RECENT NEWS

Central Bedfordshire Council’s Priory View, an independent living scheme in Dunstable, has been awarded the title of Best Social or Affordable New Housing Development at the Grand Final of the LABC Building Excellence Awards.

The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society has won Residential Care Home Provider of the Year – Small Organisation at the prestigious Laing Buisson Awards.

Residents at a Dundee care home will be able to enjoy American-style dining and get their hair cut in style, thanks to a generous donation from a former resident’s fundraiser.

The first exclusive and private Facebook community to enable owners, CEOs and senior managers of residential care and nursing homes to share best practice has been launched.

The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) has launched a new training workshop and qualification for 2018 that will help care caterers confidently and safely manage the complex area of food allergy, food intolerance and coeliac disease.

Councillor Izzi Seccombe, chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, has responded to research by Prestige Nursing + Care showing that the average annual cost of a care home in Great Britain increased by 9.6 per cent between 2016 and 2017.

Work has begun on Nightingale Hammerson’s eagerly anticipated redevelopment of Hammerson House in North London.

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital has recently announced that it will be opening a dedicated A&E unit specifically for patients over the age of 80.

Hallmark Care Homes’ facility in Cardiff has scooped a prestigious dementia design award.

GMB, the union for care home staff, has commented on reports that Four Seasons Health Care may be sold to an American investor.

A local day nursery in Sale has forged an ongoing link with a recently opened care centre, delighting its residents with a monthly visit.

The Henry Lonsdale Charitable Trust’s Rosehill residential home at Aglionby, near Carlisle, has moved to renewable energy with the assistance of biomass expert, re:heat and the RHI scheme.

The residents of Milliner House care home in Luton enjoyed soaking up the sea air recently as they spent an autumnal afternoon at Southend-on-Sea.

The head of one of Scotland’s leading housing and care providers has been named as one of the most influential people in the sector.

St Nicholas House, among the largest premier care business on the Welsh/Shropshire border, has recently been acquired by RD Capital Partners (RDCP Care) in a buyout deal leveraged by specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co.

National care home provider HC-One has been pulling out all the stops to make residents’ wishes come true at Oaktree Mews in Moreton-in-Marsh.

Staff at a Hastings care home have been praised by the town’s MP for their thoughtfulness and dedication to caring for residents.

UK cleaning and detergent manufacturer RP Adam Ltd (Arpal Group) has unveiled ambitious plans to increase annual production by 50 per cent.

Pedal power has helped raise vital funds for music therapy in MHA’s care homes after four colleagues from APS Group cycled from France to Cheadle and raised £20,000 for the service.

Fife-based care home operator Kingdom Homes is investing significantly in its care home portfolio with the development of a new nursing home in Leven and the acquisition of a new property in Anstruther, thanks to a £20m funding package from HSBC.