RECENT NEWS

Awards ceremonies have taken place to thank the dedicated army of volunteers who give up their time to help at The Royal Star & Garter Homes in Surbiton and Solihull.

Todd Architects has completed The Croft, a state-of-the-art supported living development specifically designed for people living with early stage dementia.

Talented residents at The Grange care home in Wickford, Essex, put on a fantastic show with their choir at a local church hall, raising £156.23 for Lennox Children’s Cancer Fund charity.

Sunrise of Cardiff will be hosting an event launching a new project in conjunction with Cardiff Metropolitan University.

A secret garden at an HC-One care home in Tetbury has opened its gates to provide meaningful experiences for residents and local children from St Mary’s Playgroup.

A number of residents at Ruddington Manor Care Centre on Ruddington Lane in Wilford were able to relive their youth by riding motorbikes.

The Royal Star & Garter Home in High Wycombe has welcomed its first resident.

On 24 April, local charity Brunelcare attended the ‘topping out’ ceremony for the development of a new 64-bed care home and 24-bed reablement service, to be named Little Heath, located in Cadbury Heath, South Gloucestershire.

Care UK has officially opened two new homes in Kent providing specialist care for the elderly, with two more due to open by 2020.

An HC-One care home has enabled a resident to live with her beloved cat of 13 years after fears they may be separated.

MHA care home resident Eileen Pegg is due to feature in a major BBC One documentary to raise awareness of the effect music can have on people living with dementia.

Care Roadshows is set to return to Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool on 14 May.

Residents and their families have rated HC-One as one of the top 20 care home groups in the UK.

The health and social care team at Royds Withy King has successfully completed the purchase of a residential care home in a deal co-ordinated by specialist advisers.

Sunrise of Westbourne is delighted to have been awarded the Quality Hallmark Award platinum status for end of life care, following re-accreditation by the Gold Standards Framework (GSF).

Twelve chefs from the Hartford Care group attended an innovative and informative chef training day at Bidfood, the food service wholesaler in Slough.

On Thursday 11 April, a new general residential care unit opened at Dunmurry Manor care home for the elderly, with space for an additional 15 residents to reside at the home and receive professional, round the clock care and support.

Staff and residents from 4 North West care homes came together to compete in a fun traditional sports day event.

A volunteer at The Royal Star & Garter Homes has collected his British Empire Medal at the Tower of London.

Gracewell of Sutton Coldfield is celebrating the first anniversary of its partnership with local organisation Age Concern Birmingham, which aims to tackle loneliness among the elderly in the local community.