99-year-old Suffolk resident flies high
A Suffolk care home team went above and beyond to grant the wish of 99-year-old resident, Olwyn Hopkins. Ms Hopkins, of Davers Court care home, made the wish to sail…
A Suffolk care home team went above and beyond to grant the wish of 99-year-old resident, Olwyn Hopkins. Ms Hopkins, of Davers Court care home, made the wish to sail…
Kings Lodge, a care home in Camberley Surrey, hosted its own memory walk for the Alzheimer’s Society in Surrey earlier this month. The walk took place on the same day…
Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has published a blog series to inform people what it’s like working in the health and social…
Social care interest groups throughout the care industry are calling on the Government to rethink its Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill now it’s at parliamentary stage. A new paper has been…
North Yorkshire’s leading councillors and chief executive are calling on the Government and partners to adopt a 12-point plan for a more sustainable social care system. The letter addresses a…
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Regulators’ Pioneer Fund has awarded the Care Quality Commission (CQC) £500,000 to explore how they can work with providers to encourage…
Lewisham care home residents will receive a special red bag labelled with their personal media information to take along if they are admitted to hospital. The Red Bag health scheme…
A care home in Royal Tunbridge Wells, owned by Hallmark Care Homes’, has won a top prestigious design award. Chamberlain Court, a residential, nursing and dementia care home opened in…
Four care homes in Hampshire have scooped awards for maintaining an excellent level of end-of-life care. Malmesbury Lawn in Havant and other care homes have received Platinum accreditation with the…
Northamptonshire County Council has revealed it is spending up to £2m a year on empty care beds, despite being effectively declared bankrupt. In a stabilisation plan, published earlier this month,…