Home Care News
Over 55s encouraged to use kitchen counter as makeshift barre in online ballet classes
30 Mar 2020
The Royal Academy of Dance is launching free online Silver Swans ballet classes tailored for people over the age of 55, with participants encouraged to use the kitchen counter or bathroom sink as a makeshift barre. The.....
World's oldest living man shares 112th birthday with UK's oldest woman
30 Mar 2020
Bob Weighton, the oldest man on the planet celebrated his 112th birthday on 29 March – on the same day the UK’s oldest woman Joan Hocquard turned 112-years-old. Bob Weighton celebrated his impressive age.....
One of UK's largest home care providers on hunt for more staff during pandemic
27 Mar 2020
Home care provider Bluebird Care is launching a national campaign ‘It’s Time to Care’ in a major recruitment drive to take on more staff to help care for people during the coronavirus pandemic. The care provider.....
Scottish home care company to recruit 150 staff for those who have lost jobs due to COVID-19
27 Mar 2020
A Kilmarnock-based home care company is to create 150 permanent jobs specifically for hospitality and tourism workers who have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus. HRM Homecare will provide full training.....
Home care company to recruit hundreds of care workers to help vulnerable during coronavirus pandemic
27 Mar 2020
A Yorkshire home care provider is looking to recruit hundreds of staff urgently to ensure the NHS to have free beds due to the coronavirus pandemic. Optimo Care Group based in Barnsley will take on staff.....
Charity launches £1m fundraising appeal to help care workers forced to self-isolate
26 Mar 2020
The public are being urged to show their thanks to care workers across Britain by donating to an emergency fund for those battling to keep the elderly, disabled and others with multiple health conditions safe from the coronavirus. At.....
Coronavirus: PM promises PPE for all care workers 'by the end of this week'
26 Mar 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised personal protective equipment (PPE) will arrive for every care worker in Britain's care homes by the end of this week. Boris Johnson made the game-changing promise.....
MP goes back to care work to help tackle coronavirus
25 Mar 2020
Britain’s youngest MP Nadia Whittome has returned to her former job as a care worker to help the care sector on the frontline dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. The 23 year-old Labour MP for Nottingham.....
Home care company creates 10,000 new jobs in response to coronavirus pandemic
24 Mar 2020
London-based home care company Cera are currently looking to employ 10,000 people around the UK to work in the home care sector in response to the outbreak of coronavirus. In an effort to fight the ongoing.....
Social care and NHS get £2.9bn to free up 15,000 hospital beds for coronavirus
20 Mar 2020
Health secretary Matt Hancock has announced £2.9bn will be spent on helping patients not requiring urgent hospital treatment to return home with “the right support” in a bid to free up at least 15,000 beds to treat those with the.....
Care workers among 'key workers' whose children can stay in school during coronavirus pandemic
20 Mar 2020
Adult social care sector workers have been included in the government’s ‘keyworker list’ effectively allowing their children to stay in school so that they can keep caring for people during the coronavirus pandemic......
Vox pops: Over 70s talk about coronavirus, self-isolation and panic-buying
19 Mar 2020
People aged over 70 have had their fair share of isolation and loneliness but the coronavirus pandemic has compounded it, as everyone keeps their distance from each other - so homecare.co.uk asked older people for their thoughts on.....
EXCLUSIVE: Coronavirus protection shortages: Government says care sector will get face masks
18 Mar 2020
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has said every care provider will start receiving facemasks from today, after care providers reported shortages of hand sanitiser, masks, aprons and gloves, putting lives at risk during.....
Coronavirus pandemic sees care provider urge all with experience to come forward and care
18 Mar 2020
Care provider Right At Home (Nottingham) is calling on anyone with experience in the care sector or those with ‘life experience’ in caring for a loved one to contact their local care organisations to offer help. The.....
Coronavirus: Care firm hunts for masks and aprons despite government promise of free PPE
17 Mar 2020
Home care firm Penrose Care has told homecare.co.uk that the government’s promise of a ‘free issue’ of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is a far cry from the reality with its managing director searching at retail outlets for more.....
Coronavirus prompts care watchdog to stop all routine inspections
16 Mar 2020
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has stopped all routine inspections of care homes, home care providers and other care settings in England from today (16 March), in response to the coronavirus outbreak. In.....
Coronavirus could see over 70s in lockdown and care providers sharing workforce
16 Mar 2020
Health secretary Matt Hancock has said over-70s will be told within weeks to stay at home for up to four months, while the NHS will work with care homes and home care providers on contingency plans which could see providers sharing.....
Care worker at 'outstanding' home care agency says 'I love making people smile'
13 Mar 2020
A home care provider in Hampshire has been rated as ‘outstanding’ for the second time, with one of its care workers telling the care regulator, “I love making people smile”. Inspectors from the Care Quality.....
'Upside down' artist with learning disabilities makes gallery debut
12 Mar 2020
An artist with learning disabilities is exhibiting his ‘upside down’ paintings at a gallery for the first time. Aged 75, Rob Frogley will be exhibiting 20 pieces of his artwork from 17 March after developing.....
'Bionic' weightlifter aged 89, says he'll keep competing
12 Mar 2020
Eighty-nine-year-old muscle man Ted Brown has had a triple heart bypass, a new hip and a pacemaker fitted but he is determined to continue competing in powerlifting contests. The great-grandfather.....
Budget 2020: Chancellor dodges tackling 'big issue' of social care
11 Mar 2020
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a £5bn emergency fund for the NHS, in response to the coronavirus outbreak but said the “big issues” such as social care will be tackled “over the next few months”. The.....
Care workers get WHO tips to limit mental health impact of coronavirus
11 Mar 2020
With the coronavirus raising the global population's stress levels, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has published advice on how care workers can look after the mental health of those they care for as well as themselves. The.....
The Voice brings clients and carers together to celebrate three years of domiciliary care
10 Mar 2020
A contestant from the second series of The Voice joined clients and families in Blackpool last week to celebrate a domiciliary care company’s third birthday. Musical director Emma Louise Jackson who auditioned.....
Social care inquiry into funding gap launched by Jeremy Hunt
10 Mar 2020
An inquiry into the social care funding gap will be opened by the Health and Social Care Committee. Chaired by former Health and Social Care Secretary Jeremy Hunt, the committee will look into how much.....
Health secretary Matt Hancock asks MPs for cross-party talks on social care
09 Mar 2020
MPs and peers have been asked to come up with ideas for a cross-party consensus on social care reform, in a letter from the Health and Social Care Secretary but Labour says the talks will be ’’no help to a system in crisis”. Health.....
Coronavirus' first UK fatality aged over 70 but CMO warns against isolating old 'from society'
06 Mar 2020
England's Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Professor Chris Whitty has warned against isolating elderly "from society", on the day a woman in her 70s became the first person in the UK to die of the coronavirus. An.....
Double amputee 'sets his goal' to run half marathon for Alzheimer's Research UK
06 Mar 2020
A former non-league footballer who had his legs amputated after a hit-and-run crash is running his first half marathon on blades to raise money for dementia research. Shaun Whiter, 31, from Suffolk is running.....
Over two million people aged over 55 live in a dangerous home
05 Mar 2020
More than two million people aged over-55 are living in a home that is dangerous to their health, according to a report by the Centre for Ageing Better. Some 4.3 million homes in England are posing a serious.....
CQC chief urges social care staff to have 'open culture' when talking 'sex and sexuality'
05 Mar 2020
The chief inspector of adult social care for the Care Quality Commission is ‘urging’ all sector managers and staff to develop a culture where all people feel empowered to talk about sexuality. Speaking at.....
Care minister Helen Whately says care jobs can 'work around' your life
04 Mar 2020
The Minister for Care Helen Whately has said that even though time is precious for people with family commitments, “a job in social care can work around you and your life”. The minister was speaking to raise.....
Fat-shaming is harmful and hinders fight against obesity says WHO
04 Mar 2020
Obesity rates have almost tripled since 1975, says the World Health Organisation (WHO), which is calling for an end to the blame and shame culture dubbed ‘fat-shaming’, because it fails to tackle obesity and creates physical and.....
Loose Women call WHO chief 'discriminatory' for urging coronavirus curfew for over 60s
02 Mar 2020
The World Health Organisation (WHO)'s chief has said everyone aged 60+ should stay away from crowded areas and isolate themselves to avoid catching the coronavirus - sparking outrage, particularly amongst older presenters of ITV's.....
Outdoor activity centre where disabled are challenged to 'do it all'
02 Mar 2020
From relaxing wheelchair walks around the stunning Cumbrian lakes to adrenalin-rushing abseiling and zip wiring, Calvert Trust - Outdoor Activity Centre, Keswick has everything designed specifically for the disabled. Set.....
CQC chief to reveal how to impress care inspectors at Home Care Expo
02 Mar 2020
Kate Terroni, the Care Quality Commission’s chief inspector of Adult Social Care, will explain what home care staff can do to impress inspectors at the UK’s first ever Home Care Expo on 17-18 March. The.....