitioners was announced by Care Forum Wales at a conference at Glyndwr University, in Wrexham. The new organisation will be the first of its kind [...]
Two dementia care homes run by Colten Care in Dorset have become the first of their kind in the UK to gain a coveted badge of professional excellence. The Aldbury in Poole and Fernhill in Ferndown, which between them have 113 beds and 150 staff, are now accredited as PDUs or Practice Development Units for [...]
The team at a Sanctuary Care home in Worcester braved thunder, lightning and torrential rain to raise £350 for a garden revamp for their residents. Dedicated team members from Regent Care Home took part in a sponsored 10-mile walk from the home in School Road, St John’s to the Camp Inn at Grimley and [...]
A fragrance-release system designed to stimulate appetite, specially-trained ‘guide dogs for the mind’, and an intelligent wristband that supports people with dementia to stay active safely, are just some of the design prototypes to help people live well with dementia unveiled by Care Services Minister Paul Burstow at the Design Council today. The ground breaking [...]
Barchester, the independent healthcare provide that runs Middletown Grange care home, in Hailey, Oxfordshire, is investing in a community café for those seeking support and advice about dementia. A small cottage within the care home grounds is being turned into an informal meeting place called a KIND café. KIND stands for Keeping Individuality through Nurturing [...]
The All Party Parliamentary Local Government Group, one of the largest All Party Groups in Parliament has launched an inquiry on future care provision. This Parliamentary Group is drawn from MPs and Peers from all parties across both the House of Commons and House of Lords. The inquiry, sponsored by Partnership, will review how [...]
The City of London Police today arrested an ex-employee of the Care Quality Commission, as part of an ongoing investigation concerning allegations that proprietors of care homes were being pressurised into paying fees for favourable inspection reports. In an early morning operation, a 43 year-old woman was arrested by detectives at her home in [...]
The Care Quality Commission (CCQ) has this week embarked on a special programme of 250 unannounced inspections of home care services. Over the next three months the CQC will be carrying out inspections to test ways of getting better information about how services are performing and what people think about their services. The inspections will [...]
The newly decked fishing platform at White Lodge care home was officially opened as part of the first ever Fishing for Forces competition day. Although the weather was a washout, the fishing was superb and the ex-servicemen from Tedworth House Hospital, funded by Help For Heroes, had a great fishing experience. Several people caught some [...]
Care inspectors need to be praised for the important role they play in ensuring that our most vulnerable citizens receive quality care and support, Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said. The Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy was speaking as she congratulated 40 Care Inspectorate staff who have completed an academic qualification [...]
Another Panorama investigation of abuse in the care industry and renewed calls for the sector regulator to be held to account. Watching ‘Undercover Elderly Care’ felt like a bad case of déjà vu, and the comparisons with last year’s Winterbourne View expose are difficult to avoid. The public are outraged, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) [...]
Avery Healthcare Group has employed Zest Solutions to provide and install the latest technology as it completes its latest high-spec development, Hanford Court, in Stoke on Trent. Hanford Court is the newest care home in Avery’s growing portfolio and gives its residents access to the very latest technology has to offer. From free WiFi, [...]
Do we really think of our patient, clients, service users as we do our family? Well if we are registered with CQC to provide care, be it domiciliary, or actual care home living support then we really need to remember that respect and dignity should be at the core of our service. At Healthcare landscape [...]
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) today publishes a further 36 reports from a targeted programme of 150 unannounced inspections of hospitals and care homes that care for people with learning disabilities. The programme is looking at whether people experience safe and appropriate care, treatment and support and whether they are protected from abuse. A [...]
Glenside Care Group has announced the acquisition of a site in Bristol which will be developed into a new hospital service for individuals with complex neurological conditions. The site, in Bradley Stoke, was formerly Winterbourne View Independent Hospital. The service will provide treatment and rehabilitation for individuals with complex neurological conditions including acquired and traumatic [...]
The Supreme Court this morning issued groundbreaking new principles on age discrimination in the workplace in its long-awaited ruling in the case of Seldon v Clarkson Wright and Jakes. The case revolved around Leslie Seldon, a partner in a solicitors firm who was forced to retire when he reached the age of 65 in [...]
“We are pleased justice has been done in the case of the male former carer and that the prompt actions taken by the home have been validated by the Court’s decision. This matter caused great distress to residents and staff alike. We apologised both verbally and in writing to the family as soon as the [...]
The English Community Care Association, the leading representative charity for care providers, has responded to the Panorama programme detailing the abuse of older people in a London care home. Martin Green, Chief Executive of ECCA, said: “The Panorama Programme was truly shocking and there is a real need to learn lessons from this incident and [...]
Voyage Care Clear Leader in Learning Disability Services with acquisition of Solor Care Voyage Care (Voyage), the UK specialist care provider for people with learning disabilities, brain injuries and other complex needs, yesterday announced the acquisition of Solor Care. Solor Care was previously owned by Barclays Ventures, Royal Bank of Scotland and Management. The acquisition [...]
CQC is just a symptom: It’s time to treat the cause of the UKs social care problems Following the revelations of the horrendous treatment of an Alzheimer’s patient in Ash Court Care Home, Lawrence Tomlinson, Founding Chairman of Ideal Care Homes, speaks out. Mr Tomlinson calls for quality to be given top priority across the [...]
“Cases such as these will inevitably worry people living in care homes and their loved ones. Every single case of abuse or neglect in care homes is one too many and any suspicion or accusation of abuse, neglect or improper care must be taken seriously and immediately acted upon in the first instance by the [...]
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