Investment in older people’s tech trebles

Global investment in technology for the older people’s market has nearly trebled since last year, according to research by the Daily Telegraph.   It said...
Financial strain for ‘sandwich’ generation, YouGov poll finds

Real living wage rise to benefit care staff

Care staff that work for real living wage employers across the country are set for a pay rise as rates increase per hour to...

CQC ‘closely monitoring’ future viability of Allied Healthcare

Allied Healthcare has failed to provide adequate assurance to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) that the company has funding or new investment to ensure...

Impact Healthcare buys 40-bed home

Impact Healthcare REIT has exchanged contracts to buy 40-bed Holly Lodge Care Home in Shildon, County Durham, for £1.4m. The investment is the second of...

Arts can help ageing and loneliness, says Hancock

Person-centred social prescribing can help tackle ageing, loneliness, mental health, and other long-term conditions, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt...

County authority consults on care costs

A county authority has launched a consultation on how people who use adult social care services contribute to their costs. North Yorkshire County Council is...

The challenge of recruiting

Anoushka Farouk, director of market engagement at everyLIFE Technologies, offers insight into recruiting. Recruiting in the care sector is very straightforward; all you have to do...

Child sex abuse report due in summer

A three-week inquiry examining historic sex abuse of children in care has closed, with the final report from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual...

Civitas continues with its purchasing drive

Civitas Social Housing has completed the purchase of three regulated social housing properties comprising 26 tenancies for £3.7m. The properties, which are leased to Auckland...
Robert Kilgour hits out at care home spending inaction

Renaissance Care targets further growth after additions

Scottish entrepreneur Robert Kilgour has added two Lanarkshire care homes to the Renaissance Care portfolio, taking the total number of sites north of the...