CLS sells 18 homes to Croftwood for £25m

CLS Care Services has sold 18 of its care homes in Cheshire for £25m to Croftwood Care, part of the Minster Care Group. The disposal...

Revenues up but Mears records pre-tax loss on homecare business

Listed homecare operator Mears reported revenues of £940.1m, an increase of 6.7% on the previous year’s £881.1m, for the year ended 31 March 2016....

Digitising dementia

A booming senior population is the inevitable consequence of increasing longevity, but with it has come an escalation in dementia diagnoses. CM reporter Nathan...

What is the right to liberty?

Since the Cheshire West Supreme Court judgment in March 2014, deprivation of liberty has been one of the most ch allenging legal issues in the...

A trip down memory lane

Clare Connell and Henry Hunt of Connell Consulting, report on the latest research, treatment and thinking in care provision for people with dementia It is...

CM meets… Jeremy Hughes

Chief executive of the Alzheimer's Society Jeremy Hughes outlines what needs to be done to tackle dementia and how providers can help CM How did...

NHS-funded nursing rate to be (slightly) reduced

The Department of Health (DH) has announced the NHS-funded nursing care standard rate is being reduced to £155.05 from 1 April. The drop of £1.20...

Ashley House’s profits suffer from supported living delay

Ashley House has reported difficulties financially closing extra care pipelines due to its local authority and housing association partners not committing to final arrangements...

Law Commission proposes new legal safeguards

Thousands of vulnerable people with dementia and learning disabilities are being unnecessarily detained in hospitals and care homes as the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards...

CQC announces rise in 2017/18 fees

The Care Quality Commission is to raise its registration fees once more in a bid to recover the cost of regulating the sector. Following a...