The Mayor of Boston, Councillor Judith Skinner, officially opened a new residential care facility in Boston on Friday 14th September after a six-month refurbishment. Tanglewood Care Homes, Lincolnshire’s largest private care home provider has established Forget-Me-Not-Court – a 16-bed courtyard ...

New research suggests a lack of information and support is preventing people from thinking about the care they may want or need in the future. A third of over 55s haven’t given any thought to what care they might need ...

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire – Spearhead Healthcare, one of the UK’s leading suppliers to the care home sector, will open the doors to a new showroom in Stafford later this month in response to growing demand for high quality furniture, furnishings and ...

Leading homecare provider Bluebird Care Maidstone’s Care Manager Mel Marriott has received the prestigious ‘Registered Manager Of The Year Award’ for the company’s South East UK Region. Bluebird Care has 200 offices across the UK and Mel was one of ...

Rob Devonshire, Head Chef at Clayburn Court care home in Peterborough has won the prestigious Chef of the Year competition. Rob defeated seven fellow chefs in a special cook-off at the University of Birmingham. Michelin star chef Tom Shepherd judged the entries and said how impressed ...

VOLUNTEERS have helped bring a Bolton care home’s edible garden project to fruition. Fruits, vegetables and herbs have been planted throughout Lever Edge Care Home, in Great Lever, after winning funding from Bolton Council. The Bolton Transformation Fund awarded £6,100 ...

A pioneering study that uses Howz’s technology to enable clinicians to remotely monitor the health of people with dementia living at home has received an extra £1 million in funding from NHS England and the Office for Life Sciences. Howz, ...

Borough Care, the largest not for profit provider of care for older people in Stockport, is supporting the Macmillan Cancer Support World’s Biggest Coffee Morning on Friday 28 September. Each of Borough Care’s eleven homes will be hosting a coffee ...

Huw Irranca-Davies, the Welsh minister for children, older people and social care highlighted how Wales is pushing ahead with its ‘ambitious’ plan for social care. The minister told care professionals at the National Social Care Conference (NSCC) in Cardiff: “Unlike ...

Residents at a Bournemouth care home have formed a life-long friendship with a local youth group after hosting a special coffee morning. The residents at Bupa Queensmount Care Home were treated to an afternoon of conversation, laughter and presents thanks ...