Care service provider, Belmont Healthcare, has completed an acquisition worth in excess of £2 million of Haslington Lodge care home, in Greenhithe, Kent. Belmont Healthcare offers care to particularly vulnerable individuals and specialises in dementia, Parkinsons and high-quality elderly support. ...
Read More »Octopus Healthcare Raises Further £133.5 Million For Care Home Fund And Acquires Seven Assets
Octopus Healthcare, part of the Octopus Group and a leading investor in healthcare facilities throughout the UK and Ireland, announces that it has raised a further £133.5 million for its Octopus Healthcare Fund (the Fund) and, separately, has also agreed ...
Read More »Less Than Half Take Health Check that Could Prevent Dementia
Less than half of over-40s have taken a free national health check which could reduce the risk of dementia, according to NHS England. The 20-minute painless assessment, which screens for heart problems, kidney disease and Type 2 diabetes, has been ...
Read More »Vulnerable People Dying Each Day Waiting for Social Care
Age UK research has revealed that 32,115 sick and vulnerable people died while awaiting social care in 2017/18, equating to approximately 90 each day.The research also rev ealed that the number of beds for the elderly care has fallen by ...
Read More »Christmas Cards Swapped for Helping Lonely Elderly
A CHRISTMAS tradition has been swapped for helping Northumberland’s lonely elderly by Blyth care home staff. Staff at The Oaks Care Home chose to forgo the annual exchange of Christmas cards and instead donated £2 to a shopping fund. The ...
Read More »Youngsters Deliver Dozens of Christmas Presents to Elderly
NURSERY children have given dozens of Christmas presents to elderly care home residents in Sandiacre. The children from Brookhill House Day Nursery, in Stapleford, near Nottingham, collected over 40 presents for residents to open on Christmas day. They hand delivered ...
Read More »Charity Volunteer Awarded British Empire Medal in New Year’s Honours
A great-grandfather who began volunteering at The Royal Star & Garter Homes 25 years ago has received the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the New Year’s Honours List in recognition of voluntary service to Veterans. John Parvin first started giving ...
Read More »NHS England Announces £25 Million Boost for Children’s Hospices
NHS England will increase funding for children’s hospices to as much as £25 million a year, chief executive Simon Stevens announced today. Medical advances mean the NHS can help seriously ill children and young people with more complex health issues ...
Read More »Hallmark Care Home up for National Award
Hallmark Care Homes’ facility in Girton, Cambridge has been shortlisted for an esteemed design award. Arlington Manor Care Home, which opened in October last year, is in the running for anaward in the ‘Best New Care Home’ category at the ...
Read More »Boro U23s Deliver Christmas Gifts to Elderly
THE BORO’s under-23s played Santa Claus when they delivered gifts to elderly care home residents in Middlesbrough. The Middlesbrough Football Club youngsters visited The Gables Care Home, on Highfield Road, as part of their annual Christmas community visits. Defenders Nathan ...
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