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Anchor celebrates topping out at Surrey retirement village
Members of the Weybridge community in Surrey have joined Anchor and construction partner Castleoak to celebrate Austin Place, Anchor’s new £12.4m residential retirement development,...
Homecare services losing out on vital funding
Homecare providers are being underpaid for their services by the majority of local authorities in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The UK Homecare Association (UKHCA), the professional...
Almost a million care jobs pay below living wage
Two thirds of all care jobs in the UK (930,000 in total) paid below the living wage last year, according to a new report published by independent think-tank the Resolution Foundation. The report...
Choice to open Hampshire care home
Specialist care provider Choice Care Group has revealed that it will be opening a new care home in Hampshire in April. Boasting eight en suite bedrooms and three separate self-contained annexes,...
Four Seasons makes ‘Time for a Cuppa’ for Dementia UK
Residents, staff and guests at Four Seasons care homes across the UK are taking part in a fundraising event to raise awareness for Dementia UK. Care homes up and down the country will host a...
Wallasey care home charged £90,000 for legal breaches
The provider of the Wirral based Mother Redcaps Care Home has been ordered to pay £90,000 in fines and costs relating to breaches of the Health and Social Care Act 2008. Mother Redcaps Care...
Care safeguarding system is failing, say families
Thousands of complaints about substandard elderly care in England were lodged last year, a BBC investigation has found. Researchers for 5 live Investigates discovered that 14,888 claims about...
Dementia Care Assessment hopes to raise standards
UK care home providers will be able to gain insight into the competency of carers working with dementia sufferers thanks to a new assessment launched by people risk specialists Cognisco, in...
Human rights training kit devised for councillors
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has worked with Cornwall County Council to produce a training pack for councillors on older people's home care and human rights. This follows...
Five-minute care visits leaving older people at risk
Home care visits to thousands of older people are being limited to just five minutes, an investigation by the Daily Mail has found. Freedom of information requests made by the newspaper revealed...
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