RECENT NEWS

Knight Frank has released its latest retirement housing report, revealing that the private retirement market is estimated to reach a value of £44 billion by 2022, reflecting a 50 per cent increase. The number of private retirement living units is also forecast to increase by almost 30 per cent in the same timeframe.

Gainsborough Specialist Bathing successfully showcased why its unique integrated BioCote antimicrobial technology delivers CQC compliant infection control at Health Plus Care.

An Aberdeenshire care home recently welcomed the local community for a fun-filled event and the opportunity to meet its care team.

Residents and staff at New Century Care have fully embraced World Cup fever this year by running their very own World Cup themed competition.

Paterson Health & Social Care and Paterson Training have added the Dementia Care & Nursing Home Expo to a growing list of events it will be attending in 2019.

A group of year 10 students from Cavendish School visited residents in the Memory Care Neighbourhood at Sunrise of Eastbourne on 25 June to present them with beautiful works of textile art based on the lives of residents.

Borough Care has been raising money for the Alzheimer’s Society by participating in the charity’s Cupcake Day. Staff at the company’s head office, along with staff and residents at Shepley House in Hazel Grove, Silverdale in Bredbury and Lisburne Court in Offerton all enjoyed a selection of cakes during the fundraising day.

Larkfleet Homes has sold land to a specialist provider for the development of a care unit as part of the ‘continuing care retirement community’ (CCRC), which the company is creating in Oakham, Rutland. A 60-bed specialist care home will be developed over the next 12 months.

A celebration to show appreciation of the work of the Armed Forces was held throughout Ashmere Derbyshire, and featured a celebration of music, residents talking about their own personal experiences and staff dressing up to hold reminiscence sessions.

Chubb Locks Custodial Services (CLCS) has marked its 200th anniversary with customers, ex and long-standing employees all coming together at its Willenhall headquarters to celebrate.

Kerry Dearden, commercial and marketing director, The Orders of St John Care Trust’s (OSJCT), has been appointed as the organisation’s first deputy chief executive. Kerry has taken on the role in addition to her normal executive responsibilities.

Accrington’s Springhill Care Group has been identified as one of the 1000 companies to inspire Britain in a report by the London Stock Exchange Group.

Care home specialist NHG and Clinicare Supplies have merged under the name Blueleaf to become one of the largest care sector specialists in the UK.

The report from the joint inquiry by the Health Select Committee and the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee into the long term funding of adult social care has been welcomed by sector organisations, including Care England.

A care home has been sentenced after an employee suffered significant injuries after falling around 1.5 metres down a lift shaft.

Doddington Lodge, which is located within the village of Cleobury Mortimer near Kidderminster, Shropshire, has been sold.

Audley Group has instructed Knight Frank to advise on sales and marketing for its first London project, Nightingale Place in Clapham.

Aberdeenshire-based registered nurses looking for a position in the care industry are invited to attend a recruitment open day taking place at six care homes across the region.

The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by The Tudors Care Home in Stanground, Peterborough, to be 'outstanding' following an inspection in April.

The recent case of 104 year old Daisy Staines, who died in a care home in Essex and had no known next of kin to attend her funeral, highlights the increasing prevalence of people outliving their immediate relations.