Dementia care praised in Greenock care home
The Care Inspectorate has praised staff at a Scottish care home for their new approach to dementia care that’s had positive effects on their health and wellbeing, even reducing the
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New £4million care home opens in Glasgow
A new £4 million care facility in Baillieston, Glasgow, that will provide care and support for vulnerable adults with mental health conditions has welcomed its new staff members following the
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Care home operator fined £85K following resident death
A Hertfordshire care home operator has been fined after a resident with clinical dementia was suffocated by an unsecure wardrobe. Mrs Claire Hughes, 64, died as a result of compression
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West Bromwich care worker charged with attempted murder
A care worker has been charged with attempted murder after staff and residents at an old people’s home were taken ill. Melissa Swift is further accused of making threats to
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Inspectors concerned over care at Edinburgh home
An Edinburgh care home has been ordered to make significant improvements after inspectors raised serious concerns about the quality of care provided to residents. The Care Inspectorate has graded the
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Inspectors demand immediate improvements at Aberdeen care home
An Aberdeen care home has been told it must make improvements after the quality of care it provided to residents was graded ‘weak’ for the second inspection in a row
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CQC takes legal action to cancel care home registration
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has taken urgent legal action to stop a care home owner from being able to run a Nottinghamshire residential home, to protect the health and
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Care Minister rapped over ‘austere and alien’ care home comments
The Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA) accused care minister Norman Lamb MP of besmirching the reputation of care homes across the country with ill-chosen, over-generalised comments likely to create a
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Union calls on CQC to delay Kent care home closures
The GMB Union is calling on the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to pull back on the decision to close two Orchard Care care homes in Broadstairs, Kent pending a full
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Urgent action required to attract care home staff in Wales
A leading care home figure has warned of a critical lack of trained nurses following the closure of two homes in Wales. Mario Creft, Chair of Care Forum Wales, said
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