RECENT NEWS

Reside Care Home, a well established care home situated in Christchurch, Dorset, has been sold to a local operator.

The social care sector is facing a staffing crisis with an estimated shortage of half a million workers over the next decade, reports a major new study from the trade body Care Association Alliance and law firm Royds Withy King.

Sunrise of Bagshot has been introducing residents to a new generation; as part of an intergenerational project, students from Wellington College have been invited to visit the home.

The founding members of a new association for the care software industry have announced the establishment of the Care Software Providers Association (CASPA), an independent association representing the views and interests of social care software providers.

MHA residents have rated their care homes highly in the independent Your Care Rating survey

Belvedere Park Nursing Home in Coventry has been sold on behalf of Lawrence and Chinyere Anyanwu; the home is registered for 25 service users within the categories of nursing and mild dementia care.

A north Shropshire care home has become one of only a few in the county to be awarded an ‘outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Pat Corbin, a resident at RMBI Home Zetland Court in Bournemouth, has celebrated her 108th birthday.

Borough Care marked Nutrition and Hydration Week (11-17 March) with a programme of special food and drink related activities.

A woodland in the Highlands is the first in the country to become dementia friendly.

Hallmark Care Homes has won two prestigious Pinders Healthcare Design Awards; the provider celebrated its eighth Pinders award in nine years at the ceremony held at the Lancaster London Hotel in Westminster.

phs Group now delivers healthcare waste services to five of the biggest independent care home providers in the UK after its latest new contract win.

A commitment to ensuring significant improvements at a number of Runwood Homes care homes has been recognised by a string of improved ratings, identified in recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection reports.

Two Anchor Care Home workers have triumphed to win accolades at the prestigious Great British Care Awards, which recognise excellence across the care sector.

Activities manager Jo Whitehouse has won a prestigious national award for her work providing a fun, creative and varied programme of activities to enhance the lives of care home residents in Braintree.

Team members, residents and relatives at three TLC Care homes are celebrating after their respective head chefs were announced as finalists for the fiercely contested national Care Chef of the Year Awards.

Lothian House in Spennymoor, County Durham, has become the sixth HC-One care home to be rated ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

A Nottinghamshire care home owner has been ordered to pay more than £54,000 at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court following an incident in which a 94-year-old man fell and suffered a fractured femur.

Winchester based residential and nursing home, Brendoncare Park Road, is celebrating after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated it ‘good’ in all categories, following an inspection in February.

To mark Nutrition and Hydration Week, Fairmile Grange care home hosted an afternoon event to help raise awareness of the importance of staying hydrated and healthy eating as people get older.