A new report from the Homecare Association reveals that councils across England continue to purchase homecare at rates far below the cost of delivering safe, regulated and legally compliant care, creating a funding gap of around £2.3 billion just to cover wages at the legal minimum for all working time and other running costs.
Read more...Residents living with dementia at Chirk Court Care Home in Chirk near Wrexham, have benefitted from the addition of a welcoming and calming sensory space. The home’s Sensory Room, which opened at the end of September…
Read more...The Care Association Alliance (CAA) today sets out a roadmap to tackle the NEET crisis through careers in care. The number of 16 to 24-year-olds not in education…
Read more...The winner of the National Association of Care Catering (NACC)’s Care Chef of the Year 2026 is Steven Wright from Caring Homes. Steven was crowned…
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Pendine Park residents took a trip on the memory train on a return trip from Llangollen to Corwen ; The journey begins as Mario Kreft Pendine Park proprietor waves the green flag to signal the departure of the Memory Train experience for the Pendine park residents Photographed with (L/R) Train guard Grant Latham, Teagan Rowlands care practitioner, residence Sandra Swift , Sarah Edwards Pendine Consultant Artist in Residence , resident Gwen Davies and Mary Prytherch; care practitioner. Picture Mandy Jones
Care home residents living with dementia were taken on a nostalgic “trip down memory train” through the picturesque Dee Valley.
Read more...Two Nottinghamshire care home colleagues are celebrating after being named among the county’s best care professionals at the recent Proud to Care Awards.
Read more...Bristol-based charity Brunelcare is celebrating its 85th anniversary on Sunday 18th October 2026, marking more than eight decades of supporting older people and helping them to live fulfilling, independent lives.
Read more...Norfolk County Council has abandoned plans to sell 20 care homes and the company that runs them, after a review concluded that going ahead would not serve the authority’s interests.
Read more...A team of Milewood colleagues battled wind, rain, hail, freezing water and plenty of mud to raise thousands of pounds for a suicide prevention charity.
Read more...Barchester’s Hazel Lodge care home in Battle has marked Menopause Awareness month, which takes place throughout October by hosting a Women’s Wellness event at the home.
Read more...Skills for Care’s newly-published ‘State of the adult social care sector and workforce in England’ report has identified the combination of employment and development factors most strongly associated with retaining care workers.
Read more...A Bournemouth care home resident has been filled with joy and nostalgia as staff helped to recreate some of his happiest lifelong memories. Staff at…
Read more...Voyage Care has acquired Orchard Healthcare Group, which provides residential, nursing, dementia and respite care in its 23 care homes across Central and Northern England….
Read more...Proposed immigration changes could cost the NHS at least £169 million and jeopardise the futures of 12,000 healthcare workers, NHS Employers and health unions warn…
Read more...Members of the team from MHA Communities Horsforth A communities scheme based in Horsforth marked their 30th anniversary with a celebratory party packed full of…
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