Singled out

The Budget has the potential to destroy businesses, explains Prof Martin Green, chief executive officer of Care England The Budget was a disaster for social...

Home Instead launches YouTube channel to provide dementia support

Families across the UK are struggling to cope emotionally and financially with the burden of caring for a loved one with dementia, research from...

EBITDARM trends in ‘right direction’ for care sector, trading review reveals

Higher occupancy and average weekly fees have resulted in growing EBITDARM across the private care home sector, according to a Knight Frank trading performance...

MMCG care home provides base for physiotherapy service

A Maria Mallaband Care Group (MMCG) setting will provide a base within its home for Therapies on Thames – a service providing physiotherapy, rehabilitation...

Council completes digital telecare switchover

Bridgend County Borough Council has become the first authority in Wales to complete a digital switchover of its emergency telecare alarm calls. The council has...

Opportunity missed

Tim Davies, chief executive of ivolve Care Group wants to see a fair, balanced approach to funding The recent Autumn Budget has highlighted the disparity...

Boutique Care Homes begins work on Martello Manor

Boutique Care Homes has started construction work on Martello Manor in Hythe, Kent. Its development will have 66 en suite bedrooms along with a bistro,...

People not politics

Dr Robert Kilgour, chairman of Renaissance Care, says it is time for governments to listen to social care voices Care homes are running on fumes...

More with less

Daniel Casson, managing director of Casson Consulting and director of LaingBuisson’s social care conferences, discusses some of the pressures the sector faces In preparing for...

Aedifica invests £14m in care setting

Aedifica is investing £14m in a development that will be operated by Hamberley Care Homes on a 30-year lease. The home in Wargrave, Berkshire, has...