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• Milton Keynes care home residents remember our war heroes

  19-11-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Woburn Sands care home Burlington Hall, run by Adara Healthcare, hosted a memorial service in conjunction with the Royal British Legion to commemorate 100 years of the first world war armistice.
  The service was held in the grounds of Burlington Hall and many of the staff and residents braved the fresh November air to participate in a moving commemoration. A poppy display which had been created by residents alongside the children of Fullbrook School, was proudly displayed in the front grounds.&nb
  
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• Hull-based Hica Group continues to invest in its senior team

  19-11-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Melanie Ward
  Growing Hull-based Hica Group has continued to invest in its senior team with the appointment of a new manager for its Raleigh Court care home.
   
  The move will see Melanie Ward join to manage the day-to-day running of the 54-bedroomed Cambridge Street-based home, oversee the health and wellbeing of residents and provide support for full and part time care workers.
   
  Her responsibilities will also include staff training and development and remaining abreast of current and f
  
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• Research reveals more about registered managers

  19-11-2018 09:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Skills for Care’s latest research into who registered managers are and what they do has revealed new insights into one of the most influential roles in adult social care. What has emerged from this exploratory research[1], is a rewarding, yet challenging and evolving role that needs greater recognition in the sector and robust, ongoing support.
  The study found that:almost 80% of managers felt that their role had changed since they first started. Whilst 73% of these managers said their role
  
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• Acquisition of care home in East Sussex, for £13.8 million

  19-11-2018 08:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Target Healthcare (LSE: THRL), the UK’s listed specialist investor in modern, purpose-built care homes, announces that it has completed the acquisition of a modern, purpose built care home in East Sussex for approximately £13.8 million including acquisition costs. The transaction follows the successful share placing completed earlier this month by the Group, which raised gross proceeds of £50 million for acquisitions.The home, which opened in September 2017 and was a care home
  
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• Hillgreen Care’s Enfield service fined £300,000 for not providing appropriate care

  19-11-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A care home provider has been fined £300,000 for allowing a man in its care with a history of sexual assaults the freedom to prey on vulnerable people.
  The Care Quality Commission brought the case against Hillgreen Care Limited for not providing the constant, one-to-one supervision required for the man, who was described in court as XX.
  CQC prosecuted Hillgreen Care Limited for failing in its duty to protect people in its care, exposing them to the risk of sexual abuse. District Judge Susa
  
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• New guidance to support local authorities, NHS and independent and voluntary adult social care providers

  19-11-2018 07:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Care Provider Alliance (CPA) has published new guidance to support strategic engagement between local authorities, the NHS and the independent and voluntary adult social care sector.Residential and nursing homes care for 460,000 people, many of whom have multiple complex health needs; and over 500,000 more people rely on social care in their own homes. But when the big strategic issues are being discussed locally, this large and vital sector is rarely at the table; and one reason can be conc
  
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