New £25 million veterans’ Buckinghamshire care home welcomes first resident
The Royal Star & Garter Home in High Wycombe has welcomed its first resident. David French was greeted by Home Manager Chelle Daly as he…
Care home staff and volunteers come together to clean up local stream
Staff at The Royal Star & Garter Home in High Wycombe have helped clean up a stretch of the Hughenden Stream, which is based in…
Proposed £25 million care village aims to cater for all elderly residents’ needs
Credit: Westerfield Care A multi-million-pound care village for elderly and disabled residents in Ipswich, Suffolk, could transform how residents are cared for by building a…
The Royal Star & Garter Homes names floors after local heroes with new multi-million-pound care home opening
The four heroes The names of military heroes set to be immortalised at The Royal Star & Garter Home in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, have been…
Liverpool care home fined over £12,000 for “failings” in care and treatment
Parkside Care Home in St Helens, Liverpool, has been prosecuted after an elderly resident sustained a bad injury after a fall and, as a consequence,…
Care home residents help improve interaction and engagement amongst autistic adults
Credit: Hull Live Adults with autism in Hull have been spending time at the Elm Tree Court residential home in an effort to improve their…
New statistics reveal thousands of bed blocking incidences occur due to unavailable residential home placement
Published by NHS England, new figures have shown the number of reported delayed transfer of care (DTOC) incidences across NHS trust from November 2017 -…
The importance of night time positioning in a care home environment
By Anna Waugh, Managing Director, Simple Stuff Works There is often a perception that as people grow older and become less mobile or develop conditions…
Campaign to understand attitudes towards home adaptations
A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to fund research into older people’s views on adapted homes. It is hoped insight drawn from the work will…
Housing & Care provider utilises innovative ‘Sure Call’ technology
Leading housing and care provider Bield are taking full advantage of advances in technology to create services that enable service-users to lead fuller, more flexible…