25/07/2008 Joined-up thinking needed to help older people contribute

Ensuring older people continue to make a valuable contribution to the economy and society will depen...

25/07/2008 First aiders give a confidence boost

Staff at the 19-bed Woodland Lodge Residential Home in Gumfreston, Pembrokeshire, had a confidence b...

25/07/2008 Minister listens to Londoners' views on care

Care services minister Ivan Lewis was in London yesterday as part of his six-month tour of events de...

25/07/2008 Minister hears Londoners' views on care

Care services minister Ivan Lewis was in London yesterday as part of his six-month tour of events de...

25/07/2008 Older people can contribute, says government adviser

Ensuring older people continue to make a valuable contribution to the economy and society will depen...

24/07/2008 A sense of what's to come

Romans Care Home in Southwick, West Sussex has celebrated the opening of it's newly-built sensory ga...

24/07/2008 Garden delights for Romans

A new sensory garden at Romans Care Home in Southwick, West Sussex has been opened local councillor ...

24/07/2008 'Care workforce more qualified than ever'

The number of people with vocational qualifications working in the health sector has hit an all-time...

24/07/2008 Divorce and death are compounding problem of depression in older people

Urgent action needs to be take action to curb a decline in mental health and well-being amongst the ...

24/07/2008 Homes get hallmark of quality for end of life care

Two of Meridian Healthcare's homes are among the first to receive the gold standards framework 'qual...

24/07/2008 Bugs begone, says care home group

A leading care home operator is introducing alcohol hand gel dispensers into all its care homes as p...

23/07/2008 Lewis consults Bristol on dementia strategy

Social care minister Ivan Lewis is in Bristol today to consult local people on how best to improve t...

23/07/2008 Charity to pilot information scheme

The Disabled Living Foundation (DLF) is to test a new scheme to ensure good quality information acro...

23/07/2008 'Independent living' boosted by new network

A network of seven ‘enabled living’ centres around the UK – where disabled people ...

23/07/2008 New mobility network to roll out this autumn

A network of seven ‘enabled living’ centres around the UK – where disabled people ...

22/07/2008 Super-regulator law gets Royal Assent

The law creating a new super-regulator that will take over from CSCI next year, has been approved.&n...

22/07/2008 Resident's midnight ramble raises cash for charity

Maureen Barr, a resident at the Westall House in Horsted Keynes, West Sussex, has taken part in a 10...

22/07/2008 Seaside home raises cash with raffle

Berry Pomeroy care home in Eastbourne celebrated its 78th year and raised more than £500 ...

22/07/2008 Bubbles burst to mark home's revamp

The corks will be popping tomorrow as a Surrey care home celebrates the completion of a major make-o...

22/07/2008 Workorce tool will ease CSCI reports

A new online tool is set to make it easier for employers to fill in their CSCI reports. The new...

22/07/2008 Lewis gives £80m to extra care schemes

The Government has announced the sites that will benefit from nearly £80million of funding to ...

22/07/2008 Round-up of all the local and national care homes news

Extra care schemes given go-ahead; vacant Bristol care home to re-open to solve council-run hom...

22/07/2008 All your care homes news

Dudley extra care scheme given go-ahead The Government has given a £4 million retirement ...

17/07/2008 Councils can't deal with ageing population, says Audit Commission

Councils in England, particularly those which have the fastest ageing populations, are not ready to ...

17/07/2008 Two bailed in assault investigation

A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of assaulting residents of a care home in Not...