9+ hour, 30+ min ago  (445+ words) Providers urged to create detailed plans for heatwaves in partnership with people who live and work in care homes as latest figures show the highest rates of death among the more than expected mortality rates in summer 2024 were aged 74-84 and…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago  (371+ words) Understanding care culture is crucial to successful outside space design that creates enduring and meaningful engagement with this important part of a care home's environment, writes Debbie Carroll and Mark Rendell. When creating a new care home garden designers need…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (293+ words) Welsh firm adds second Cardiff home to portfolio A Welsh care home operator has bought a second home in Cardiff, taking its total portfolio to three. The operator has rebranded the 39 en-suite home from Belle Vue to'Ty Clyd and said…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (661+ words) SPONSORED STORY: For most of the last decade, sponsor licences in adult social care were something you applied for, received, and then quietly maintained. Compliance was an HR back-office task. The Home Office occasionally audited. Most providers got on with…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1106+ words) A collaborative research report by apetito and Care England underlines the increasing importance of mealtimes to care home residents" wellbeing and health outcomes. James Leigh, General Manager for Care Homes at apetito gives an overview. Mealtimes are essential to delivering…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (373+ words) Care Show London 2026, taking place on 2930 April at Excel London, opens its doors to the entire care community for its third consecutive year in the capital. Matthew Moore, show manager, highlights what is on offer and what visitors can expect…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (22+ words) Lakeland Dairies launches new report, The Care Kitchen Reset, revealing concerning data on the delivery of nutrition in care homes'www. thecarehomeenvironment. com...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (623+ words) The proportion of adults receiving local authority-funded care in residential and nursing homes has continued to fall as the number supported to stay at home has risen, according to the latest official figures. The proportion of adults receiving local authority…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (772+ words) The CQC signalled it intends to go ahead with reforms to the way it inspects care services this week The Care Quality Commission is to move forward with planned changes to the way it inspects services after it's "Better regulation,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (590+ words) Almost half of providers surveyed by Care England and Sona say they are short-staffed at least some of the time High-quality care is sustained by the professionalism and "goodwill" of the workforce rather than sustainable by design, a new report…...