Home Care News
Older people empowered by caring for fellow elderly
30 May 2018
A revolutionary care concept where able, older people care for their fellow elderly is becoming increasingly popular in the UK. Christian and Sally Wilse, founders of Seniors Helping Seniors (UK), claim to.....
95-year-old arrested on suspicion of murder of home care worker
29 May 2018
A home care worker has died after suffering head injuries at the home of her home care client, prompting police to arrest an elderly man on suspicion of murder. A 61-year-old woman was rushed to hospital.....
Dementia-friendly restaurant gives people the 'best possible time together'
25 May 2018
A restaurateur in Norwich is using her experience of family dementia to help others in the local community. Hannah Springham, shareholder of Farmyard, has launched a dementia- friendly lunch service after.....
Care and housing providers Anchor and Hanover to create 'new, bigger organisation'
24 May 2018
Anchor and Hanover are in talks over merging to become a single organisation, that would be the largest provider of specialist housing and care for older people in England. The burgeoning population of older.....
Nursery kids star in TV show 'The Toddlers Who Took On Dementia'
23 May 2018
Three and four-year-olds are central to an investigation into whether toddlers can help older people with dementia, as the stars of a new BBC documentary broadcast tonight. The Toddlers Who Took On Dementia,.....
70-year-old midwife hailed an 'NHS Hero' for delivering babies on lifeboats
22 May 2018
Delivering babies on lifeboats in the early hours of the morning are all in a day’s work for 70-year-old Betty MacIntyre, who has delivered hundreds of babies in extreme circumstances for 50 years. The NHS.....
London mayor vows to make 'greatest city in the world' dementia friendly
22 May 2018
London mayor Sadiq Khan met people with dementia at an Alzheimer’s Society event yesterday and said: “London is the greatest city in the world. However, for those Londoners living with dementia and their carers, we can do much more.....
Home Instead launches campaign to get #1000voices singing for dementia
21 May 2018
Home Instead Senior Care has pledged to get 1,000 people singing through a campaign called ‘Songs to Remember’, in support of Dementia Action Week (21 – 27 May). The home care company has created a playlist.....
Royal wedding? Are we coping? Even Harry took time out for Mental Health Awareness Week
18 May 2018
Prince Harry may be marrying Meghan Markle but he still took time out to focus on Mental Health Awareness Week (May 14-20). Just days before his wedding, the voices of Prince Harry and his brother, the Duke.....
Jeremy Hunt drops in to thank 'outstanding' care staff that #MakeADifference
17 May 2018
Home care workers at Bluebird Care got a thank you from Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he popped in to shake them by the hand for the outstanding domiciliary care they give people in Westminster......
Senior nurses 'remove taboo' of therapy pets on hospitals wards
15 May 2018
Hospital wards have been given the go ahead to accept animals and especially therapy dogs onto hospital wards and other healthcare settings, by senior nurses. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has published.....
Young 'spokes-people' earn global success with designer wheels for disabled people
11 May 2018
Sisters Izzy and Ailbhe Keane have taken social media by storm with their bold, maximalist designs for wheelchair users. Their Instagram account has nearly 43,000 followers which includes celebrities such as Miley Cyrus and Mark Ruffalo.....
Leading reviews site reveals UK's top home care providers
10 May 2018
The leading reviews site for home care providers has revealed the top home care agencies in the UK. Around 900,000 people in the UK receive care at home, yet apart from reports by the Care Quality Commission,.....
Mum pleads for Huntington's cure for three children with life-changing brain disease
10 May 2018
A mother’s ‘handsome young man always with a girl on his arm’ began ‘drinking heavily’ after his Huntington’s diagnosis at 18. Her daughter Lizzie can no longer swallow, walk or talk and her youngest Jonathan wants to ‘go on living.....
One in five people receiving care are 'going without meals'
10 May 2018
One in five adults receiving care have revealed they are going hungry, with the same amount of people saying they also feel ‘unsafe in their own homes’, according to a survey by the Care and Support Alliance (CSA). Additionally,.....
Tributes paid as husband reveals Dame Barbara Windsor has Alzheimer's
10 May 2018
Actress Dame Barbara Windsor has been living with Alzheimer’s disease for four years, her husband has said. Dame Barbara, aged 80, has lived with the condition since she was diagnosed in 2014 and her husband.....
MPs say a PR campaign will fix 'negative perceptions of care'
09 May 2018
An advertising campaign designed to challenge ‘negative perceptions of care’ must be launched by the Government to stop low morale in the care sector, a cross party committee of MPs has said. MPs, who are.....
UK should think like Japanese and 'learn from' their social care
09 May 2018
England’s social care system could learn a thing or two from the Japanese way of giving care, according to a leading health think tank. 'Transparency' of Japan's system When it comes.....
Home care agencies warn sleep-in back pay bill will cause redundancies
08 May 2018
A fifth of home care workers could face redundancy if home care providers and charities are forced to give care workers back pay of up to six years, for overnight shifts. A survey has revealed that 20 per.....
81-year-old hopes to get Scotland's elderly cycling again
04 May 2018
An 81-year-old man has teamed up with secondary school pupils and his local council to help get older people back on their bikes. Norman Ridley, a former Salvation Army Officer who resides at Bield’s Quayside.....
UK gets its first LGBT+ home care agency
03 May 2018
The owner of a newly launched domiciliary home care company, which is the first in the UK to deliver targeted home care services for the LGBT community, says traditional models of care in Britain are ‘letting down’ an older generation.....
'Thanks Dad': Daughter pays tribute to late father who inspired her to become a carer aged 56
03 May 2018
Having worked in the NHS for many years, Shirley Andrew made a difficult decision to take a career break and become a full-time carer for her father who had Parkinson's disease. During those five years, she.....
Jeremy Hunt: 'Inadequate' NHS breast screening responsible for death of nearly 270 women
02 May 2018
Health Minister Jeremy Hunt has admitted that up to 270 women in England may have unnecessarily died of breast cancer since 2009, due to the simple error of an IT system which didn’t send out invitations to a final routine breast.....
Former police officer to become boss of CQC
02 May 2018
Ian Trenholm, chief executive of NHS Blood and Transport has been named as the new head of the Care Quality Commission. Mr Trenholm began his career as a police officer and has also held posts as chief operating.....
Prue Leith backs assisted dying campaign in support of terminally ill man
02 May 2018
Television presenter Prue Leith has backed calls for assisted dying to be legalised, after speaking about her brother's ‘agonising’ death from bone cancer. The Great British Bake Off judge was speaking as.....
Daughter shares touching photo of her mum in final stages of dementia
01 May 2018
A touching photo of a husband holding his wife who was diagnosed with early onset dementia has gone viral after it was tweeted by their daughter. In 2012, Phyllis Feener was diagnosed with a subtype of dementia.....