RECENT NEWS

A Glasgow care home is celebrating its industry success after landing a double award nomination for this year’s Scottish Care – National Care Home Awards.

MHA, a charity providing care, accommodation and support services to older people, has revealed that just one in 1,000 people living with dementia in the UK today are receiving life enhancing music therapy.

Three leading health charities have issued a call for the government to address a £1.9 billion social care funding gap through the Autumn Statement.

Christie Finance has successfully arranged a finance package of £26m for 23 of Hollyblue Healthcare’s portfolio of residential care homes operating in the elderly and specialist care sectors. Tenants include some of the leading healthcare providers in the UK.

Bield, one of Scotland’s leading providers of housing and care services, has raised a fantastic £430 at a garden party in Port Glasgow.

Oakdale Care Group, a new care home operator, is developing a chain of state-of-the-art residential facilities for the elderly that will create 180 new jobs after securing a £13 million funding package from Clydesdale Bank.

apetito is using Meals on Wheels Week to call on Government to direct more money into social care and to consider revolutionary measures such as merging health and social care budgets, to combat the alarming decline in Meals on Wheels services.

Care home construction specialist Stepnell has been awarded a £6.6 million contract to design and build a four-storey, 81-bed care home as part of a larger residential scheme, developed by sister company Aspen Retirement Ltd, in the heart of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.

Rowan Gardens, a Very Sheltered Development in Greenock, celebrated Halloween in style this year with its own self-decorated ghoulish party.

David Mowat MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State has visited Birtley House in Surrey.

A care home in Bellshill celebrated Halloween in style this year with a traditional, spooky-themed tea dance.

Staff and residents of West Hall in Surrey have been celebrating this month after the news that their care home has been classed as outstanding by regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC), a rare accolade only awarded to one per cent of adult care services.

One of Scotland’s leading providers of housing and care, highlights the important role that volunteers can have in assisting older people to enjoy happy and fulfilled lives in Edinburgh.

Five inspirational and thrill-seeking members of the National Association of Care Catering (NACC) have conquered the skies and leapt 10,000ft from an aeroplane to raise over £6000, so far, for The Food Chain and Alzheimer’s Society.

The gardening project at Ashmead Care Centre in Putney, South London, has had its second successful year, with residents and staff getting their hands dirty to grow a variety of different vegetables for the home’s kitchens.

A Care UK nutrition and hydration expert has won a prestigious national award that recognises and celebrates excellence, innovation and education in the field of care catering.

Benamy Care, a care home in Seaham, remains in special measures after failing to improve and obstructing the inspection team during an unannounced inspection in September this year.

Professor Martin Green, chief executive of Care England, was called to give evidence to the influential Communities and Local Government Committee in Parliament today, as part of its inquiry into the stability and quality of adult social care.

Show apartments at a state-of-the-art care home in Kenilworth for people with dementia have been officially opened, as the £10.5 million development nears completion.

LNT Care Developments has received planning permission to build a 66 bed care home on a site in Duston, Northampton.