RECENT NEWS
Kindred Care purchases Hampshire home
Greenbanks Nursing Home in Liphook, Hampshire, has been purchased by care provider Kindred Care, which operates throughout the south east of England.
Former London care home to be refurbished
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co has brokered the letting of the former Dowe House care home in Blackheath, London on behalf of Merchant Taylors’ Consolidated Charities for the Infirm.
Provider brings prosecution against care home owner
A care provider that has failed in its duty to provide safe care and treatment, will appear before Liverpool Magistrates’ Court, on Monday 6 March at 2pm following guilty pleas to 14 offences.
Sale of Leicester care home complete
Specialist business transfer agent DC Care has completed the sale of Clarendon Mews Care Limited, which includes Clarendon Mews care home, in the centre of Leicester for an undisclosed sum.
Home comforts for far flung centenarian
A woman who has spent her life in far-flung places has celebrated her 100th birthday at a Dundee retirement housing development.
Designing for home comfort in Poole
When Primetower Care wanted the interior of its latest 68 bed new build care home, The Lindsay, to look more homely with a sympathetic nod to its architectural style, Shackletons and HomeSmiths interior design collaborated to create it.
Mobile decontamination unit drives down infection
Infection control company and franchisor Bio-Rite is driving down infection with its mobile decontamination units.
Edinburgh tenants to test wheelchair design
Tenants at a housing development in the capital are to be among the first to try out and provide invaluable feedback on a pioneering new wheelchair.
New management team for Sussex Housing & Care
Sussex Housing & Care have a new all women senior management team headed up by Tracy Evans as chief executive.
Hampshire nursing home sold
Greenbanks Nursing Home located in Liphook, Hampshire has been sold for an undisclosed sum by specialist healthcare business agents DC Care.
Dementia friendly design device launched
A virtual reality device that will help architects and designers create dementia friendly buildings and spaces by understanding how dementia can affect a person’s vision has been launched.
Bield takes steps to improve access
A £200,000 investment will see a Berwickshire retirement housing development boost the independence of tenants and improve accessibility.
Recruitment tool reaches user milestone
An innovative recruitment screening system, which has reached its 1000th user milestone, is helping to increase staff retention rates for health and social care organisations across the UK.
Charity unveils innovative new housing
The construction of six pioneering homes set to transform the lives of those with disabilities is well underway in Dundee.
Resident aged 96 makes screen debut
Kathleen Wood, who lives at Brook House Care Home in Wembley, has made her big-screen debut at the age of 96, featuring in a film about 10 different women living in London.
Augustus Court shortlisted for Design Award
A Meridian Healthcare home in Garforth, Leeds, has been recognised as one of the very best developments in care-related property, being shortlisted in the Pinders Healthcare Design Awards 2017.
New ambassadors for the NACC
The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) is honoured to announce that Chris and Jayne Roberts are its new ambassadors.
Bio-Rite to exhibit at Infection Prevention & Control
Leading infection control company and franchisor, Bio-Rite, has announced it will exhibit at Infection Prevention & Control 2017.
Care Roadshows return to Scottish soil
Care Roadshows are delighted to be back on Scottish soil at Hampden Park Stadium on Tuesday 28 March.
Care homes for people with learning disabilities
Care England has responded to CQC’s latest consultation on its next phase of regulation - Annexe B on LD services - warning that services should be registered on the prospective outcomes that they will achieve for people not simply on their size.
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