Unions call for Welsh care home closure probe
Two trade unions have called for an independent investigation into the closure of a Ceredigion residential home which has left 40 staff facing redundancy. The council-run Awel Deg home in
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Care home safeguarding pilot in Devon hailed a success
A new specialist adult safeguarding nursing service to investigate and support care homes in Devon has been hailed a success for immediate and long term patient safety. The service was trialled
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Toolkit promises more personalised activity for care home residents
Leaders from health and social care pledged to improve quality of life in care homes at a summit opened yesterday by The Princess Royal, Patron of the College of Occupational
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Repreive for four Northern Irish care homes
Four residential care homes that were under threat of closure have been given a lifeline by Health Minister Edwin Poots. The homes are Thackeray Place in Limavady, Westlands in Cookstown,
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Northamptonshire launch care home improvement scheme
A new initiative aimed at improving the quality of older people’s care homes has been launched in Northamptonshire. Called My Home Life, the scheme offers training and support to managers
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Aberdeen care home graded ‘weak’ following inspection
An Aberdeen care home has been told it must improve the care it provides to residents, following an unannounced inspection by Scotland’s social care watchdog. Inspectors from the Care Inspectorate
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UK’s biggest care home provider fined £170K over resident death
The UK’s biggest care home provider has been ordered to pay £170,000 in fines and costs after a vulnerable resident choked to death on fish and chips during an entertainment
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Inspectorate launch care home campaign to help residents keep active
A THOUSAND care homes in Scotland are being asked to join a campaign to support physical activity for older residents. Scotlands’ social care watchdog, the Care Inspectorate, has today launched
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Gloucestershire care home rapist Colin Stokes jailed for 14 years
A care worker who raped three vulnerable women at the home he worked in has been jailed for 14 years. Colin Stokes, 48, attacked the women – aged 32, 50
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Disabled people in care facilities ‘deprived of liberty’, says judge
Disabled people have the same human right to “physical liberty” as the rest of the human race, one of the UK’s most senior judges said today. Lady Hale, deputy president
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