RECENT NEWS

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.

Sunrise of Westbourne is delighted to have been awarded the Quality Hallmark Award platinum status for end of life care, following re-accreditation by the Gold Standards Framework (GSF).

Twelve chefs from the Hartford Care group attended an innovative and informative chef training day at Bidfood, the food service wholesaler in Slough.

On Thursday 11 April, a new general residential care unit opened at Dunmurry Manor care home for the elderly, with space for an additional 15 residents to reside at the home and receive professional, round the clock care and support.

Staff and residents from 4 North West care homes came together to compete in a fun traditional sports day event.

A volunteer at The Royal Star & Garter Homes has collected his British Empire Medal at the Tower of London.

Gracewell of Sutton Coldfield is celebrating the first anniversary of its partnership with local organisation Age Concern Birmingham, which aims to tackle loneliness among the elderly in the local community.

The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and Moreland House care home have agreed to change their charging policies after a resident paid too much for her care, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has said.

A dementia unit at a south Shropshire care home has undergone an innovative transformation to provide a more stimulating environment for residents.

The Professional Division of Miele has appointed Melissa Kershaw as senior marketing manager in the UK.

Belvedere Park Nursing Home, Coventry, which is registered for 25 service users within the categories of nursing and mild dementia care, has been sold on behalf of Lawrence and Chinyere Anyanwu.

RMBI Care Co has received top marks in a nationwide survey of care home residents; the results showed that 95 per cent of residents living in an RMBI home said that they were satisfied with the overall standard of care.

Fairmile Grange is celebrating after being awarded a ‘good’ overall rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Audley Group has raised an incredible £15,000 for The Dove Ward at the Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund.