One of Scotland’s leading housing and care providers is further cementing its reputation as a care-innovator by improving the feedback platforms it provides to its service users. With the aim
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The son of a 100-year-old great grandmother who died after falling out of a body sling that her two carers were not trained to use called on the Government and
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Care home staff need greater training to deal with residents who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transexual (LGBT) and living with dementia, a new report claims. The ‘Over the Rainbow’
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An important survey is being launched to help shape future research to improve healthcare for people living in care homes. Research is essential for developing better ways of providing care,
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have issued two new quality standards on managing medicines in care homes and preventing falls, both aimed at improving the quality
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A local authority is moving its residents from a care home following the launch of a police inquiry in to the death of five residents. The action has been taken
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A care home for adults with learning disabilities in Clackmannanshire has been praised by Scotland’s social care regulator. The Care Inspectorate graded ARK Alloa Care Home “excellent” for all quality
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A care service for vulnerable people in the Borders has been heavily criticised by the Care Inspectorate. Inspectors said that failings at the Duns-based Community Integrated Care (CIC) could be
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Admissions to a care home in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis have been suspended amid concerns over the diet of residents. Western Isles Council have now moved to carry
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A Gwynedd adult care home manager has been struck off the Register of Social Care Workers for neglecting older people in her care. Joan Lesley Heatley, formerly employed by a
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