RECENT NEWS

Care home residents in Rushcliffe Nottinghamshire who received an ‘enhanced’ care package through Principia, an NHS multi-specialty community provider, attended A&E 29 per cent less frequently than similar care home residents in other parts of the country.

An Alexandria woman has celebrated her 100th birthday in the home town she always returns to from her global travels.

The Communities and Local Government Select Committee published a report on 31 March stating that the Government needs to urgently review how social care is funded in the long term and address serious threats to social care provision.

Care UK has been named as one of the country’s top employers in this year’s Employee Experience Awards, which recognise employers delivering an exceptional employee experience, including promoting continuous improvement, learning and personal development.

A new website has been launched offering practical advice and support to people coping with disabilities and long-term health conditions who wish to remain living independently in their own homes.

Anyone can develop dementia, but for lesbian, gay, bisexual
 and transgender (LGBT) people the experience of dementia support contrasts with that of their non-LGBT peers.

An app that functions like programs for ordering a taxi or pizza has been developed in Australia to book carers when extra assistance is needed.

The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by Victoria Lodge Care Home in Acocks Green, Birmingham, to be Outstanding overall following an inspection in January.

Braeburn Lodge, a Barchester care home, is delighted to announce that Fiona Johnston has joined the home as general manager.

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co has brokered the sale of Compton View Care Home in Yeovil, Somerset to new entrants to the care sector.

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co has been appointed to market for sale Bank House, a care home located in the town of Newport in Telford, Shropshire.

LNT Care Developments has received planning permission to build a 66 bed care home on the site of the former Herne Bay Golf Club in Herne Bay.

A nursing home in Sutton, south west London, has been rated as Inadequate by the Care Quality Commission.

Almost 60 years after first getting into a cockpit, a Fife man has his pilot’s licence in his sights as he studies for the first round of tests.

Students from Barrhead have teamed up with residents at a local care home to share and learn together as part of an innovative school initiative.

Christie & Co has brokered the forward letting and investment sale of a new care home scheme in Banstead, Surrey on behalf of Lucas Design and Cheylesmore.

A group of 13 staff from luxury elderly care provider Hadrian Healthcare are the first in the country to achieve a new Ofqual/ROSPA Qualifications accredited Level 3 moving and handling training qualification.

Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has welcomed the changes that coroners will no longer have a duty to undertake an inquest into the death of every person who was subject to an authorisation under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) under the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

Caresolve, which is headquartered in Tattenhall, Cheshire, has launched a national care home management service after seeing an increased demand from care homes across the UK for management support.

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co has been instructed to sell Elmhurst Nursing Home in the village of Prees, near Whitchurch, Shropshire on behalf of administrator, AlixPartners.