Tag: Social Care
White Paper, White Lies- Social Care Forgotten?
Despite promises of a white paper on social care to appear this spring, today’s speech offered little sign of hope that a decision on funding will be made soon. Jane Ashcroft CEO of Anchor responds to the Queens speech; “Anchor research found one in four people are unaware that care is means-tested yet the current broken [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
HET Software awarded ESPO Electronic Homecare Monitoring Framework
h.e.t. software, the leading provider of software solutions for the social care industry, is pleased to announce its re-award onto the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO) Electronic Homecare Monitoring Framework. ESPO is one of the UK’s largest public sector professional buying organisations. They provide a comprehensive procurement service to enable customers to [...]
Apprenticeship Numbers in Social Care Continue To Increase
Apprenticeship numbers in social care continue to increase. The total number of starts on the joint health and social care framework is 52,541. The majority of these 50,472, are in social care. Social care employers recognise the benefits of supporting their staff through Apprenticeships. An Apprenticeship is a work-based training programme which leads to [...]
Hat Trick For HPC Healthcare Property Consultants
For the third year in succession, social care property consultant HPC has been nominated as a finalist in the prestigious HealthInvestor Awards. The awards, which take place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, recognise excellence and innovation in the independent healthcare sector. At the 2012 awards, HPC has been nominated in two categories for [...]
West Midlands Home Care Create 150 New Jobs
Afro-Caribbean Businesswomen of the Year 1996 – Nikki Walker is set to create 150 new domiciliary care jobs having just secured two new contracts for her company West Midlands Home-Based Care which provides 24 hour care and domiciliary services to people living in their own homes. The care provider won contracts from Walsall and Warwickshire to [...]
Ark Expands Home Care Across UK
Leading care provider Ark Home Healthcare (Ark) is to recruit over 100 new care workers this year as it continues to expand its home care offer across the UK. The jobs will be provided in Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire and will support in part a recently-won contract with Surrey County Council to provide domiciliary and [...]
Jewish Care Joins Care in Crisis Campaign
Residents of Jewish Care marched with over 1,000 people in the Crisis in Care lobby at the Houses of Parliament to voice their concerns on older people’s social care. Local resident of Rubens House, Finchley, Sadie Simmons (82) said, “Jewish Care provides me with great support but I am very concerned about what happens to [...]
Anchor Staff Lobby for Social Care Change
Anchor staff members from around the country attended a mass lobby in Westminster yesterday to question MPs on the failings of the UK’s social care system. Anchor representatives from eight regions attended the End the Care Crisis lobby, to speak with their local MPs. The meetings took place to encourage MPs to support social care [...]
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 [...]
Bupa Comments on Independent Commission on Dignity in Care for Older People.
Oliver Thomas, UK director, Bupa Care Homes, said: “This report recognises there is some great care being provided across the sector by thousands of dedicated staff who work extremely hard to ensure that dignity of all the older people in their care is their top priority. We welcome and support the Commission’s call for [...]
Cynthia Bower Announces Resignation As Chief Executive Of CQC
Cynthia Bower, Chief Executive of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) today announced her resignation. Cynthia Bower said: “After almost four years leading CQC, I feel that it is now time to move on. The process of setting up an entirely new system of regulation has been intensely challenging – but we have accomplished an enormous [...]
A Note About The Weather From Age UK
“Over a third of over 65s fall each year and snow and ice pose real dangers for older people. Older people worried about falling should ask a friend, family member or neighbour to help out with shopping. For those who decide not to go out, it is important to keep active at [...]
Methven Care Home Completes Refurbishment
The Balhousie Methven Care Home has recently reopened its doors after undergoing £200,000 refurbishment work. The home, which is situated in the Perthshire village of Methven, can provide care for up to 14 residents. Balhousie Care Group managing director, Graham Ogilvie, said: “We are always looking at ways to ensure our residents [...]
Flower Power at Jewish Care
Jewish Care celebrated Tu B’Shvat with a floristry workshop at the charity’s Michael Sobell Centre in Golders Green on Wednesday 8th February. The green-fingered enthusiasts created mixed-media arrangements consisting of seasonal fruits, berries and white ‘Avalanche’ roses. Tu B’Shvat is a festive day in the calendar of the Jewish People. It is called the New [...]
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 [...]
Cancer Drug Improves Symptoms Of Alzheimer’s In Mice
An existing cancer drug seems to improve many of the effects of Alzheimer’s disease in mice, a study published today (Thursday, 09 February) in the journal Science has found. Researchers in Ohio found the drug bexarotene was effective in increasing levels of the protein ApoE, which in turn sped up the clearance of [...]
Yorkshire Bank Funded Care Home To Create New Jobs
A £1.5 million project to convert a 19th century building into a high-end residential care home is set to create up to 35 full and part-time jobs in the West Midlands. Rectory Care Limited is renovating the former St Cuthbert’s rectory in Donnington, Albrighton, into a 31-bedroom care home, backed by funding [...]
Protect The Money Of Dementia Sufferers
People with dementia are being cheated out of at least £100 million, the Alzheimer’s Society revealed. The charity estimates that up to 112,500 (15 per cent) people with dementia have been victims of financial abuse such as cold calling, scam mail, or mis-selling. Its new report ‘Short changed: Protecting people with dementia from [...]
Health Select Committee Report-Alzheimers Society Comment
A new report published today (Wednesday, 8 February 2012) by the Health Select Committee is calling for greater integration of the existing fragmented health and social care services. The report, which follows the Committee’s enquiry into Social Care, also identifies the need to face the issue of the funding gap between the number [...]
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 [...]
Record Number Of Adult Social Care Apprentices
Adult social care employers are celebrating the achievements of a record number of apprentices during National Apprenticeship Week which kicks off this week. Last year the sector saw more than 40,000 new apprentices across England use the framework working towards qualifications that will boost their knowledge and skills to deliver high quality care. They [...]
Dignity Action Day Enjoyed In Poole
Staff and residents at Care UK’s award-winning Mitchell House nursing home have been raising awareness of dignity and enjoying some of their favourite pastimes with friends in the community to celebrate national Dignity Action Day. National Dignity Action Day, held on Wednesday 1st February, aims to ensure people in care are treated [...]
The NACC Ensure Dignity Through Mealtimes
AFTER A FULL DAY OF ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF DIGNITY IN CARE DAY THE NACC ANNOUNCE A NEW PUBLICATION THAT WILL ENSURE DIGNITY THROUGH MEALTIMES Dignity Action Day spotlights the importance of continually upholding the dignity of people receiving care. The new publication from the National Association of Care Catering (NACC) – How [...]
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 [...]
Bournemouth Welcomes The Care Show
Care Show Bournemouth returns to the BIC on the 27th and 28th of March for two days of industry networking, education and product showcases. This industry leading trade exhibition promises to be the most comprehensive Care Show to date, attracting exhibitors and visitors from across the South of the UK. Providing business solutions for owners [...]
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 [...]
Work Begins On Pioneering New Nursing Home
Work has begun on Care UK’s latest ground-breaking nursing home, which will provide residential and dementia care for 90 residents. As well as expert care, the home on Redford Road, Edinburgh, will bring around 80 new jobs to the area, and local residents will also benefit from a woodland area near the development [...]
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. [...]
Living On A Low Income
What you say is ‘I don’t really need it, I’ll get by without it’. That’s it” Woman, aged 78, single household. New research(1) commissioned by Age UK shows the realities of how older people manage living on a low income as a new poll (2) reveals that over a half (55%) of people aged 60 [...]
NHS Funding Challenge
A review of how health and social care systems are coping in the tough economic climate has been published today (Tuesday 24 January) by the Health Select Committee. Its chair, Rt Hon Stephen Dorrell MP, has said that the NHS funding challenge can only be met by rethinking and redesigning the way health [...]
£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 [...]
DC CARE SELL 2 WEST YORKSHIRE CARE HOMES
D C Care is delighted to confirm the recent sale of two 40 bed care homes in West Yorkshire. Acting upon the instructions of D F Wilson and J N R Pitts of Begbies Traynor in Leeds who were the Joint Administrators of Holberry Care Limited the homes were purchased by a [...]
Paul Burstow Minister of Care Comments
Paul Burstow has made the following statements both written and oral to questions regarding care in the UK. ”The proposals we have outlined in the Health and Social Care Bill place a much firmer emphasis on. The importance of integration-better collaboration, partnership working and integration across social care and the national health [...]
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 [...]
Care Inspectorate appoints Annette Bruton as new Chief Exec
Scotland’s care regulator, the Care Inspectorate, today (Wednesday) announced the appointment of its new Chief Executive, Annette Bruton. Currently Director of Education, Culture and Sport with the Aberdeen City Council, Ms Bruton will join the Care Inspectorate early in the New Year. She will lead the organisation as it [...]
Shaping Our Age
New research released from WRVS, the UK’s largest charity delivering preventative care for older people, shows that services older people believe are crucial to their wellbeing are suffering as a result of government cuts across the country placing older people’s health at risk and putting an overstretched NHS under even greater pressure. [...]
Care Providers Alliance Launches A Vision For Regulation
The regulation of care and support: a Care Provider Alliance vision Background to the Care Providers Alliance The Care Providers Alliance (CPA) is a group of representative bodies within the adult social care sector who have come together to ensure a coordinated response to the major issues that affect the sector. The [...]
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 [...]
Whose fault is it?
CQC calls for action to improve care for older people CQC today publishes a report into the standards of care that elderly people receive in hospital – and calls for a system-wide response to combat the failings identified. This report summarises the findings of 100 unannounced inspections of NHS acute [...]
Jewish Care Offers Support By The Sea
A dynamic group of Bournemouth-based volunteers has been offering support to their local Jewish community. The tight-knit team includes Pat Cravitz, Josie Lipsitz, Marcia Goodman and Liz Harris has been helping people access local social services, offering advice regarding obtaining funding for services as well as giving emotional support to vulnerable members [...]
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 [...]
Coming Together To Improve The Lives Of Older People
Dozens of organisations from across the voluntary, private and public sectors are coming together in partnership to celebrate the lives of older people and address the challenges of our ageing society. Launched today to coincide with Older People’s Day celebrations, the Age Action Alliance will work together to improve the lives of [...]
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 [...]
