At the same time as nursing and care homes face ever-increasing financial pressure and demand for beds, they are also under growing scrutiny in terms of the quality of care they provide. One of today’s biggest questions then, is how ...

TIME travelling care home residents have taken a journey through the history of the North East – all thanks to a generous allotment project. Residents living at Queens Meadow Care Home, in Hartlepool, were treated to trip to Beamish Museum ...

Sophie Rawlinson, Activity Lifestyle Facilitator at Borough Care’s Bruce Lodge home, has won her first charity boxing match in the first round. Sophie, who had only been boxing for two months before her fight, triumphed by quickly knocking out her ...

Professional dancer, Ian Waite was the guest of honour recently at the opening of a new £13m Hallmark care home in Girton, Cambridge. Ian, who is best known for his appearances on the BBC hit show Strictly Come Dancing cut ...

Residents and staff at a care home in Lincoln were pleased to welcome two Lincoln FC players, at a celebration event for the homes recent extension. Players Neil Eardley and Sam Habergham joined residents, family members and guests at Bernadette ...

A local care home celebrated Silver Sunday by holding a free tea dance for residents, staff and the local community. Queensmount Bupa Care Home on Queens Park West Drive, Bournemouth hosted the event at the recently refurbished home and invited ...

Marjorie Fisher (Madge) tuned 100 this week and celebrated by travelling to York with five friends from Ashmere Smalley Hall in Derby to visit her sister Phyllis aged 95 in a Yorkshire nursing home. The group travelled over 200 miles ...

A Head Chef from A HC-One care home in the West Midlands has been shortlisted in The Above & Beyond Special Award at the 2018 Care Home Catering Awards. Louise, who works at Roxburgh House, was shortlisted after judges noted her ...

The team at Davers Court care home in Suffolk really did reach for the skies to make the wish of one resident come true recently. Not content with organising an exhilarating sail in a two-person dinghy or a spin round ...

HUDDERSFIELD’S oldest person has celebrated her 108th birthday surrounded by three generations of her family. Ivy Clegg marked her big day with a fish and chip supper and games of dominoes at Aden Court Care Home, where she has lived ...