RECENT NEWS

Senior living specialist Charterpoint has secured planning permission for a 73-bed residential care home in Thurnby, Leicestershire.

A parliamentary inquiry has called on the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to implement robust processes on data collection and monitoring of care home visits by the end of May after it found many providers are not following government guidance.

Care home meals provider apetito has appointed an award-winning chef to work on the development of its menus for residents.

Knight Frank has been appointed as exclusive residential care home property adviser to Anchor Hanover, the largest provider of specialist housing and care for older people in England.

Social care consultancy Quality Compliance Systems (QCS) is to offer an enhanced legal advice service to its clients via Napthens Solicitors.

Care residents are today able to participate in more out-of-home visits without having to isolate on their return under new government guidance.

Encore Care Homes has signed up for Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Friends programme, which aims to transform the way that people think, act and talk about the condition.

Envivo Group has completed the acquisition of Cardiff-based specialist nursing home outfit Crusader Medical Care.

Labour is calling on the government to implement a ten-year plan for social care reform based on a ‘home first’ guiding principle.

Private equity firm has increased its investment in HC-One to take majority control of the UK’s largest care home operator.

Hampshire provider Sentinel Healthcare has been acquired by operator Allegra Care and real estate fund manager Moorfield.

A research project into the response to the Covid-19 pandemic has revealed how retirement village and extra care housing operators helped to protect the lives of residents and staff.

Championing Social Care has launched Care Home Open Week 2021 that will take place from 28 June to 4 July.

The Care Home Environment magazine is delighted to make available the recording of its recent Future of Dementia Care Design virtual roundtable.

Luxury care operator Signature Senior Lifestyle has unveiled its latest home - in Beckenham – consisting of 100 private apartments across three floors, including 24 purpose-built apartments for residents living with dementia.

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey and a clutch of leading care organisations have co-signed an open letter sent to Prime Minister Boris Johnson calling for a “1948 moment” to establish a long-term and sustainable future for adult social care.

Up to 2.5m people in the UK would consider moving to a retirement community after seeing more information on them, according to a report by developer Octopus Real Estate.

Social care consultancy Quality Compliance Systems (QCS) and workforce development and membership organisation Skills for Care have joined forces to strengthen the support they provide to registered managers in adult social care.

Three in four staff working in care homes and home care say the Covid pandemic has had a serious negative impact on their mental health, according to the GMB union.

A new company with a local board of directors has been established to manage a portfolio of 12 care homes across Northern Ireland.