RECENT NEWS

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.

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co has successfully completed the sale of Acacia Nursing Home in Yeovil to Somerset-based care home operator, Camelot Care Ltd.

A Glasgow care home has given invaluable training to parishioners and Sisters of a local church to help raise further awareness of dementia.

Residents in Kenilworth are celebrating after their home helped WCS Care become the first care home provider in England to have five homes recognised as ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

National Care Association (NCA) welcomes the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) State of Care report, which acknowledges that the care sector is facing unprecedented financial constraints at a time when there is a rising need for care and support.

Gainsborough Specialist Bathing, a supplier of assistive baths, achieved healthy enquiries and orders for its new product range at the Care & Dementia Show, which took place at the NEC last week.

Chubb Community Care, part of Chubb Fire & Security Ltd, will showcase its carephone system, CareUnity, and its assisted living solution, Chubb Care System, at the International Technology Enabled Care Conference on 18-19 October at Birmingham’s International Convention Centre.

The chief executive of Borough Care Kathryn Farmer has been shortlisted for one of the care sector's most prestigious awards for her innovative approach to dementia care.

Charlton Kings Care Home in Cheltenham has been sold by specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co.

Commenting on the findings of the Care Quality Commission’s ‘State of Care’ report, Professor Martin Green OBE, chief executive of Care England, says: "I am proud to say that CQC’s State of Care report shows that at a time of unprecedented financial constraints and rising need for care, 71 per cent of the adult social care services inspected were rated ‘good’.

A local artist has been appointed by Care UK to produce a special sculpture for the gardens of Glastonbury Court care home in Bury St Edmunds.

White Oaks, a provider of services to the care and residential living market, has launched a new range of business solutions.