Tag: care home news
‘Aloha’ from Guysfield Care Home
Staff and residents at Guysfield Care Home have been trying to banish the recent bad weather in a rather unusual manner. A Hawaiian-themed afternoon was put on to brighten the day and remind everyone that summer is (hopefully) just around the corner. Guysfield Activities Coordinator Carolyn decorated the conservatory beautifully with flowers, coconuts and [...]
Sacha brings tears to their eyes
A nine-year-old schoolgirl brought tears to the eyes of Sanctuary Care home residents when she read them a poem penned in memory of her late grandmother. Hatfield Nursing Home in Tamblin Way invited local school children to send in poems, artwork and write songs about ‘someone special’ in their lives and held an awards [...]
North West experience secures Midlands’s project
Pozzoni’s growing reputation gained in the North West extra care housing field with schemes such as the Brookside development in Ormskirk and Pickmere Court in Crewe, has secured planning for their latest development in Penkridge, Staffordshire for South Staffordshire Housing Association (Housing Plus). The £13million extra care flagship scheme is set to help meet [...]
DC Care Celebrate 10 Years Successful Selling of Care Business’s
It has been celebrations all round at DC Care throughout May. To mark a couple of big birthdays and the company’s 10th year in business everyone met up for team photos, celebratory fizz and an evening at a local restaurant. The specialist agency commenced trading in 2002 and is now one of the most active firms in [...]
Silk Healthcare announce a £5million care home development in Barnsley
Leeds-based care home operator Silk Healthcare has announced today plans for a £5million development which will see the construction of a purpose-built 83-bed care home in Mapplewell, Barnsley. Located on Greenside Avenue, Mapplewell Manor will be a new residential care home and senior centre specialising in dementia care and is due to open its [...]
Royal Seal of Approval
The Diamond Jubilee celebrations at a care organisation in Wrexham have been given a royal seal of approval. The residents of Pendine Park, in Wrexham, made colourful commemorative postcards to celebrate the momentous 60th anniversary of the Queen’s reign. They were thrilled to receive an official letter of thanks from Lady in Waiting [...]
DC Care Sell Downsvale Nursing Home, Dorking
DC Care are delighted to announce the recent completion of the sale of Downsvale Nursing Home in Dorking, Surrey. The substantial freehold property provides high quality nursing care for 35 residents is located in an affluent and sought after location in Dorking and enjoys excellent occupancy levels. DC Care acted on behalf of Dr B [...]
Maria Mallaband Care Group Invest in Design
Shackletons Ltd have been in the furniture industry for over 50 years and are famous for designing, manufacturing and creating comfortable, long lasting craftsman-made furniture for the nursing and care home industry have just announced they are to be the sole furniture provider for the Maria Mallaband Care Group. They have been [...]
Care Activities Coordinator Joins Lambhill Court
Recently appointed Activities Coordinator, Mary Fox has been making her stamp at Glasgow based Lambhill Court Ltd. 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 [...]
CQC Reports On Hospitals & Care Homes
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) today publishes a further 10 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 [...]
Rustington nursing home starts two-year quest for end of life excellence
The team at Care UK’s Darlington Court nursing home is this week starting a nationally accredited programme of training and evaluation to gain the country’s highest recognition of end of life care. The Gold Standard Framework Care Home Accreditation (GSFCH), approved by the NHS, Department of Health, Age UK and Macmillan Cancer Support, is [...]
What are you doing during Dementia Awareness Week?
Employees of Carefound, the Harrogate-based provider of specialist home care services to elderly people, are taking the fight against dementia to the highest point in Britain as part of a fundraising effort for Alzheimer’s Society. Ben Nevis, Gaelic for ‘mountain of heaven’, stands at 4,409 feet above sea level and in clear weather offers one [...]
YOUNG PEOPLE GIVEN CHANCE TO GET INTO CARE AT BALHOUSIE CARE GROUP
Prince’s Trust initiative launched at care homes Twelve young people are being given an insight into a career in care as part of a new initiative by The Prince’s Trust and leading care provider Balhousie Care Group. The group of 18 to 25-year-olds have signed up to Get Into Care, a six-week course that [...]
Arena Housing takes possession of extra care housing development
Arena Housing Association has just taken possession of its new, highly anticipated purpose built £18m 111 one and two bed extra care apartment development with communal and support facilities in Ormskirk. Brookside caters for all levels of physical ability from the fully able to the very frail and provides specialist health, care and support [...]
Cumbrae House Care Home Welcomes their New Home Manager Lorna Flanagan
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 [...]
Care Roadshow Goes To Gateshead-Key Care Professionals Go To Network
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 [...]
John Howell MP Opens Abbeycrest Care Home, Sonning Common
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 [...]
INGEUS HELPS CARING KAREN RETURN TO WORK
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 [...]
Preventing Infection in Care-A top priority for Scottish care provider
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 [...]
Glasgow’s Mohsen Care Home Gets a Boost With The Appointment of Liz Campbell
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 [...]
SEMINAR FOR FIRST TIME ENTRANTS TO THE CARE SECTOR
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 [...]
Brighton pupils mark the start of £7m Bupa care home
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 [...]
Bupa Care Homes responds to the LGA letter to the Prime Minister today on social care funding
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 [...]
Investigating the past for a fulfilling future
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 [...]
The Magna Care Centre comes ‘Alive!’
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 [...]
A Taste of Medieval Times as Sunrise of Tettenhall Holds St George’s Day Banquet
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 makes long and poignant trip to scatter ashes in Conwy
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, [...]
Caring residents build home for wildlife
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. [...]
Care UK appoints manager for new East Grinstead nursing home
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 [...]
apetito scoops catering award for soft and pureed range
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 [...]
Lambhill Court Care Home Awarded Prestigious Eat Safe Award in Scotland
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 [...]
Historic Plans for Social Care in Wales
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 [...]
Dorset Care Homes Celebrate UK’s First Badge of Excellence
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 [...]
Putting Their Best Foot Forward For Care Home Garden
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 [...]
Designs to Aid Dementia Sufferers Unveiled by Paul Burstow
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 [...]
Community Cafe for Advice & Support
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 [...]
MPs LAUNCH NEW INDEPENDENT SOCIAL CARE INQUIRY
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 [...]
CQC Inspector arrested on suspicion of money laundering & bribery
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 [...]
Time For A New Compact
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
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, [...]
How Many Of Us Care For The Elderly, Really?
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 [...]
Wake up call to employers,age discrimination in the workplace is no longer acceptable
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 [...]
Truly Shocking-ECCA Comment on BBC’s Panorama
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
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 [...]
Lawrence Tomlinson comments in the wake of BBC’s Panorama
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 [...]
Age UK comment on Panorama
“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 [...]
The government must respond to the care funding crisis
Alzheimer’s Society has today set out five areas that require urgent reform to end abuse in care homes. The call comes ahead of shocking footage to be shown on BBC’s Panorama tonight, which shows serious abuse of a vulnerable person with dementia at a care home previously rated excellent by the CQC. Andrew Chidgey, Director [...]
Sanctuary for National Dementia Study on Care Training
A Sanctuary Care home in Greenwich is taking part in a national study to find the most effective training package for care home teams to help people living with dementia. Riverlee Nursing Home in Franklin Close is one of 16 homes across the country chosen to take part in a pilot study which aims [...]
