RECENT NEWS

Residents and staff at Kincarrathie House, a 44 bed residential care home for the elderly on the outskirts of Perth in East Scotland, are benefiting from new technology designed and installed by Aid Call, in the form of a wireless nurse call system.

One of the most senior nurses in the care sector, Professor Trish Morris-Thompson, currently director of quality and clinical governance at Barchester Healthcare, has announced that she is retiring on 28 February 2017.

According to a recent study, Trilux lighting contributed to significantly improved quality of life for a group of care home residents with Alzheimer's disease

The National Association of Care Catering (NACC), in collaboration with the charity Sustain and the Sustainable Food Cities Network, has produced a series of case studies that champions innovative, alternative models for Meals on Wheels services that remove dependency on continually shrinking social care budgets and could help secure the currently threatened service for future generations.

Two Nurse Plus employees have been commended with a 10 Year Award for their exceptional service to the specialist nursing and domiciliary care agency.

LNT Care Developments has received planning permission to build a 66 bed care home on the site of the former Sainsbury Depot in Buntingford.

Dr Pete Calveley, chief executive of Barchester Healthcare has said he is 'honoured' to be the new chairman of Barchester's Charitable Foundation, a charity that gives support to older people and other adults living with a disability.

Agrippa fire door closers have played a key role in ensuring fire compliance at Ard Cuan Residential Home in Northern Ireland, eliminating the need to hard wire in a system to the building.

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co has announced the successful sale of Tilford Park Nursing Home near Farnham, Surrey and Summerlea Nursing Home in Littlehampton, West Sussex on behalf of LRH Homes.

DC Care has completed the sale of Queen Margaret’s Nursing Home on behalf of Hawkfish Limited for an undisclosed sum.

Registration for the established free event is now open for all locations across the UK in 2017. Care Roadshows are tailored to all decision makers within the care sector including care home owners, managers and healthcare professionals.

New entrant to the care market, Baycroft, topped out its first scheme at Great Baddow near Chelmsford on Friday 13 January.

24-7 Care Limited has been sold by healthcare business agents DC Care for an undisclosed sum.

A North Yorkshire-based care company is defying the gloom surrounding the care home market and expanding with the purchase of a nursing home.

The New Deanery and St Mary’s Court residential care homes, near Braintree, have started the New Year with a bang after being awarded two prestigious accolades at the Great British Care Awards’ East of England Region ceremony.

Novus Property Solutions has carried out a series of refurbishment works for two Nazareth House residential care homes, enabling Laundry Tec to install new state-of-the-art equipment in both.

Average business property prices once again increased across all sectors, according to the latest report, Business Outlook 2017, by specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co.

Blue Cross is calling on all elderly care homes to have a clear pet policy, after the pet charity’s research found that 40 per cent of UK care homes claim to be ‘pet friendly', but there are often huge discrepancies in what this means in practice.

A dedicated Linlithgow woman has raised a phenomenal £600 for the care services where she has worked for nearly two decades.

New operations appointment sees leading furniture manufacturer Shackletons expand its team with Trevor Cartwright taking the role of operations director.