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CQC CALLS FOR FIRE SAFETY REVIEWS FOLLOWING GRENFELL TOWER DISASTER
Care homes in the South West of England are being warned to expect a letter from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), demanding evidence of attention to fire security, following the Grenfell Tower...
CARE HOME PROVIDER RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY AWARD
Care home provider Barchester Healthcare is celebrating after receiving a prestigious award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) for their contribution to occupational...
STOCKS HALL CARE HOME EXCHANGES HEARTS ALL OVER THE WORLD
Stocks Hall Burscough Care Home decided to ‘join and swap their hearts’ by reaching out and sharing love to others, as a show of solidarity following the recent terror attacks in the UK....
CARE HOME RESIDENTS SHARE PLAYDATE WITH PRESCHOOLERS
Residents at The Oaks Care Home, in Lexden, Colchester, entertained seven children from the Lexden Lodge Kindergarten recently as part of a newly-launched intergenerational playdate programme. The...
BIG WIN FOR HEALTHCARE BUSINESSES AT FRANCHISOR OF THE YEAR AWARDS
Two homecare providers have been recognised at the British Franchise Association (bfa) HSBC Franchisor of the Year Awards 2017. Bluebird Care has been awarded Franchisor of the Year (Gold), while ...
BLACKPOOL BALLROOM DREAM COMES TRUE FOR STOCKS HALL RESIDENT
A 95-year-old lady’s dream to dance at The Blackpool Tower Ballroom was granted by the staff at her care home. Recently, Stocks Hall Ormskirk Home residents Edna Adams, Reginald Wilson, Dolly...
MARITIME CARE HOME CELEBRATES CARERS WEEK WITH STAR VISIT
National maritime charity the Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society welcomed actress and animal rights activist, Virginia McKenna, to its Banstead-based nursing care home, Belvedere House, as part...
CARE HOME RESIDENTS LEARN FRENCH TO HELP TACKLE DEMENTIA
Residents of a Perthshire care home are learning French in foreign language workshops to help tackle dementia. Balhousie Ruthven Towers Care Home, in Auchterader, has been working with social...
CUPCAKE EVENT IS SWEET SUCCESS FOR TELFORD CARE HOME
A Shropshire nursing home threw open its doors to the public as staff and residents raised money for a dementia charity. Myford House Nursing Home in Telford recently invited people into the home...
DOUBLE AWARD WIN FOR T (N) S CATERING AT COST SECTOR CATERING AWARDS
Leamington Spa-based T (n) S Catering Management scooped a double award win in the care catering category and the contract catering multi-site manager category at this year’s Cost Sector...
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