Housing guide on learning disabilities

Community Care Market News (News) June 2000The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities has published a guide for social workers and other professionals working...

General Household report findings

Community Care Market News (News) June 2000A report published by the Office of National Statistics on people aged 65 or over has found that...

Charity to develop specialist nurses

Community Care Market News (News) June 2000Help the Aged is in discussions with the Royal College of Nursing and the British Geriatrics Society to...

Methodist Homes completes development

Community Care Market News (News) June 2000Methodist Homes Housing Association has recently completed an assisted living facility in Barnstaple, Devon. The facility comprising 45...

NHP board change

NHP plc has announced the departure of its group finance director Bill Colvin. He will leave NHP on 30 June 2000 to join the...

Sunrise departure

Barry Sweetbaum, managing director of Sunrise Assisted Living Ltd, is to leave the organisation in July of this year. The company, which has a...

Salford approves homes transfer

Salford city council has approved the transfer of between five and seven residential homes for elderly people to the independent sector. The decision follows...

Bedfordshire director retires

Bedfordshire county council's director of social services, Alan Chapman, is to retire in December after seven years in the post. Bedfordshire is currently seeking...

Southern Cross acquisition

Southern Cross Healthcare has announced the acquisition of the former Cedar Lodge Nursing Home in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. The home was purpose-built by Denne...

University honour

Bill Kilgallon has been awarded an honorary doctorate from Leeds Metropolitan University in recognition of his work in the social care field. He is...