RECENT NEWS

Exposure to environments outside a comfortable temperature could help tackle major metabolic diseases, such as diabetes and obesity, and should be reflected in modern building practices, according to a new study.

Kingsley Healthcare is the latest national care home chain to sign up to the Well Careplus medicine management service, ensuring 1,000 more patients are benefiting from the safe and personalised care the system offers.

A kind-hearted boy from Strawberry Fields Primary School demonstrated the true meaning of Easter when he paid a surprise visit to a care home resident in Garforth recently.

Ella Macleod, who celebrated her turn of a century at Bupa’s Hill View Care Home in the West Dunbartonshire town of Clydebank, credits her good health to a nightly ritual of a small glass of her favourite vino before bed.

The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by Waterhall Care Centre in Bletchley, Milton Keynes, to be 'outstanding' overall following an inspection in February.

A monthly bistro at a very sheltered housing development in East Lothian has celebrated its first birthday after raising a phenomenal £4,500 in its inaugural year.

Residents at a care home in Dundee no longer need to worry about missing Sunday service, after dedicated staff created their own church in the home’s garden.

Two Nurse Plus team members have successfully completed the brand new Well-Led programme from nationwide academy, Skills for Care.

A Glasgow Care Home has come up with an unusual therapy for its residents living with dementia – providing them with their own traditional ‘pub’.

Margaret Willcox, president elect of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), responds to the latest NHS England figures for delayed transfers of care in February 2017.

Care England has responded to the latest paper by David Roe, Better Care Outcome Ltd; the paper is very timely and mirrors the analysis and recommendations in the recent reports from the Communities and Local Government Select Committee on adult social care and the Lords ad hoc Committee on the Long Term Sustainability of the NHS.

Lanarkshire based Keane Premier Healthcare has agreed a £2.7million loan with Barclays, enabling the company to expand its portfolio with the acquisition of a third care home, safeguarding 40 jobs and the care of 22 residents in the process.

An inner London domiciliary care provider has been rated as 'outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission.

People living with dementia in Kirkintilloch will continue to have the opportunity to dine out in familiar surroundings, after a much-loved local meal service secured new funding.

Caresolve will be speaking about ‘the true cost of care’ at the Lancashire Care Association’s Spring Seminar next month.

An East London domiciliary care service has been rated 'inadequate' overall and has been placed into special measures.

A housing trust that failed in its duty to provide safe care and treatment has been ordered to pay £163,185.15 in fines and costs by Leeds Magistrates’ Court following the death of a 98-year-old man in its care.

A stark variation in the quality of care homes at a regional and local authority level across England has been highlighted by new research.

Two care homes dedicated to providing the best possible care for all of their residents right up until the end of their lives, have been recognised with a major national award.

Dentist Danny de Villiers, known affectionately as 'Danny the dentist', is using his 30 years of experience in infection control to help care homes in Surrey fight the spread of harmful viruses and bacteria.