Greensleeves to raise funds through bond issue

Greensleeves Homes Trust is looking to raise additional funding through a second bond issue. The charity raised £50m through the Retail Charity Bonds (RCB) in...

People want to be supported at home, UKHCA survey finds

Nine out of 10 people aged 65 years and over would prefer to be supported in their own home rather than in a care...

OakNorth loans Frogmore £26m to develop care home

OakNorth Bank will loan £26.3m to real estate fund manager Frogmore to develop a 35-bed specialist dementia care home in Westminster, London. This is the...

Housing with care operators to drive rental market, research suggests

The number of private senior living rental properties in the UK is forecast to increase by 160% in next five years, from almost 5,000...
Foster Care

Therapeutic foster care a key part of Capstone’s strategy

Demand for services at Capstone Foster Care has remained strong and not been adversely affected by the pandemic. The provider, which has operations across the...

Restricting care staff movement ‘short-sighted and self-defeating’

Proposals to ban movement of care workers between settings is both ‘short-sighted and self-defeating’, industry leaders have said in a letter to government. They said...

Flexible and adaptable homes needed, report finds

More than two million people aged 55 or older are living in a home that endangers their health or wellbeing. As many as 4.3 million...

Homecare workers to receive weekly Covid-19 testing

Homecare workers will be offered weekly coronavirus tests from next week. Providers registered with the Care Quality Commission will receive weekly PCR tests to administer...

Simply UK grows its senior management team

Simply UK has expanded its senior management team with the appointments of Andy Curran as commercial director and Alistair Murray as head of procurement. The...

Staffing spend grows as care home operators meet challenges

Care home operators spent as much as 61.3% of income on staffing in the second quarter of this year, reflecting a reduction in revenue...