RECENT NEWS

Care homes group ACI Care is sponsoring overseas workers to work in its homes in the South East.

Skills for Care has kicked off the new year with its ‘Keep learning for success’ campaign.

Amberley Hall Care Home in Kings Lynn, Norfolk, is launching a dementia café offering activities for those living with dementia and support for their caregivers.

Surrey care home The Burlington has launched an initiative to support local emergency service and healthcare professionals.

Foxholes Care Home has installed 132 solar panels on the roof of its building, enabling it to offset a large proportion of its daytime electricity consumption.

Elizabeth Finn Homes, part of the anti-poverty charity Turn2us, has appointed Dr Olivia Curno as its new CEO.

The Mayfield Care Home, Whitby, Yorkshire, has welcomed local luminaries to its topping out ceremony.

The NCF has reacted to the government’s announcement that it will make £200m available for short-term care placements to allow people to be discharged from hospitals.

The US has granted fast-track approval to Lecanemab, a potentially ground-breaking new Alzheimer’s disease treatment.

Oakland Care CEO Joanne Balmer BEM has been named ESG Champion at HealthInvestor’s Power Fifty Awards.

Family-run Ark Care Homes has purchased Bodmeyrick Residential Home in Holsworthy, Devon.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has used his New Year Message to call out the ‘broken’ social care system.

Residents at a Cheshire home have enjoyed various community outings for first time since the pandemic to help boost their mental wellbeing.

Healthcare platform Florence has partnered with the Healthcare Workers' Foundation to support the charity’s mission to provide hardship grants to care workers.

Athena Care Homes is extending its dementia awareness training to residents’ families to help create a greater understanding of the condition.

A report by National Care Forum member Community Integrated Care has warned of a social care workers pay gap crisis.

Torbay Council has approved Rowcroft Hospice’s plans to enhance its care with the addition of a 60-bed dementia and complex needs care home.

Two Hull-based companies have established a partnership to help employees during the current cost-of-living crisis.

Generations are coming together at monthly playgroup sessions for Belong Crewe care village residents and local children.

Retirement living provider Housing 21 has been named Older People’s Landlord of the Year at the UK Housing Awards.