Tag: Care Operator
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 [...]
Colten Care unveils ‘much needed’ Hampshire dementia care home
THE FIRST residents have moved into a specialist £8 million dementia care home in Hampshire. Colten Care’s purpose-built St Catherines View home in Winchester offers leading-edge facilities to people with dementia living in five small house groups. It was officially opened by the Mayor of Winchester, Councillor Barry Lipscomb, at a launch for more [...]
Royal Wooton Bassett’s Miranda House Unveils New Care Manager
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Balhousie Care Group Raise £40,598 Moulin Rouge Style!
Leading care provider Balhousie Care Group raised a record-breaking £40,598 for Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) by organising a Moulin Rouge-themed charity ball. Guests at the ball were transported from Dundee’s Landmark Hotel to the Moulin Rouge for an authentic night of cabaret, can-can dancers and French cuisine. About 250 people attended the [...]
End Of Life Care Home Planned For Sutton Coldfield
A much-needed 32-bed nursing home specialising in end-of-life care is planned for a derelict site in Sutton Coldfield. The home, on the edge of Sutton Park, will create more than 30 new jobs. Care company Homecroft Ltd has applied for planning permission for the new home on a brownfield site next to the existing Wyndley [...]
Change Of Use For Former Newcastle Care Home
DC Care is pleased to announce the sale of a substantial former care home in Newcastle upon Tyne. The building was sold to a local businessman who will be converting it for alternative use. The sale was managed by Alison Taylor and Clare Jones of DC Care, in association with Husband and Brown.
Colten Care Boost Dementia Care In Dorset
TV’s Dr Hilary Jones likened it to a five-star hotel and now a £7 million Dorset care home has become the springboard to further quality care developments by South coast operator Colten Care. A finalist at this year’s Pinders Design Awards, the family-owned company is following up its Newstone House home with a dedicated dementia [...]
Wirral Care Home Sold By DC Care
DC Care is pleased to announce the sale of Thornton House, a delightful care home in the village of Childer Thornton, on the South Wirral Peninsular. Mr Andrew Blomfield, thevendor client, owned Thornton House for 24 years and during that time developed the home to bring the registration to the current level of 22. [...]
Jewish Care Display Winners Work
Three talented artists scooped the prizes at the Jack Goldhill Painting Prize showcase and prize giving event. Michael Goldhill, instigator of the painting prize, made the presentations to the winners at an event held at the Zabludowicz Collection in Chalk Farm North London. Ben Walker won first prize for his work “To be given your [...]
End Of Life Care At Kidderminster Home Is Gold Standard
A Kidderminster care home has won a national award for its gold standard of care and support for residents in their final days. It recognises the work of Westley Court at Cookley in helping residents continue to enjoy their lives where they wish until the end. The home in Austcliffe Lane achieved pass status as part [...]
COLLIERS INSTRUCTED BY LPA RECEIVERS
Colliers International Healthcare and Christie + Co have been instructed by J Cookson and A Phillips, Joint LPA Receivers, to sell Adderley Green Care Centre in Stoke. Two purpose built self-sufficient care homes are available to purchase or lease as a pair. In addition, there are 24 residential apartments in 2 blocks on the same [...]
CMG Appoint Peter Kinsey As Chief Executive
CMG, the UK’s leading independent provider for people with learning disabilities and complex needs, today announced the appointment of its new Chief Executive, Peter Kinsey, effective 1st March 2012. In his position as CMG Managing Director over the past five years, Peter has played a pivotal role in the company’s continued growth and improvement, and [...]
Alloa Care Home Welcomes First Resident
A new multi-million pound luxury care home in Alloa has welcomed its first resident. Ruby Shepherd, aged 90, was given a warm welcome to Parklands, the state-of-the-art, purpose-built care home in Alloa Park Drive which represents a £4.7million investment by Meallmore, one of Scotland’s leading providers of nursing and residential care. Mrs Shepherd, who has [...]
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, [...]
Award Winning Care At Barchester
Founded in 1992 by Mike Parsons, Barchester Healthcare took only two years to win the Care Home Design Award, hailing the beginning of Barchester becomming one of the UK’s largest quality care providers. Constantly improving and updating their existing facilities is extremely important to Barchester and with fourteen new state of the art [...]
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 [...]
Leeds-Funded Bobsleigh Team Enjoy Success!
LEEDS-FUNDED BOBSLEIGH TEAM ENJOY SUCCESS AT WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES Team GB, supported by two local businesses, is celebrating triumph with a silver medal in bobsleigh at the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games in Austria, Britain’s third medal success at the Games. The Great Britain bobsleigh team, co-sponsored by Leeds-based Maria Mallaband [...]
Orpington Care Home Site On Track
Mild winter helps keep work on new Orpington care home site on track Work is well underway on a new care home at the Sevenoaks Road site in Orpington, Kent with the first stage of the concrete foundations being poured this week. Once opened, the home will provide nursing and residential care for over [...]
BBC Investigate Further Abuse at Harlow Care Home
Partridge Care Centre in Harlow, Essex is facing further investigations by the police after BBC Essex uncovered neglect and abuse of elderly residents. Over the last 2 years the CQC have made various recommendations regarding the quality of care at Partridge Care Centre. In 2010 the CQC took enforcement action against the home. [...]
Hadrian Healthcare Continue To Grow
Ridley Park care home, built on the site of the former Plessey Road School, was officially opened by MP Ronnie Campbell and mayor of Blyth Robert Parker on Friday (11 November). Built by Hadrian Healthcare Group, it includes a residents’ bar, hair salon, traditional-style newspaper and sweet shop, a stylish bistro and library. [...]
Ideal Care Homes Create 40 Jobs In Care
Ideal Care Homes has opened a new site on the former Golden Ball Pub site in Bulwell, Nottingham, creating 40 jobs. Fairway View will provide residential care home for 41 elderly people and will be operated by Ideal Care Homes, part of the LNT Group. The group is also developing another new [...]
Care In Safehands
Lancashire business man Simon Rigby former chief executive of Leeds based Spice has acquired Blackpool based Safehands Group which currently employs 250 staff across the UK. Safehands was sold by the majority shareholders Stephanie and Gary Farrer, who established the business 14 years ago from a bedroom in their home. It [...]
Care Home Staff Sacked From Keighley Care Home
Shipley, West Yorkshire based Care operator Czaijka Care Group have sacked two carers for posting an inappropriate photograph on the social networking site Facebook. The image involved one carer dancing around the room of a resident who was also present at the time. The image was then posted on Facebook. Further to [...]
MP returning to officially open the Moat House
Fourteen months after unveiling the foundation stone, local MP Sir Alan Haselhurst is returning to perform the official opening of the area’s newest care home. The first residents have already moved into the Moat House, on the fringes of Great Dunmow and will be on hand to welcome Sir Alan to [...]
The official opening of Anisha Grange
Anisha Grange care home in Billericay was recently officially opened by the town’s mayor, Cllr Mo Larkin, and the home’s first very first resident – Jim Saunders. Hundreds of wowed guests turned up to the unveiling of the home which has just received the accolade of “The most outstanding new care home [...]
KENTFORD MANOR CELEBRATES A GRAND EVENT
Kentford Manor, the new residential, nursing and memory care home in Newmarket held its Grand Opening last week. Situated in the village of Kennett, the purpose-built Care Home offers outstanding facilities that sit perfectly hand in hand with its newly recruited, professional and dedicated care team. Led by manager, Wendy Harvey, [...]
Treetops Care Home Sale By Christie & Co
Christie + Co has sold the Treetops Nursing Home in Oldham to an experienced local operator for an undisclosed sum. The nursing home had been built and established by Christie + Co’s clients in 1990 since which time they have established a high quality business with an excellent reputation and consistently strong levels of occupancy. [...]
Liverpool’s Abbeydale care home sold by Christie + Co
Acting on behalf of Doson Ltd, Christie + Co has sold Abbeydale Nursing & Residential Home in Liverpool to an existing local operator for an undisclosed sum. This is the second care home deal to have completed within the region during the last month. The home, which operated with a fully qualified RGN Manager, is [...]
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 [...]
£9.5m Funding From Bank of Ireland For New Care Projects
Bank of Ireland has recently provided funding of £9.5m to New Care Projects LLP to refinance their existing Manorhey Care Centre in the Borough of Trafford and build a new flagship 84 bed facility, in Timperley, near Altrincham. The development led Partnership which looks to marry the skill sets of the Development sector with [...]
Care In Sheffield Secured With SheffCare
RESIDENTS and staff at two Sheffield residential homes have had their futures assured after the properties were bought by leading city service provider SheffCare. The two 42 bedroom properties at Grange Crescent in Sharrow and Midhurst Road in Foxhill, were previously owned by South Yorkshire Housing Association. But when vital local authority funding came to [...]
Golden Years For Glebe Care
Glebe House, a delightful and successful care home in Surrey, has been sold by care sector specialist advisors Christie + Co. The entire share capital of Glebe Care Ltd (owners of Glebe House) was acquired by Surrey care provider Golden Years Ltd for an undisclosed sum off an asking price of £3.8 [...]
Balancing The Books-Paul Burstow Comments
Four Seasons have agreed the transfer of 57 of the 288 care homes from the now failed Southern Cross. A further 88 will be transferred in the 2nd tranche. This arrangement is with the full knowledge of the Care Quality Commission. Four Seasons have assets currently valued at £350m and debts [...]
Torquay Care Business Acquisition Assisted With Funding Secured By Christie Finance
Renaissance Care Services, a specialist care home in Torquay has new owners — thanks to funding secured by the specialist commercial finance broker Christie Finance. The freehold to the care home, which is registered for 17 and specialises in care for people with learning disabilities, has been bought by Karen Hardwick [...]
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 [...]
Up to 500 More Care Jobs To Join Ark In Yorkshire
Ark Home Healthcare is planning to create 150 new jobs following the takeover of a portfolio of care homes across the region. The company, which gained backing from private equity partners Ashbridge Capital and Core Capital earlier this year, has acquired the home care division of Anchor Trust and has taken over [...]
Excellent News Maria Mallaband Group Save 2250 Care Jobs
Care Operator Maria Mallaband Care Group announced they have taken over the running of 35 Southern Cross Care Homes saving the jobs of over 2,250 jobs and making the future of residents secure. Excellent news for the sector- Is your company doing the same? Email me jackiebrook@careindustrynews.co.uk
Thank You For The Memories!
A new touch-screen computer system has revolutionised activity sessions for residents at Care South’s Leybourne House care home in Bournemouth. Digital Reminiscence Therapy Software (DRTS) is an easy to use touch-screen system which can support conversations between people living with dementia, their families, and the people who provide their formal care. [...]
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 [...]
Police Open Investigation Into 2 Deaths At Essex Care Home
3 elderly people from Partridge Care Centre in Harlow, Essex were admitted to hospital on the August 3rd. Since then Essex Police have confirmed that 2 have died and that an investigation in to their deaths and the home is taking place. A 36 year old woman has been arrested and bailed [...]
Care Operator Receives Enforcement Notices In Darlington
Middleton Lodge Care Home near Darlington and owned by care group Potens has received 4 strict enforcement notices relating to the home and poor care. CQC inspectors made an unannounced visit to the £800 per week per bed care home and discovered several problems including; Inexperienced and unqualified staff administering injections, [...]
Newcastle Care Home Encourages Silver Surfers
SILVER surfers at a Newcastle residential care home are proving that age is no barrier when it comes to technology. Since a state-of-the-art, touch-screen computer was installed in the Whorlton Grange care home in Westerhope, its residents have eagerly been surfing the internet, emailing and even using Skype to speak to [...]
