Ruth Lee is training care home staff to be able to rescue obese people in the event of an emergency. The dummies, which have been
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Disabled first floor residents at Headington Care Home in Oxford have been unable to get downstairs for nearly three weeks after the home’s lift broke. The care home has brought in a specialist contractor to
A care home operator has admitted a health and safety charge after a resident broke her hip due to a stairlift fall because she had
Hoisting transfers have been halved at a Shropshire care home following the introduction of specialist mobility lounge chairs. The transportation and hoisting of elderly residents at Bradeney House Nursing Home, outside Bridgnorth, has been made
Care home giant Four Seasons Healthcare has re-appointed Gainsborough as its assistive baths supplier. Gainsborough’s Gentona bath was selected by Four Seasons following a tender
North Wales-based care home group, Cariad Care Homes, is continuing a programme of improvements which has seen it invest £750,000 at the homes over the
A company which specialises in providing stair climbers is targeting care homes and businesses with its latest range of equipment. Stanley Mobility is optimistic in the size of the market at its feet, noting that
Care home staff shortages are among the reasons blamed for an increase in the number of elderly people dying following falls. Analysis of Office for
Care home operator brighterkind has installed Impey products as part of an extensive refurbishment of its shower rooms. Impey’s LevelDec wetroom floor former and Boston
Monread Lodge in Knebworth, Hertfordshire has been rated Requires Improvement after CQC inspectors found residents with unexplained skin tears and bruises. Staff told the CQC they believed that the bruising and skin tears had been
