The Latest Care Home News For The Social Care Industry

Residents at Handford House nursing home in Ipswich are enjoying some interactive digital fun thanks to the fundraising efforts of a resident’s relative. Debi Lewis, the daughter of 79-year-old resident Betty, saw an interactive ‘magic’ light table designed to help ...

A study of 7,676 ex-professional footballers commissioned by the Football Association (FA) and the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) has today revealed that despite a number of health benefits, male former professional Scottish football players were three and half times more ...

Not-for-profit care village, Belong Atherton, has been recognised in Wigan and Leigh Hospice’s annual Hospice in Your Care Home Awards, winning two categories including, for the fourth year running, the Family Nominated Staff Member of the Year, which once again ...

The next phase of DHSC’s campaign ‘When you care, every day makes a difference’ aims to help fill the 122,000 vacancies in adult social care. The campaign was first launched in February to attract new people with the right values to the sector ...

A leading UK care home provider has scooped a top national property award for the design of its 21st home. The family-owned Colten Group won the prestigious Knight Frank Care Home Design Award for Bourne View, an art deco-influenced home ...

NHS Digital has today published three reports which include the latest statistics on those in receipt of adult social care in England. The reports cover a range of topics – from the feelings of those in receipt of adult social ...

The Care Innovation Hub has recently announced the launch of the University Challenge, a start-up sprint taking place in Barclays Eagle Labs in Cambridge from Friday 29th November to Sunday 1st December. The long weekend event is aimed at students ...

Care home provider brighterkind wins award for HR/L&D team of the year at this year’s CIPD People Management Awards. The CIPD People Management Awards celebrate and reward the outstanding achievements and contributions made by HR and L&D professionals. Brighterkind has ...

Kingsley Court care home, based in Hayes, Middlesex, has been presented with a ‘Work Experience Employer of the Year’ award from Uxbridge College. The award was presented as part of the college’s annual awards ceremony to celebrate ‘stand out students’, ...

A member of the Grays community, Gary Thowney, has completed another major accomplishment and long-standing wish: indoor skydiving.   Gary, who is 35 and lives with Cerebral Palsy, is this year enjoying many ‘firsts’ with support from his 24/7 Live-In Carer, ...