Care providers will be given an extra £546m to bolster infection control
The Infection Control Fund has been extended to ensure providers have the resources they need to halt transmission of COVID-19 throughout winter
Read more...A pair of newlyweds made a cross-country dash from Somerset to Lymington in Hampshire so the bride’s grandfather could share in their joy despite lockdown.
Read more...The extensive wellbeing programme in HC-One care homes across the UK has had a significant and positive impact on Resident’s emotional
Read more...The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman is calling for more to be done to help the adult social care sector capitalise on the valuable learning complaints can bring, in its annual review.
Read more...Delay is a ‘betrayal of older and vulnerable’
Care providers are furious after it was confirmed that long-overdue reform of the social care system was being delayed again.
Read more...A kind Resident at HC-One’s St Margaret care home in Durham recently assisted Colleagues in preparing the homes garden in time for HC-One’s gardening competition.
Read more...A Maidenhead care service is one of a number across the country which has been chosen to pilot a national review into Infection Prevention and Control
Read more...Surrey-based maritime charity, The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, has invested in new training for senior members of the team to help them identify
Read more...Staff and residents at Borough Care’s Silverdale home for older people in Bredbury recently enjoyed a carnival day. There was freshly made candy floss
Read more...The UK care home sector is beginning to recover following the impact of COVID-19 in Q2 2020, with occupancy measuring 80.2% and a steadily increasing admission rate
Read more...Home Close nursing home in Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire has unveiled a special visiting ‘pod’ to help residents safely connect with their loved ones.
Read more...Tunbridge Wells care home enjoys socially-distanced harvest festival
Birchwood House, the Tunbridge Wells-based care home, hosted a socially-distanced Harvest Hoedown in its grounds on Wednesday
Read more...The winners of the Royal Star & Garter Sensational Gardens fundraising competition have been announced.
Residents at the charity’s three care homes, who judged the entries, said they were wowed with the quality of the entries.
Read more...Research from The Care Workers’ Charity report called “The Beating Heart of Care: Supporting Care Workers Better” shows that the mental health of care
Read more...Allegra Care, the UK-focused care home operator, and Moorfield Group, a leading UK specialist real estate fund manager, have formed a partnership
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