RECENT NEWS

A specialist dementia care home in Oxfordshire has been awarded platinum status by the Gold Standards Framework (GSF) for its end of life care.

Dunstan Court, an extra care scheme in Cambridge run by CHS Group, has been awarded a five star food hygiene rating, following an unannounced inspection.

Care provider Orchard Care Homes has added further sector and management skills to its senior leadership team with the appointment of Hayden Knight as chief operating officer to work alongside CEO Tom Brookes.

Borough Care residents will be donning their walking shoes during National Walking Month, to participate in a number of social walks.

Older person’s charity MHA has brought together the management of its care home, retirement living and community-based Live at Home schemes under the newly created role of director of operations, which has been filled by the appointment of Dan Ryan.

Swn Y Gan, an established nursing home in the Welsh village of Penclawdd, situated north of the Gower Peninsula, has been sold.

Awards ceremonies have taken place to thank the dedicated army of volunteers who give up their time to help at The Royal Star & Garter Homes in Surbiton and Solihull.

Todd Architects has completed The Croft, a state-of-the-art supported living development specifically designed for people living with early stage dementia.

Talented residents at The Grange care home in Wickford, Essex, put on a fantastic show with their choir at a local church hall, raising £156.23 for Lennox Children’s Cancer Fund charity.

Sunrise of Cardiff will be hosting an event launching a new project in conjunction with Cardiff Metropolitan University.

A secret garden at an HC-One care home in Tetbury has opened its gates to provide meaningful experiences for residents and local children from St Mary’s Playgroup.

A number of residents at Ruddington Manor Care Centre on Ruddington Lane in Wilford were able to relive their youth by riding motorbikes.

The Royal Star & Garter Home in High Wycombe has welcomed its first resident.

On 24 April, local charity Brunelcare attended the ‘topping out’ ceremony for the development of a new 64-bed care home and 24-bed reablement service, to be named Little Heath, located in Cadbury Heath, South Gloucestershire.

Care UK has officially opened two new homes in Kent providing specialist care for the elderly, with two more due to open by 2020.

An HC-One care home has enabled a resident to live with her beloved cat of 13 years after fears they may be separated.

MHA care home resident Eileen Pegg is due to feature in a major BBC One documentary to raise awareness of the effect music can have on people living with dementia.

Care Roadshows is set to return to Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool on 14 May.

Residents and their families have rated HC-One as one of the top 20 care home groups in the UK.

The health and social care team at Royds Withy King has successfully completed the purchase of a residential care home in a deal co-ordinated by specialist advisers.