RECENT NEWS

Dementia care specialist Vida Healthcare has launched a new app that aims to keep its residents connected with loved ones amid Covid-19 and beyond.

Care England has told Parliament that health and social care need to be integrated as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.

Sanders Senior Living’s Graysford Hall residential and dementia care home in Stoneygate, Leicester, has been shortlisted for the Knight Frank 2021 Luxury Care Home of the Year award.

Lancashire County Councillors will be asked on 3 September to give the go-ahead for new care home and extra care scheme in Garstang.

Midlands developer JT Leavesley has lodged plans to build a mixed-use retirement village in the outskirts of Lichfield in Staffordshire.

London live-in care outfit Elder is creating 1,500 new jobs for home carers to help deal with surging demand.

The National Care Forum (NCF) has called on the government to reverse plans to allow Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors into care homes without testing for Covid-19.

Hallmark Care Homes has acquired the site of the former Methodist Homes (MHA) St Raphael’s site in Bromley with a view to redevelopment.

Law firm Royds Withy King is highlighting the importance of employers having a robust Covid-19 whistleblowing policy following a reported rise in complaints made to the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) has postponed the NACC Training & Development Forum 2020 until next year.

Cambridgeshire care provider Askham Village Community has launched a pioneering rehabilitation service incorporating cutting-edge robotics and sensor assisted technology.

Audley Group and Royal London Pension Property Fund have formed a joint venture to deliver an £80m retirement village in Buckinghamshire.

Newcastle provider Crown Care has been given the green light to redevelop the Moorlands care home in the outskirts of York.

Care England has welcomed new government guidance for the discharge of hospital patients to support the response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Care home meals provider apetito has introduced a pioneering range of texture modified dishes as part of its Culinary Inspirations campaign.

Care homes were pressured to take Covid-19 patients at the height of crisis while residents were regularly refused treatment from hospitals and GPs, according to a study by Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI).

The Welsh government has confirmed it will allow indoor care home visits in the principality from Saturday 29 August.

The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has forced the closure of two Liverpool care homes less than a year after they opened.

Cheshire provider New Care has won the right to build a 60-bed care home in Wilmslow in its home county on appeal.

CloserStill Media, the organiser of The Care Show, has postponed the 2020 event until next year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.