The Latest Care Home News For The Social Care Industry

New research from AIG Life shows nearly half of adults would be willing to save into a special fund to pay for any care they might need in later life as the debate over how to afford the UK’s social ...

New analysis published today (Tuesday 9 July) by Alzheimer’s Society reveals people living with dementia have had to spend almost £15bn of their own money on social care since Government reforms were first promised in March 2017. Alzheimer’s Society’s shocking ...

New analysis from The King’s Fund suggests that patients face a long wait before they will see improvements in care as a result of the government’s £20 billion NHS funding boost The think-tank’s latest Quarterly Monitoring Report (QMR) draws on analysis of NHS ...

New research released today by Carers UK, the leading membership charity for people caring unpaid for family and friends, shows unpaid carers are “bankrupting their future to pay for the present”. As well as providing significant levels of care themselves, ...

Less than half of over-40s have taken a free national health check which could reduce the risk of dementia, according to NHS England. The 20-minute painless assessment, which screens for heart problems, kidney disease and Type 2 diabetes, has been ...

Age UK research has revealed that 32,115 sick and vulnerable people died while awaiting social care in 2017/18, equating to approximately 90 each day.The research also rev ealed that the number of beds for the elderly care has fallen by ...

A CHRISTMAS tradition has been swapped for helping Northumberland’s lonely elderly by Blyth care home staff. Staff at The Oaks Care Home chose to forgo the annual exchange of Christmas cards and instead donated £2 to a shopping fund. The ...

A provider has called on the Government to publish the Green Paper on social care and give 1.4m people currently going without care some hope for 2019. Mike Padgham, Chair of the Independent Care Group, has published a New Year ...

NURSERY children have given dozens of Christmas presents to elderly care home residents in Sandiacre.  The children from Brookhill House Day Nursery, in Stapleford, near Nottingham, collected over 40 presents for residents to open on Christmas day. They hand delivered ...

A great-grandfather who began volunteering at The Royal Star & Garter Homes 25 years ago has received the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the New Year’s Honours List in recognition of voluntary service to Veterans. John Parvin first started giving ...