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• HPC secures sale of Harrogate care home for redevelopment

  14-09-2018 13:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  HPC has acted on behalf of a group operator in the sale of a former care home to local developers. The property is located in a highly sought-after residential area to the south of Harrogate town centre and close to the famous “Stray” parkland. HPC were instructed by an established client to find a purchaser for the former care home, which had been closed for some time due to the property reaching operational obsolescence.
  After extensive marketing, it became apparent that the site w
  
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• Number of children in care for emotional abuse soars

  14-09-2018 12:49
  Conference will explore whether ‘risk of emotional harm’ is reason to interveneThe number of children put on to local authority care plans because their parents have been accused of emotional abuse has soared over the past decade, research has found, amid warnings that some families are being broken up without justification.Analysis of national care statistics shows that the use of “emotional abuse” as a reason for starting a child protection plan has increased by 164% si
  
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• 'Lots of lads I know wouldn't give it a shot': the men starting care careers

  14-09-2018 10:26
  The care industry faces a workforce gap that could get even worse after Brexit. Looking beyond ‘the usual suspects’ is vitalGuardian Jobs: see the latest vacancies in social care
  Kieran Wilding never imagined he’d have a career in care, despite helping out at the residential home where his mum worked when he was younger. He would often lend a hand at mealtimes and would sit and chat or read with residents. But after training as a chef and working in the kitchens of that same ca
  
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• Family owned healthcare provider acquires Bourne End care home

  14-09-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Salveo Care Ltd, a small, family owned healthcare provider who have an established reputation of providing the highest levels of quality nursing and residential care homes in South Buckinghamshire, have acquired Kingfishers Nursing Home in Bourne End.
  Kingfishers will be the third home for the group who currently have 2 very high quality homes, Austenwood a 35 bed residential nursing home in Gerrards Cross and Cherry Tree House, a 20 bed residential care home in Wendover.The refurbishment has al
  
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• Bristol care home celebrates 15 years delivering specialist care

  14-09-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Bristol care home is celebrating 15 years of delivering specialist care for its residents. 
  Wood House care home in Southmead marked the milestone with a BBQ and celebratory cake. Staff, residents and their family members enjoyed entertainment from local singer, Rebecca Haselhurst. Her rendition of top hits from the 60s and 70s had many guests on their feet dancing.
   
  Special guests included Bristol City Council’s cabinet member for adult social care, Councillor Helen Holland,
  
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• Leigh care home unveils free community space

  14-09-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Due to officially open in September 2018, Leigh’s new adult care home – Lakeview – is projected to bring 150 jobs to the area, as well as providing a home and specialist care for 30 adults with complex needs. They have today announced an exciting addition to the home in the form of a free community space – The Hub.Lakeview is owned by Exemplar Health Care, whose mission is to make every day better. They have announced an extension of that ethos beyond the people they care
  
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