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Community Care Market News (News) August 1999 Help the Aged has published a report which argues that current housing and support services...

A new guidance document from the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) is calling on commissioners to prioritise preventative support for older people when designing healthcare services.

Four Seasons Health Care, which is owned by private equity firm Terra Firma, announced that it has appointed Tim Hammond chief executive of its dementia and nursing care business which has 370 care homes across the UK.

Ideapark, the holding company that includes Core Assets Group through which it provides a range of children’s services, including foster care through Foster Care Associates (FCA) brand, reported a dramatic fall in operating profit for the year ended 31 December 2014.

The Law Commission is to produce a draft code of practice for housing with care operators to use when charging event fees. Following the publication...

Turnover at Life Style Care plc rose marginally from £19.8m to £19.9m for the year ended 31 March 2016. Subtracting cost of sales of...

Leeds city council has signed an agreement which means that social enterprise care scheme Care and Share Associates (CASA) will now be given the opportunity to bid for homecare contract tenders issued by the authority.

Danshell Adult Healthcare has acquired the remaining estate of Castlebeck from its administrators. The 20 facilities are a mix of care homes for adults with learning disabilities and mental health hospitals located in the Midlands, north of England and Scotland. Parent company the Danshell Group would not disclose how much the portfolio of the disgraced provider cost them but a figure of £35m has been widely reported. The facilities will be brought into the Danshell Adult Healthcare fold, which currently comprises 12 independent hospitals, seven residential services with nursing and three residential services without nursing. It also offers support services for adults with autistic spectrum conditions and acquired brain injuries, as well as in-patient and daycare services for children and adolescents. Sister company Danshell Care Homes has an estate of six facilities for older people with nursing.

The Health Select Committee review of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in 2012 concluded last month that the regulator had failed to earn public confidence or successfully define its core purpose. Committee chair Stephen Dorrell, said: The CQC’s primary focus should be to ensure that the public has confidence that its inspections provide an assurance of acceptable standards in care and patient safety. We do not believe the CQC has succeeded in this objective.’

The Housing LIN has argued that local authorities need to ‘raise their game’ in terms of supported living housing. It made the call in its...