This page contains a Flash digital edition of a book.
News


Keane Premier Healthcare acquires third care home


Lanarkshire based Keane Premier Healthcare has expanded its portfolio with the acquisition of a third care home, safeguarding 40 jobs and the care of 22 residents in the process. The family run business was founded in 2008 and is operated by James and Lynn Smith and their two sons Ross and Ryan. A £2.7 million loan from Barclays will also enable the company to refurbish the former Greenlees home in Cambuslang, which has been renamed Georgia Park. The facility had been trading in administration. However, with the new management team and investment


funding confirmed, residency has now grown by more than 50 per cent to 36. James Smith, managing director at Keane


Premier Healthcare, comments: “The decision to move our existing business to Barclays was carefully considered but the bank made it an easy process by providing a dedicated account management team that will assist us in the continued development of the company. “Barclays is also a proven, reliable finance


provider in the healthcare market. This experience was a major factor in our decision and gives us a solid foundation on which to collaborate on future business growth.”


Easy to install roof for dementia facility


Saxon 10 Slates from Redland have been chosen for the roof of a ground-breaking £6.2 million dementia care facility. “The blue slates contrast particularly well


with the red facing bricks and pleased both the planners and the client,” says architect Steve Howmans, Coachhouse 8. “They’ve attracted a lot of favourable comments.” Built for Newcastle-based charity Eothen Homes, the 60-bed home is recognised as the first of its kind in the North East because it has been designed following the results of research into the needs of people living with dementia. Eothen says the venue will provide a family environment where quality of life is at the top of the agenda and key parts of the design are “freedom, security and space”. There are four households, each providing accommodation for 13 people, and every household has its own kitchen, dining and lounge areas to encourage everyone to live a


News in brief


New regional director Alan Twigg, who began working as a staff


nurse at Bupa’s Fullarton care home in Irvine, is celebrating after being promoted to regional director. Alan is now responsible for a team of care home managers across nine care homes.


Rated ‘outstanding’ The Care Quality Commission has found the quality of care provided by Waterhall Care Centre in Bletchley, Milton Keynes, to be ‘outstanding’ overall following an inspection in February. The 56 bed purpose-built care home offers permanent care in a residential setting for those with nursing, residential or dementia care needs. Inspectors found staff were caring and compassionate and people were being provided with safe, responsive, caring, effective and well-led care.


life as similar as possible to the one they did before. There are also eight apartments ideal for spouses whose partners are being cared for plus a guest room. Manufactured with a riven surface, cut


back interlock, thin leading edge and chamfered side edges, Saxon 10 Slates mimic quarried slate but have features that only machine-made tiles can deliver, such as single nail fixing and no requirement for eaves or top slates.


Residents prayers are answered by staff


Residents at a care home in Dundee no longer need to worry about missing Sunday service, after dedicated staff created their own church in the home’s garden. In 2015, an innovative ‘dementia village’, which includes a putting green, bus stop, café, post office, grocers and thrift shop was built in the grounds of Bupa’s Balcarres Care Home. Now, the fully kitted-out chapel - complete with pews, an altar, stained glass windows made from colourful tissue paper and an organ - has been blessed and officially opened by Reverend Fay Lamont Canon, who will also be holding some of the services Lynn McLean, home manager at Balcarres Care Home, says: “We were first inspired to


8


add the chapel to our dementia village as many of our residents enjoy visiting the local church where Reverend Canon holds her services. “Having our very own church means that


residents can now visit a chapel whenever they want, without needing to leave the grounds of the home, which can sometimes be a daunting experience for them.”


Gold standard care Two care homes dedicated to providing the best possible care for residents until the end of their lives, have been recognised with a major national award. Brunelcare’s Deerhurst and Robinson House care and nursing homes, both based in Bristol, were among just 14 homes from across the UK to win a Quality Hallmark Award for the first, second or third time from the National Gold Standards Framework (GSF) Centre, the UK’s largest provider of training in end of life care. Staff received the award from Frank Ursell, CEO of the Registered Nursing Home Association, at a ceremony in Wolverhampton on 31 March.


Innovative call system A Barchester Healthcare home has opted for C-TEC’s innovative Quantec addressable call system. Located in the heart of Chichester, Marriott House and Lodge is set in a village-style community designed to promote independence within a safe and caring environment. Amida Fire, the Hertfordshire-based life safety specialist, specified Quantec to replace the existing call system at the 55 bed facility.


Manager appointed Fiona Johnston has joined Braeburn Lodge, a Barchester care home, as general manager. Fiona has been nursing for over 40 years, but has spent a significant period of time in health and social care, having previously managed a home in Peterborough for 12 years. She has also worked with the local Alzheimer’s Society and plans to maintain those links.


www.thecarehomeenvironment .com • May 2017


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44