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Resident returns to South Ormsby Hall

Resident returns to South Ormsby Hall

MHA Stones Place care home resident, Kathleen Brown, has made a special birthday trip back to Lincolnshire country home, South Ormsby Hall, nearly 80 years after she worked there as a housemaid.
  • News
  • / Jun 12, 2019
NACC Care Chef of the Year 2019

NACC Care Chef of the Year 2019

The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) declared Martin McKee of The Hawthorns, Aldridge, the NACC Care Chef of the Year 2019 on Wednesday 5 June, following a closely fought national final.
  • News
  • / Jun 12, 2019
Sunrise adviser joins NASHICS board

Sunrise adviser joins NASHICS board

Sunrise Senior Living UK and Gracewell Healthcare’s health and safety advisor has secured a seat on the National Association for Safety and Health in Care Service (NASHICS) board.
  • News
  • / Jun 12, 2019
Monmouthshire home up for sale

Monmouthshire home up for sale

Thistle Court Nursing & Residential Home in the village of Cwmbran, Monmouthshire, has been put up for sale.
  • News
  • / Jun 12, 2019
Skydive for MHA Fitzwarren Court

Skydive for MHA Fitzwarren Court

When MHA Fitzwarren Court resident Bernard Berry settled in to life at the retirement living scheme, he didn’t expect that he would end up skydiving to raise funds for their amenity fund at the age of 83.
  • News
  • / Jun 12, 2019
Pioneering technology transfers

Pioneering technology transfers

Person Centred Software is working on a demonstrator project with Sutton Council as part of the South West London Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) to digitise the transfer of documentation between care homes and hospitals.
  • News
  • / Jun 12, 2019
Silverline announces appointment

Silverline announces appointment

Silverline Care, a care provider for the elderly which operates six nursing homes across Scotland and two nursing homes in Yorkshire, has appointed Thomas Cook as the company’s new financial reporting and systems manager.
  • News
  • / Jun 04, 2019
JLA acquires fire facilities firm

JLA acquires fire facilities firm

The JLA group is delighted to announce the acquisition of Fire Facilities Management Limited (Fire FM).
  • News
  • / Jun 04, 2019
Closed Yorkshire home set to reopen

Closed Yorkshire home set to reopen

Greasbrough Nursing Home in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, which is currently closed, has been sold to a first time buyer in the sector who plans to reopen the home.
  • News
  • / Jun 04, 2019
Care UK celebrates ‘topping out’

Care UK celebrates ‘topping out’

A £5.5 million Hythe care home has marked its latest construction milestone with the help of a special guest.
  • News
  • / Jun 04, 2019
Residents showcase artistic skills

Residents showcase artistic skills

Residents from MHA Bradbury Grange in Whitstable have been showing off their artistic talents in a recent exhibition at a local museum and gallery.
  • News
  • / Jun 04, 2019
Only Care picks Gainsborough bathrooms

Only Care picks Gainsborough bathrooms

Hollybank House in Oakerthorpe, a 40-bed facility caring for elderly residents and one of three care homes operated by Only Care, commissioned Gainsborough to install a specialist wet room and accessible toilets for enhanced care.
  • News
  • / Jun 04, 2019
Penguins return to Oxfordshire

Penguins return to Oxfordshire

Residents at a care home in Oxfordshire recently received a visit from some exotic guests.
  • News
  • / Jun 04, 2019
Retirement development complete

Retirement development complete

Stephen George + Partners LLP (SGP) has completed work on 44 Retirement Living apartments and 58 Retirement Living Plus apartments at Ilkley, West Yorkshire, for McCarthy & Stone North East.
  • News
  • / Jun 04, 2019
Marking Dementia Action Week

Marking Dementia Action Week

Borough Care marked Dementia Action Week (20-26 May) with a range of activities at its 11 homes across Stockport.
  • News
  • / May 29, 2019
Families honour military heroes

Families honour military heroes

Relatives of local military veterans have gathered to see their loved ones celebrated at The Royal Star & Garter Home in High Wycombe.
  • News
  • / May 29, 2019
Work begins on Ayrshire care home

Work begins on Ayrshire care home

Work is now underway on the development of a new £7.5 million care home in Doonfoot, Ayrshire, which was marked by an official sod cutting ceremony on site.
  • News
  • / May 29, 2019
Skiing wish comes true

Skiing wish comes true

Sunrise of Westbourne is celebrating the success of its Wishing Well after granting one of its residents their lifelong wish.
  • News
  • / May 29, 2019
Digital strategy enhances care

Digital strategy enhances care

CHS Group, the Cambridgeshire charitable housing association and social enterprise, has introduced Nourish, an electronic care management platform, to three of its residential care homes - Alex Wood House and Langdon House in Cambridge, and Vera James House in Ely.
  • News
  • / May 29, 2019
Shetland ponies are mane attraction

Shetland ponies are mane attraction

Residents at a care home in Kemnay have been horsing around this week thanks to a visit from some new equine friends.
  • News
  • / May 22, 2019

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