Care UK

Swinging back to the 40s brought songs and celebrations to Care UK’s Colne View home in Halstead, Essex, as more than 200 guests celebrated the home’s first birthday.

Framlingham care home, Mills Meadow, has been recognised for its excellent use of communications with residents at the Suffolk Going the Extra Mile (GEM) awards organised by Suffolk County Council and the Suffolk Safeguarding Adults Board.

The Department of Health yesterday published a review investigating ways to ensure people accessing health and social care services are treated with compassion by care professionals.

Research into post-operative patient care, carried out at the North East London NHS Treatment Centre, has won a gold award at the British Association of Day Surgery’s (BADS) annual scientific meeting in Southport.

Planning approval has been granted for the development in Haverhill of a new state-of-the-art care home for older people, and a wellbeing centre which will offer day clubs and activities for older people who live independently in the wider community.

A new pilot scheme to make Care UK’s residential homes more environmentally friendly has been launched.

As news bulletins continue to run stories about the percentage of people waiting for more than four hours to be seen in A&E departments in the UK, a Dagenham health clinic is bucking the trend for long waiting times for its walk-in centre patients.

Care UK has published a free new guide to help families caring for a loved one living with dementia.

Mike Parish has welcomed Chancellor George Osborne’s announcement of a £3 billion fund to join up health and social care services for older people but regrets the fact that the country’s older people will have to wait until 2015 for it to start.

Afternoon tea, film showings, gardening and armchair exercise are all underway as the first residents settle in at Care UK’s Cairdean House, Colinton’s brand new care home.