RECENT NEWS

Kent County Council is to bring together a panel of experts to discuss the future of adult social care in the first ever Kent Care Summit on 2 March.

The UK is around 20 years behind the US in the development of integrated retirement communities (IRC) but has considerable scope for growth, according to estate agents Savills.

Abel Homes has secured planning permission to build a 64-bed care home and 40 extra care dwellings as part of a wider housing development in Swaffham in western Norfolk.

Loveday & Co will welcome its first residents to its new dementia care home in Kensington next month.

Mulberry Care has been ordered to pay £51,049.60 at Reading Magistrates’ Court after it failed to protect a resident from avoidable harm.

An Essex care home has undergone a refurbishment to maintain and update the home in order for them to provide the best care possible for residents.

PGIM Real Estate has bought six care homes from Legal & General Investment Management in a deal worth £70.2m.

Belgian healthcare REIT Aedifica is to invest £13m in a care home in Market Drayton, Shropshire to be operated by Maria Mallaband Care Group.

Social care professionals thinking about a career change are being invited to find out if care consultancy could be a good fit.

Scottish Borders Council has taken a step closer to building a £14m Dutch-inspired dementia care home near Galashiels.

Older people with complex needs will be given greater choice over their care and support under a new plan for adult social care in Surrey.

Borough Care is readying its 66-bed Shoemaker Place care home in Stone, Staffordshire for opening this spring.

The UK’s second richest family has made their first move into the care home sector with the acquisition of Northampton-based provider Avery Healthcare.

Cloverdown has filed plans for a 100-unit care centre in Sutton Valence near Maidstone in Kent.

A coroner has raised concerns with Housing Secretary Michael Gove that sprinkler systems are not a mandatory requirement for care homes.

An Aston University financial wellbeing expert has helped launch a new website that aims to help people understand and navigate the social care system.

Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid has kicked off his so-called Road to Recovery tour with a visit to Canford Healthcare’s Willows care home in Essex.

Care provider Runwood Homes has launched the Bite Sized Nutrition Initiative to support its residents living with dementia.

Ideal Carehomes is set to open two open care homes in April: Blakelands Lodge in Bedfordshire and Haywood Lodge in Warwickshire.

New Care has started construction of its 64-bed care home in Egerton in the northern part of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester.