This month, every home in the Connaught Care Collection has opened its doors to local people seeking shelter from the heatwave. Visitors have been invited to relax in the homes’ air-conditioned communal spaces, enjoy complimentary refreshments, make use of their facilities and spend time getting to know residents.
Read more...Ambient Voice Technologies (AVT) could radically transform the NHS and build Britain’s sovereign AI capabilities, according to analysis by The King’s Fund.
Read more...Residents and colleagues at Roxburgh House Care Home in Cradley Heath are celebrating the generosity of a former resident’s family after an incredible £1,343.68 was raised to support activities and entertainment at the home.
Read more...The Care About Care campaign, run by the grassroots coalition Providers Unite, has launched two new campaign tools today to help maintain political pressure on new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, to honour his promises to reform social care.
Read more...Construction of a major new care home in Bowburn, County Durham, is moving into its final stages, with St Mary’s Care Homes confirming that Bowburn Manor Care Home is on track to start welcoming new residents in early winter 2026.
Read more...Age UK is calling on the Government and NHS leaders to take urgent action to tackle delayed hospital discharges among older people, describing the issue as a “crisis hiding in plain sight”.
Read more...Millions of unpaid carers in England will be better recognised, referred to support and helped to reach their full potential, under a new cross-government action plan published earlier this month.
Read more...Andy Burnham has used his first days in Downing Street to reopen the debate over how a national care service for England should be funded, suggesting that tax increases may be unavoidable if the government is to deliver a system that matches the ambitions long championed by care sector campaigners.
Read more...Royal Star & Garter has announced plans to transform how it supports the Armed Forces community over the next decade, extending its reach across the country.
Read more...Thirty-five members of the Excelcare family laced up their running shoes last weekend to take part in Cancer Research UK’s ‘Race for Life Pretty Muddy 5K’ at Beckenham Place Park.
Read more...The AI Centre for Value Based Healthcare (AIC), led by King’s College London and Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, will partner with the University of Cambridge and other NHS Trusts, to drive innovation in healthcare AI using the University of Cambridge’s newly-launched Zenith AI Supercomputer.
Read more...Scottish provider of older person and specialist care, Meallmore, is set to open its 30th care home in spring 2027.
Read more...Residents at a Highland care home have been discovering their artistic streak with the help of local artist Liz Peck.
Read more...A landmark inquest finding is putting fresh pressure on football authorities to do more for former players living with dementia — a message that will resonate strongly with the UK’s care home sector, which supports a growing number of ex-sportspeople affected by neurodegenerative disease.
Read more...While Parliament is in summer recess, more than 22,000 people in England will die without the care and support they urgently need…
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