Category: Care home news
BLUEBIRD CARE CELEBRATES BIG 2018 ACHIEVEMENTS
Bluebird Care is celebrating after 21 of its care services were rated ‘Outstanding’ in 2018 by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The rare rating – which only 1% of home care...ICO FINES CARE HOMES OVER DATA PROTECTION FEE NON-PAYMENT
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has begun formal enforcement action against care homes that have failed to pay the data protection fee. The data protection regulator has sent...CARE HOME CHEF TASTES SUCCESS WITH FIVE-STAR FOOD RATING
A widely-respected chef, based at a Hagley care home, has played a key role in the home achieving a top status for the quality of its food. Keyren Anderson, Head Chef at Chandos Lodge Residential...PARTY ANIMALS HELP CELEBRATE FLOSSIE'S 100TH BIRTHDAY
A popular resident at a Shropshire care home had a wild time celebrating her 100th birthday recently. Flossie Timmins received a special message from the Queen congratulating her on her landmark...OLD PEOPLE’S HOME FOR 4 YEAR OLDS INSPIRES FURTHER PROJECTS
Older people and children are set to continue benefiting from spending time with each other at Lark Hill Retirement Village, the backdrop to this year’s BAFTA-nominated series Old...STAFF TRAINING GETS SOME OOMPH! AT CARE HOME
A new exercise regime has been implemented to boost the health and wellbeing of residents at Birch Green care home. Staff were given a bit of Oomph – a programme which has been designed in...HC-ONE CEO JOINS HOMELESSNESS CHARITY SLEEPOUT
Justin Hutchens, Chief Executive Officer of Darlington-headquartered care company HC-One, is set to take part in Darlington’s CEO Sleepout Challenge on the 18th October, raising vital funds...CARE UK GRANTS 99-YEAR-OLD’S WISH TO FLY HIGH
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 a sail in a two-person dinghy or a spin...SUNRISE OF PURLEY AWARDED FOR END OF LIFE CARE
Sunrise of Purley have been awarded Platinum status with Excellence for End of Life Care, following a re-accreditation. In a further achievement, the care home is one of ten that have also been...SPRINGHILL CARE GROUP TEAMS UP WITH WELLBEING SPECIALIST
A national care group has partnered up with a leading wellbeing specialist to enhance the mental, physical and emotional wellbeing of its residents. Springhill Care Group, which operates three care...- CQC ratings
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