Tag: Residents
New standards of care coming to Epsom
Epsom will soon be home to a state of the art private care community after the council gave the go-ahead to another Signature development. The spacious private apartments will be able to accommodate couples to suit all care needs; including a dedicated quality dementia care setting. The well designed environment and [...]
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
Paul Burstow Updates The Government On Southern Cross
Paul Burstow updates the government on Southern Cross- A company that will be no more from the end of October. Paul Burstow MP Written Update On Southern Cross September 12, 2011 I wish to update the House further on the situation regarding Southern Cross Healthcare. Throughout, the Government’s overriding concerns have been [...]
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 [...]
Abbeycrest Care Centre Opens A New Chapter In A History Of Care
State of the art new care home opens in Berkshire Caring Homes is delighted to announce the opening of our newest home in the heart of the Chilterns. Abbeycrest Care Centre, in Sonning Common, will provide the very highest standards of residential, nursing and dementia care for up to 70 elderly people. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Age UK Comments On Southern Cross
“This has been a really worrying few months for Southern Cross residents and their families, with these latest developments only adding to their concern. “We would urge everyone involved in the potential transfer of the Southern Cross homes to put the needs of the residents first, remembering that those [...]
‘Seal Of Approval In Wigan’
Carers at Wigan’s newest care home were delighted to show off its specialist dementia facilities to members of the caring profession yesterday, to mark its opening in the local community. Montrose Hall of Sherwood Crescent is operated by Ideal Care Homes and provides a home for 40 people living with dementia. The [...]
Never Judge A Book By Its Cover-An Anecdote
This story was kindly supplied by Derek Timoney of Medicare Systems After 25 years in the Nurse Call industry talking to residents in homes becomes part of the job and enables you to build up pictures of what life was like. You can’t help but admire some of our aged population, what they’ve lived through [...]
Green Fingered Residents in Chester
GREEN-fingered care home residents in Chester have their watering cans at the ready as they prepare for a community crops ‘sow and grow’ day later this month. Residents from Crawford’s Walk Nursing Home, Hoole, are delighted to be taking part in the Bupa care homes scheme which takes place on April 18 and promotes the [...]
Marie Curie Launch Out of Hours Nursing Service-For Patients at Home
The Marie Curie Nursing Service, in partnership with NHS Grampian, is launching a new out of hours nursing service for Aberdeenshire and Moray to deliver nursing care for patients in their own homes. From the 4th April, the Out of Hours Nursing Service for Aberdeenshire and Moray will deliver high quality nursing care to meet [...]
