RECENT NEWS

Staff and residents at a Paisley care home are gearing up to host a free, fun packed event for members from the local community.

Dedicated staff members have been honoured at Bield’s 2017 AGM for their service to the leading housing and care provider for Scotland’s older population.

The University of Cumbria is spearheading research aimed at improving the lives of older adults by working to encourage more physical activity to reduce the likelihood of falls.

Now one of the largest care providers in the UK, Barchester Healthcare is celebrating 25 years since it was founded and works began to transform a derelict, 17th Century listed farmhouse into the first ever Barchester home.

A resident at a Birmingham based HC-One care home celebrated her 105th birthday surrounded by family and friends, with guest of honour Lord Mayor Councillor Anne Underwood.

Meals on Wheels Week returns on 6-10 November 2017 and the National Association of Care Catering (NACC), the event organiser, will be leading a series of activities to raise awareness of the important role the Meals on Wheels service plays in modern society, including a round table discussion with MPs.

Care providers Sunrise Senior Living UK and Gracewell Healthcare have appointed award winning dementia innovator Jackie Pool as UK head of memory care and programming.

Bupa’s Hill View Care Home is planning to install a new tuck shop, thanks to a generous donation from a Clydebank pub.

A new online resource has been introduced by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) to offer practical guidance on how to engage residents in creative arts, such as dance, puppetry and digital arts.

Theraposture has launched a dynamic new website so professionals and consumers have easier access to its comprehensive guidance regarding appropriate adjustable beds, chairs and care cots.

Working hand in hand to create residential care homes that are as individual as their residents are Four Seasons Health Care (FSHC) and British manufacturer Teal Living.

CQC, alongside a number of partners, has published a new good practice resource, Equally Outstanding, exploring how a focus on equality and human rights can help to improve quality of care.

The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) has announced the shortlist of finalists for the NACC Awards 2017.

The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by Risby Park Nursing Home, in Bury St Edmunds, to be 'outstanding' following an inspection in July.

Chubb Fire & Security Limited’s Community Care business has won a major new service and maintenance contract to help protect more than 2,500 elderly and vulnerable residents in Charnwood Borough Council.

A new initiative at a Coventry care home has been helping the staff to make dreams come true for its residents.

Purley Park Trust, a charity based in Purley on Thames near Reading that provides care services to over 80 people in the local community, has starting using Engagement Multiplier to support its strategy of delivering an excellent standard of care.

A care home in Uddingston is offering a unique form of musical therapy which has residents singing its praises, and now it’s calling out to the local community to get involved.

A care home in Oxfordshire has been rated 'outstanding' in all five areas by the Care Quality Commission following an inspection in July.

Residents at Hartismere Place care home in Eye were joined by pupils from St Peter and St Paul CEVA Primary School to take part in a Dementia Friends information session.