Care Homes

With the Olympic Games well underway, a Sittingbourne care home has served up the inspiring story of one of its residents who has ignited a table tennis frenzy throughout the home

A Devon centenarian was threatened with eviction from her nursing home because of unpaid fees, despite both her family and the council paying for her care.

Olive Swanston Finlay, who is believed to be the oldest person in the North East*, celebrated her 109th birthday on Tuesday 3rd August at The Manor House in Whickham.

Denise Collier, support worker at Laverneo care home in Pennywell, Sunderland, has been named as the winner of The Care Home Worker Award in the Great British Care Awards for the North East.

Lilian Faithfull Care’s ‘Garden in Bloom’ competition is approaching judging day, with an award winning garden designer visiting their gardens on Thursday 12 August.

Residents and staff at a Dorset care home are doing their bit to help tackle child food poverty this summer.

More than 20 bags of tinned and dried food donations have been collected

A pop up pub is doing a roaring trade at a care home.

The residents of Pendine Park’s Hillbury home in Wrexham love the atmosphere and can play dominoes, cards, bingo, take part in a pub quiz or have a dance as well as

Sharon Field, home manager at Bull Point and Annex House in Devon, has been named as the winner of The Care Home Registered Manager Award in the Great British Care Awards for the South West.

Broadlands, a Greensleeves Care home in Oulton Broad, has been awarded platinum Investors in People status at a time when care home staff across the UK need on-the-job support more than ever.

Sully Day Opportunities, a day service for disabled adults living in Barry Island, South Wales, celebrated their beautiful blooms with a brilliantly bonkers Mad Hatter’s tea party in the garden.

A Bembridge care home is the first care home on the Isle of Wight to achieve the Gold Standard Framework Quality Hallmark Award for End of Life Care (GSF).

A care home in Harrow has introduced something a bit different to its activity schedule – with residents now taking part in yoga.

Care UK’s Buchanan Court, on Sudbury Hill

With the help of local schoolchildren, Magnolia Court, Barchester Healthcare’s care home in Hampstead, has named its recently refurbished suite’s Lavender and Daisy keeping the names floral inspired. 

Residents and staff enjoyed a beach-themed afternoon at a care home in Crawley to mark the grand opening of a new wellness room.

A CARER at a care centre set to be closed down by Bury Council has started a petition to fight the decision.

Spurr House, a short-term respite care centre in Unsworth