Income growth at Jewish Care despite occupancy woes

Getting homecare right for BME communities

Homecare services are not fully meeting the cultural and religious needs of the UK’s diverse population, according to industry figures. Alistair Kleebauer takes a...

Homecare a gamble too far?

Sarah Whitebloom confronts the reasons that keep homecare off the books of investors. For all its financial woes, investors should be piling into homecare, shouldn’t...

Providers urged to take back control

Deven Pamben reports from LaingBuisson’s Social Care Conference, which covered a number of topics, including the green paper, technology, staffing, brand and Brexit. Until one...

Boosting movement through tech

Deven Pamben looks at how technology is getting people in care settings to move more Eight partnership areas across Scotland are taking part in a...

Undersupply of retirement housing ‘critical’

Knight Frank research highlights the growing need for properties The country faces a ‘critical’ undersupply of age-appropriate homes, with large-scale developments of retirement housing needed,...

Feature: Overseas investment in the UK healthcare property market

Alistair Kleebauer asks property experts what the mood is like for foreign investment over the coming year Overseas investors provide a significant proportion of the...

Turning the development dial

What will happen to residential care when all the builders have upped sticks? Deven Pamben explores the alternatives on offer which mean that the...

Designing for dementia

Evidence suggests a physically active lifestyle can have a significant impact on the wellbeing of people living with dementia. For those in the earlier...

Training staff to manage distressed behaviour

Alistair Kleebauer looks at some innovative approaches to help care workers understand what living with dementia is like Many UK care providers have found innovative...

Dementia care in the home

It’s become almost unquestioned that once an older person is found to have dementia, they should be moved into residential care - but is...