Why is animal therapy in care homes so popular?
Damon Culbert from Wild Science, provider of animal therapy in care homes across the UK, talks about the difference between short visits from animals and dedicated Animal Assisted Therapy. Animals in care homes are a growing phenomenon attempting to improve the wellbeing of the elderly in long-term care. Many residential care providers have sung the praises […]
Four Seasons collapse: What will happen to 17,000 care home residents?
The care home operator Four Seasons has gone into administration, leaving 17,000 residents and 20,000 staff under a cloud of uncertainty. The appointment of administrators by two of Four Seasons’ holding companies marks the biggest care home business collapse since 2011, when Southern Cross suffered the same fate. Cracks first showed at Four Seasons in […]
Care home staff say residents have dementia dolls
52% of care home staff say their residents have dementia dolls, according to a new survey by the leading care home reviews site, carehome.co.uk. The poll of 2,491 care home owners, managers and staff, also found 72% think there are benefits to people with dementia using the dolls. Nearly three quarters of care staff view the […]
Zipping across the Tyne for charity and residents
DAREDEVIL care home staff flew across the Tyne on a zipwire to raise funds for residents and charity. Over £1,000 was raised by staff from The Oaks Care Home, in Blyth, Northumberland, after they launched themselves off the Tyne Bridge. The home’s carers and support staff jumped from the bridge’s balustrades before zipping across the […]