Care Markets

The ExtraCare Charitable Trust reported an increase in turnover and surplus for they year ending 31 March 2013. The market leading extra care provider, which...

The Welsh government published a consultation on proposals last month to help people with neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease get the care they...

Ahead of its sale and leaseback deal with Griffin-American Healthcare REIT (CCMn July 2013), Caring Homes Healthcare Group Limited reported a rise in revenues...

The Local Government Association proposed a national care loans scheme, to be backed by government, last month to help people meet the cost of...

Health and social care providers defended how they organise their tax affairs last month following accusation that they are ‘avoiding millions of pounds in...

Avante Partnership has launched a £5m charity bond to fund the development of a 75-bed dementia care home on the Isle of Sheppey.Promoted by...

As David Cameron and the rest of the leaders at the G8 prepare to discuss the complex and costly issues surrounding dementia, CCMn looks at what type of provision most suitable for caring for people at different stages of the disease and what are the key factors going forward to make this type of service the best it can be. According to the Alzheimer’s Society, there were 800,000 people in the UK suffering from dementia in 2012. This number is expected to rise to 1m by 2021 and 1.7m in 2051. But, argues director of care at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) John Kennedy, all these people will not be in or need to be specialist dementia units.

Charity Independent Age published a report last month which claimed that the Care and Support Bill will reveal the true extent of underfunding in...

Mental healthcare provider Cambian could be set to list on the London Stock Exchange in a £500m float according to rumours within the sector.Sky...

The Abbeyfield Kent Society has opened a new dementia wing at its Greensted care home in Wateringbury, Maidstone. It extends existing facilities at the home...