In response to the encroaching winter weather, Barchester Healthcare has devised and built new visiting suites with the majority of our services due to have one by the end of November
Read more...Family members or friends of those living in care homes will be given regular testing to reunite them with their loved ones in care homes as a new pilot launches on today (16 November 2020).
Read more...Vulnerable people with complex care needs are footing the bill for care that should be covered by the NHS, according to a new report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO).
Read more...Specialist dementia care provider Vida Healthcare has installed three visiting pods in the grounds of its two care homes to support safe visits during winter….
Read more...A report, Deaths of people identified as having learning disabilities with COVID-19 in England in the Spring of 2020 examined data from The English Learning Disabilities Mortality Review
Read more...Some of The Guinness Partnership’s younger residents from supported housing in Gloucester recently took part in the ‘Canvas Art Project’. The project was a joint initiative
Read more...Responding to the latest test and trace figures, Dr Layla McCay, director at the NHS Confederation, said:
Read more...To be separated after over 70 years of devoted marriage is a distressing blow. When 96-year-old Kenneth Meredith needed to move into a care home, he left
Read more...A group of residents, who are in rehabilitation for life changing brain and spinal cord injuries, are celebrating this month having successfully completed a triathlon challenge
Read more...11 November 2020: Autism care provider, Autism at Kingwood who support autistic people, has launched a national campaign for better pay for all social care keyworkers
Read more...Royal Star & Garter has marked Remembrance with the veterans at its care homes.
The charity provides loving compassionate care to veterans and their partners living with disability or dementia.
Read more...A third of older people aged 60 and over are feeling more anxious (34%) and less motivated to do the things they enjoy (36 percent) since the start of the pandemic, according to a recent poll by Age UK.
Read more...The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has begun High Court proceedings against two businessmen and a company over purported links to failed unauthorised
Read more...This week, sees the national roll out of Bidfood at home, the new consumer shopping platform from foodservice provider Bidfood.
Read more...Residents of Colten Care homes across the south have handcrafted hundreds of model poppies to put on display for Remembrance season.
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