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Survey reveals care home legionnaire’s risk
A fifth of West Midlands care homes are unaware of key aspects of their responsibilities to prevent cases of Legionnaires’ disease in their facilities,...
Excelcare and Essex under pressure as scandals mount
Calls have been made for Essex council’s Conservative leader Lord Hanningford to step down following accusations that he was negligent in his duties when...
CSCI claims ‘mixed picture’ of quality in home care
The quality of home care provision for hundreds of thousands of older people is patchy according to a new report by the Commission for...
MHA’s extra care model given academic approval
An independent evaluation carried out by the Northumbria University-backed organisation Dementia North, has concluded that the Methodist Homes Association's (MHA) purpose-built extra care complex...
Independent Healthcare Awards show scope of the sector
Winners of the inaugural Laing & Buisson Independent Healthcare Awards have demonstrated the cross-sector nature of the changing healthcare landscape with accolades handed to...
Unpaid care for elderly amounts to £33bn a year
A survey of 3,000 people in the UK has found that adult children caring for elderly parents average more than 45 hours of informal...
What are you paying care staff ‘on call’?
Residential care providers are being advised to check their employment policies with regard to how much they are paying employees who stay on their...
Scottish carers to share wisdom
Thousands of Scottish care home workers will have the opportunity to exchange and share lessons they learn while working thanks to a network established...
New developments
New developments...The Ipswich office of Christie & Co has sold Hill House, a 35-bed home in Ellington, Cambridge, to the Hertfordshire-based ADR Care Homes....
Salisbury College courses effectively ‘day care’
The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has defended the decision made by a Wiltshire college to end a number of courses for people with...
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