Care Homes

A resident at Oakleigh Lodge care home in Nottingham was left astonished after being reunited with his childhood bedroom after almost a decade.

Care home owners in Wales have described the extra £22.7 million in emergency funding announced by the Welsh Government as a “temporary sticking plaster”.

As part of its ongoing investment in new homes, Care UK has just celebrated the turf-cutting of its seventh home to currently be under construction.

An elderly couple have celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary with a special outdoor lunch at Jesmond Care Home in Aberdeen.

The Old Vicarage care home in Sherborne, Dorset, which provides high quality residential care to up to 41 people, is proudly announcing the opening of its temporary ‘garden visiting room’.

Pen pals have 73-year age gap but have formed a fantastic friendship

Even though there’s an age gap of over 73-years, pen pals Eva, 14, and Mary, 86, have been keeping each other company during the Coronavirus

Vegetarian for Life, the UK’s leading authority on diet and healthy eating advice for older vegetarians and vegans, is pleased to announce the addition of care providers Sunrise Senior Living and Gracewell Healthcare as the newest signatories to its Memory Care Pledge.

Some care homes in England are having to delay the recommencement of visits because of a lack of coronavirus testing for staff and residents.

Gay Smallman, resident at Fernhill House Care Home in Worcester and one of the original “Nightingale Nurses”, last saw her husband Robert back in February just before he flew to New Zealand

Care Home Manager Maxine Bain already knew what a kind hearted and dedicated team she had at Orchard House Care Home, but her team have been nothing short of Care Home Heroes

Employees at Chaseview Care Home, based in Romford, have been praised for going the extra mile during local lockdown, so the wellbeing team decided to organise a staff appreciation day for all of their colleagues to enjoy.

For several weeks, collaborating closely with relatives, Market Lavington care home organised a small and safe birthday celebration for one of their residents, Joan Hawkins, who was turning a milestone one hundred years old.

Two Residents at Primrose House care home in Haslington share the same birthday, so staff planned something special to celebrate.

The high number of deaths in care homes, combined with the reluctance of families to place elderly residents in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, means that many in the sector are now facing considerable financial distress.