Question marks over care home dehydration tests

Question marks over care home dehydration tests

Researchers have found that standard tests used to identify dehydration are not working for older people living in care homes. Carers often look at a...
co-housing developments

Co-housing developments

What did the ageing actress say to the former politician?... ‘We’ve got a hit TV series on our hands.’ Sarah Whitebloom reports on the...
Designed for better sleep

Designed for better sleep

Among the many considerations that must be made when designing a care home, the ability to promote better sleep may not be something that...
Retirement Living proposals

InProgress: latest developments

McCarthy & Stone McCarthy & Stone is planning to build a Retirement Living development in Oakwood, Leeds. Proposals are being considered by Leeds City Council, with...

Brunelcare hands back contract to council

Brunelcare is handing back its Support To Live at Home and Extra Care Housing contract it holds with North Somerset Council because it is...

Applications invited for workforce fund

Skills for Care is inviting grant applications for its Workforce Development Fund to help adult social care employers develop their staff. Large national groups or...
Opportunity knocks for UK providers with eyes on China

Opportunity knocks for UK providers with eyes on China

China’s over 65s population is growing fast. There are 123 million older people living in the country making up 9% of its 1.4 billion...
Colin Angel details his appearance at a House of Lords select committee

Calling for better oversight

Colin Angel details his appearance at a House of Lords select committee UKHCA called for better funding for social care and the need for oversight...
CM meets... Johnny Sandelson

CM meets… Johnny Sandelson

Set to open in 2020, Auriens Chelsea will be akin to a five-star hotel with first-class amenities and high-quality elderly care. Deven Pamben meets...
Real estate opportunities

Real estate opportunities

Partners at Trowers & Hamlin LLP Hilary Blackwell and Kyle Holling examine property opportunities flowing from the long-term plan The first thing to say is...