Tag: Care Industry
O2 Has now launched Help at Hand-Aiding people to stay independent for longer
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 [...]
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 [...]
Barchester Healthcare Announce New Chairman
Baroness Margaret Ford is appointed Chairman of the leading quality care provider Barchester Healthcare, which has more than 220 homes across the UK with a growing portfolio. Currently Chairman of the Olympic Park Legacy Company, Chairman of May Gurney Plc, and Hon President of Epilepsy Action, Baroness Ford was delighted to [...]
Four Seasons Loans Restructure Goes Ahead
Four Seasons, now the UK’s largest independent care home operator are negotiating the restructure of their £780m debt and are hoping to raise £230m via their shareholders. Four Seasons Healthcare took 140 homes from ashes of Southern Cross to make them the largest provider of elderly care in the UK. The debt, [...]
Alzheimer’s Hallmark Could Affect Brain Function Of Healthy Adults
High levels of the protein amyloid beta in the brain – a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease – could also be associated with the memory and mental function of healthy adults according to a study published in Neurology today (Wednesday 1 February 2012). Scientists from the University of Texas took brain scans of 137 [...]
Well-Scrubbed Grub Award For South Shields
A South Shields residential care home has won an award from South Tyneside Council for its excellent standards in food hygiene. Care UK’s Cheviot Court, in Horsley Hill Square, is home to 73 older people with a range of needs, including dementia, and on Monday (30th January 2012) manager Louise Damms was presented with [...]
A Vocation for Care
‘Putting people first and ensuring they have a good quality of life’ is the key to a successful career in the care sector, says Mark Birchenough, the new manager of The Oakes in Huddersfield. Celebrating 24 years in the care sector, much of which has been with Meridian Healthcare, Mark will start his [...]
Lord-Lieutenant Presides Over Official Opening
Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester Mr Warren J Smith presided over official opening of The Millbrook care centre in the conservation area of Millbrook in Tameside. Meridian Healthcare’s new £3.8m care centre in Millbrook, Stalybridge is now open. Official guests of honour at the event were HM Lord-Lieutenant Mr Warren Smith and Mayor of Tameside, Cllr Susan [...]
Alzheimer’s Society Comments On ARUK Defeating Dementia
ARUK Defeating Dementia report: Alzheimer’s Society comment Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) has challenged the government to commit to a national dementia research strategy. The charity’s new report, Defeating Dementia, warns that the UK’s world-renowned dementia knowledge base could be lost unless scientists have better opportunities to enter and remain in the field. [...]
£4.7 million care home opens its doors
A new luxury care home in Alloa officially opens today, (Friday, 20th January) creating more than 100 jobs. Parklands, the state-of-the-art, purpose-built care home in Alloa Park Drive represents a £4.7million investment by Meallmore, one of Scotland’s leading providers of nursing and residential care. Marshall Construction will hand over the keys to the 62-bed [...]
Nicotine Improves Cognitive Ability, Says Study
Nicotine has been shown to improve cognitive performance in smokers who have stopped smoking according to a study published today in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Previous short-term studies with nicotine have shown attention and memory improvement in people with Alzheimer’s disease. This study looked the effects of [...]
Another nail in the coffin for older people –The NACC respond to The Daily Telegraph article 30th December 2011
The NACC respond to The Daily Telegraph article 30th December 2011 Figures released today show a 13% increase in the cost of Meals on Wheels across the country, with an average meal now costing £3.44. On top of this most people who need Meals on Wheels also need some form of home [...]
Specialist Sector Continues To Feel Impact
SPECIALIST SECTORS CONTINUE TO FEEL IMPACT OF REDUCED DISCRETIONARY SPEND Despite the impact of reduced discretionary spend upon the special sectors (Automotive, Recreational, Licensed and Leisure, Hotels and Healthcare, many operators are beginning to see positive results as they focus on cost control, restructuring and their core businesses according to Colliers [...]
Celebrities join Apetito to celebrate National Community Meals Week
Community Meals hit the headlines when a host of dignitaries and celebrities joined apetito, the leading national supplier of Meals on Wheels to local authorities throughout the UK, as it made its daily deliveries to pensioners across the country. To celebrate this year’s National Community Meals Week and raise awareness of the service, [...]
A Positive Outlook From AJ Social Care
With recent announcements causing negative media attention and calls for reform throughout the social care industry, local care provider, AJ Social Care, has called for a more positive outlook to drive change and give greater support to a more progressive social agenda. Jo Guy, Managing Director of AJ Social [...]
Simon Bird Joins Care South
Care South is pleased to announce that chartered surveyor Simon Bird has joined the Senior Management Team as Property and Business Development Director. Care South is a registered charity and leading provider of high quality, innovative care (including specialist dementia care) with 20 residential and nursing care homes and close care available [...]
HICA To Open Specialist Day Care Centre
At a time when day care centres across the country are facing cuts and closures, the HICA Group is shortly to open a day care centre in Hull, which has been designed specifically for people with dementia. The new centre, built within the grounds of HICA’s The Rowans care home in [...]
Christie & Co Complete Sale to Willowbank
Acting on behalf of private owners, Christie + Co has sold Deansgrove Residential Care Home in Knowsley, Merseyside to regional operator Willowbank Rest Home Ltd for an undisclosed sum. Registered to care for 29 service users the home was largely purpose-built having been extended from an existing property, providing care in 25 single and 2 [...]
RCN Primary Care Adviser To Headline NCA Conference Nursing Care Work Stream
Lynn Young, Primary Care Advisor at the Royal College of Nursing, will be the headline speaker at the Nursing Care work stream on day one of this year’s National Care Association Conference. This dedicated work stream event will feature a wide range of prominent and expert speakers talking on subjects such as [...]
AJ GROUP PLANS EXPANSION WITH TEN NEW ROLES
AJ Group the provider of care, training and recruitment for the social care market, has announced its plans to expand the team with the addition of no fewer than ten new roles, which are available at its head office in Leeds. The business has seen an increase in turnover of 10% with recent account [...]
Christie + Co Sells Turn-Key Ashcroft Hall To Bank House Care Homes
Another East Midlands turn-of-key care home has been sold by healthcare specialists Christie + Co. The newly-constructed Ashcroft Hall in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire has been acquired by local operator Kris Sooriah. The 53-bedroom home was built by LNT Construction, the quality turn-key care home solutions providers. LNT Construction also built Willowcroft [...]
Recognise Your Work Force- Deadline Is Friday For the Best Awards!
Achieving an Accolade proves you are improving the lives of people using social care services through workforce development. Recognise your staff in these fantastic awards! This year’s nomination forms have been simplified and adapted to make it even easier for you to apply – so why not give it a go? Does this [...]
Private Equity Financing – A Cause For Celebration Or Concern?
Until recently, domiciliary care wasn’t a topic to grace the front pages of the broadsheets, let alone the tabloids. But recent events have brought it out of the shadows and it seems everyone is talking about it. The interest has been sparked by a series of unrelated – and, [...]
What’s Happening At European Care Group?
First impressions of European Care’s head office is a warm, friendly, multi cultural work force with a relaxed attitude; which is rather pleasing given the fact that European Care is the 5th largest provider of care in the UK. Its Friday lunch time and the traffic in London is as [...]
James Spencer Goes Digital
James Spencer & Co Ltd has launched its first-ever digital catalogue containing quantity discounts, full dimensions and full colour illustrations of the company’s entire product range. Richard Spencer, chairman of the West Yorkshire healthcare furniture and equipment manufacturer, explained: “Our customers prefer to receive their marketing literature in an electronic format because it is much [...]
CQC Announces New Acting Together Programme
The Care Quality Commission today announces Acting Together, a new partnership scheme that enables CQC to call on people who use services to advise on and contribute to its work. Acting Together includes involving people as ‘Experts by Experience’ on inspections of health and social care services and in visits to [...]
DAY CENTRE MAKES A WISE MOVE WITH OWL TRIP
A DAY centre for elderly people in Sunderland certainly gives a ‘hoot’ when it comes to organising interesting activities. People who use the Glenholme Day Centre in Roker were recently taken on a trip to the Kirkleatham Owl Centre, near Redcar. Around 20 users of the service spent a few [...]
More Than A Quarter Of Employers Risk Breaking The Law
A quarter of employers (28 per cent) risk unwittingly breaching the law according to new research carried out by employment relations experts Acas. The findings were revealed by a study of organisations that had used the Acas Model Workplace – a free online tool to help businesses identify and resolve [...]
MP’s May Be In Recess But Care Never Stops!
Martin Green comments on the parliamentary recess: Now that Parliament has gone into recess, there is often a view that the political world pauses. This is far from the truth. In recent years we have seen the work of Government departments going on throughout the year and though the Parliamentary recess changes [...]
Castlebeck Fail Their Residents With Poor Standards Of Care
The Care Quality Commission has told the Castlebeck Care Group that it has serious concerns about four of the services run by the Group, and that a further seven do not fully comply with essential standards of quality and safety. Where we have had immediate concerns about people’s safety we have taken action [...]
Mad To Miss It- Mad Hatters 2011
Care Professionals Benevolent Fund Launch Mad Hatters 2011 Fund Raising Campaign Don’t be late for this very important date! The Care Professionals Benevolent Fund (CPBF) will be holding its second “Mad Hatter’s” themed tea party on the 24th August 2011 and we need your help in making it the best [...]
