The government will provide an extra £60 million to local authorities to support the adult social care response to COVID-19 in January, Minister for Care…
Read more...A former coffee shop manager has progressed to one of the top roles at the Belong care village in Newcastle-under-Lyme after leaving her previous job…
Read more...From Monday 17 May care home residents will be able to have more named visitors and more opportunities to make visits out with no need…
Read more...Care home residents will be able to leave their home for “low risk” visits without having to self-isolate for 14 days on their return the…
Read more...Today’s Government announcement increasing the number of visitors care and nursing home residents can have has met with a cautious welcome from providers. Provider body…
Read more...Care home residents in England will be able to receive two visitors indoors from Monday 12 April as covid restrictions continue to be cautiously eased….
Read more...Maintenance staff whose initiatives have transformed care for residents at specialist care homes in Hampshire have been crowned ‘best in the UK’. Andy Foster and…
Read more...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…
Read more...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…
Read more...A provider has called on the Government to publish the Green Paper on social care and give 1.4m people currently going without care some hope…
Read more...CHRISTMAS carol singing Brownies put on a festive performance for elderly residents at their Merseyside care home. The St Bartholomew’s Church Brownies visited Aaron Grange Care…
Read more...HUNDREDS of Christmas cards flooded into a Skelmersdale care home following an appeal from staff. Aaron Crest Care Home was inundated with well wishes after…
Read more...This year Compass Group UK & Ireland’s Healthcare team, has raised a staggering £37,072 during their annual Elf Week – a fundraising event to raise…
Read more...A Christmas miracle took place at a Teesside care home when a previously bedbound resident got up to sing Three Times a Lady.Vera Huitson, 94,…
Read more...When Stocks Hall Mawdesley Care Home in Lancashire had the idea of opening a Christmas Craft Stall in the Reception area, to raise funds towards…
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