Belong appoints Rebecca Woodcock as head of operations
Dementia care village operator Belong has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Rebecca Woodcock as head of operations.
Woodcock has worked in...
Achieve together acquires Progress Pathways
Achieve together has bought Norfolk-based care provider Progress Pathways, for an undisclosed sum.
Founded in 2008, Progress Pathways’ runs a seven- and three-bed residential service...
Oyster Care Homes opens setting in West Sussex
Oyster Care Homes has officially opened Furze Field Manor in Sayers Common, West Sussex.
The 66-bed residential care home offers en suite bedrooms, lounges, cinema,...
Residential care less likely to be considered, survey finds
Almost a third of people are less likely to seek residential care for an elderly relative than before coronavirus, research from Policy Exchange and...
Homecare business fined for operating without registration
Owners of Golden Years Caring at Home Ltd in Cosham, Portsmouth, have been ordered to pay more than £44,000 by magistrates after they were...
Reforming care and support
The sector must be kept high on the agenda, says Kathryn Smith, Social Care Institute for Excellence
Since lockdown we’ve done a lot of work...
Government to rollout rapid coronavirus testing in care homes
Rapid coronavirus tests will be rolled out to care homes, hospitals and laboratories across the UK to increase testing capacity.
Two tests – both able...
Keeping your own front door
Kevin Beirne, head of retirement at Octopus Real Estate, discusses the merits of retirement communities and why they could help drive economic recovery, help...
Social care ‘policy failure’ needs addressing, says former minister
Failure to reform social care has been one of the country’s biggest failures ‘in our lifetimes’, former pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann has said.
Addressing...
Commission to consider role of housing in care and support
A commission has been set up with the aim of influencing government thinking on its long-term plan for social care.
It will review progress of...
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