Norse Care to grow private payer income
Norse Care
will look to grow its private payer income by 10% and add another 10-15 rooms
to its portfolio this year, its latest financial report...
Somerset Care posts loss as costs bite
Rising costs and no increases in fee rates for dementia and nursing care impacted the financial performance of Somerset Care in the year ended...
Care group chair warns against more ‘drift’
The government needs to focus on making a real change in social care in 2019 and not allow ‘another year of drift’.
In a New...
Scottish health secretary offers EU social care staff support
Scottish Health Secretary Jeane Freeman (pictured) has written to EU social care staff to set out the support available amid uncertainty surrounding Brexit.
In a...
Care company to scrap £50 staff sickness charge
A nurse and
care worker recruiter has announced that it will be scrapping a £50 charge it
makes to staff who phone in sick.
An
investigation by The...
Isolation impacts health during extreme weather, research reveals
Social isolation and the costs of heating and cooling the home significantly impact the health of older adults during extreme weather, according to a...
Civitas continues to sweep up properties
Civitas has bought two social housing properties for £1.6m and is set to complete a £3.1m deal for another home in January.
The two social...
Aedifica enters UK care home market after agreeing to buy 93 properties
Belgian healthcare real estate company Aedifica has bought a portfolio of 93 properties across the UK, consisting of tenants that include Burlington Care, Maria...
Older people ‘left out in the cold’, says Age UK
Age UK analysis has found that as many as 1.7 million older people in England can go for a month without meeting up with...
Dr Jane Townson leaves Somerset Care Group
Dr Jane Townson has stepped down as chief executive of the Somerset Care Group.
She had been at the not-for-profit care provider for seven and a...
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