Hammond to head Four Seasons care homes

Four Seasons Health Care, owned by private equity firm Terra Firma, announced that it has appointed former Barchester Healthcare managing director Tim Hammond as...

Growth boosts LifeCare’s books

High-end extra care village provider LifeCare Residences reported revenues of £14.4m for the year ended 31 March 2013, an increase of 39% on the...

Age UK criticises elderly ‘fostering’

Leicester city council’s plan to introduce a fostering service for its elderly residents has been criticised by the local branch of Age UK. The...

Legal & General pick up 13 homes

Financial services group Legal & General has entered the care home property sector buying 13 facilities from Prestbury Investments for just over £70m.Currently leased...

Greater choice for mental health patients

Mental health patients are set to be able to choose where they receive care following measures announced last month by Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, or rather re-iterated, since the main measures were first announced a year ago

Growth in care home market to keep pace with 2013

Growth in the care home sector is likely to remain at the same pace as 2013, with transactional activity concentrated at the top and...

Short-termism raises council PLD costs

Failure to plan for the long-term needs of adults with learning disabilities is increasing costs for councils according to a study by learning disability...

McCarthy & Stone posts £15m loss

Care home property developer McCarthy & Stone reported increased losses for the year ending 31 August 2013 despite growing its turnover from £289.2m to...

DH sets out new priorities for PLD care services

The Department of Health (DH) has set out five new priorities for the care of people with learning disabilities in its latest response to...

Care home residents paying for GP visits

Care England revealed last month that some care homes are still paying thousands of pounds for GPs to visit residents.The body, formerly the English...