Call to legislate against providers who “leak” profits
The care home sector should be subject to regulation that prevents care home companies with unsatisfactory financial models from providing care in…
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Welsh care homes decommissioned as council focus switches to complex care
Four care homes in Wales are to be decommissioned by a Welsh council in a proposed overhaul of residential care services. The…
Care homes prove more resilient than home care
Care homes have been less affected than home care by financial pressures over the past year, according to latest feedback from councils.…
North East sees the highest self-funded fee increases
Average weekly fees for self-funding residents in nursing homes have increased most in the North East and the least in the East…
Southern Care Show – just over a month to go
The Southern Care Show, taking place at Farnborough International Exhibition Centre on Tuesday 14 May, is an exciting new care event for 2019.…
Hamberley benefits from luxury trend
The ongoing demand for luxury care environments has helped Hamberley Development sell two of its soon to be completed sites to investment…
Troubled Four Seasons in boardroom coup
Former senior executives of Barchester Homes and Sunrise Senior Living have been brought into rescue troubled care home operator Four Seasons Healthcare.…
Social care – a market that is flourishing or flailing?
We are used to hearing about the challenges care home operators are facing in terms of frozen local authority fee rates, the…
Middleton Hall staff take the reins in UK’s first staff-owned care facility
Middleton Hall Retirement Village has become the first staff-owned retirement village/residential care facility in the UK. Using a model similar to that…
Nursing homes more resilient than residential
Nursing homes and nursing beds are less vulnerable to closure than residential beds, a Parliamentary answer has shown. In response to a…
