CM Special Report

Just under a week after CareTech’s £30m ground rent deal with Alpha Real Capital was announced in February, the real estate team in Trowers & Hamlins health and social care group closed another healthcare sector ground rent transaction.

Compared to other countries such as New Zealand and the USA, historically the UK has lagged behind when it comes to providing appropriate accommodation for older people – and especially older people’s housing-with-care.

Being named Entrepreneur of the Year at last year’s LaingBuisson Awards marks the latest step in Julia’s Senah’s journey to establish a care company with little business experience. Here she tells CCMn how she did it.

The Scottish care home market is entering a period of profound transformation. Even as the promise of integrated commissioning offers up new models of care delivery, the sector faces severe financial pressures as demographic demands grow.

Arrangements between care providers and housing associations are often far more complex than care providers expect.

When the Better Care Fund was first announced in June 2013 by Chancellor George Osborne it was intended to help create a single pooled budget between health and social care by [incentivising] the NHS and local government to work more closely together around people, placing their well-being as the focus of health and care services’.

Quietly bound in green and white, the Law Commission’s recently launched consultation document on event fees is probably beneath the radar for most care sector professionals. But despite its demure appearance, this document offers a potentially historic boost to the retirement community sector that investors should take note of.

The provision of homecare in England is on a precipice (CCMn November 2015) with many providers blaming commissioners for not paying a fair price for care services and not allowing adequate times for visits. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has also come under fire for increasing its fees at a time when some providers struggle to meet its fundamental standards due to a lack of funding.

From mechanical personal trainers to robo-pets, technology is rapidly sculpting a new landscape in the field of modern elderly care. Inventions coming out of Japan and the Far East include giant bears designed to lift people out of bed and motorised seals used to engage dementia patients.

Care home provider, Fairways Care (Fairways), will increase efficiencies and further enhance care standards after selecting Caresys Mobile, a care management solution from Advanced Health & Care (Advanced). Care staff will be able to provide an additional eight hours care each day through automating manual, time consuming processes.