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Scotsman
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Forfar care home invite local community to attend carnival summer fete as part of Care Home Open Week 2025 celebrations
HC-One Scotland's Finavon Court Care Home in Forfar, Angus, is preparing to celebrate Care Home Open Week 2025 with a fun-filled day with the local community at its Carnival Summer Fete event on Saturday, June 21, 2pm – 4pm. Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Care Home Open Week, taking place from June 16 to 22, is a national event hosted by Championing Social Care, designed to connect care homes with their local communities. The week will provide care homes with the opportunity to showcase their range of services, provide tours of their facilities, and highlight the activities that are offered to residents. The event is also a reminder to the homes' neighbours that they are there if they need support. Finavon Court are delighted to be opening their doors to celebrate Care Home Open Week with residents, colleagues, friends, family, and the wider community. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Finavon Court Care Home will be decorated especially for the occasion and the celebration will be a chance for everyone to come together as a community, and to learn more about life at the care home. Colleagues at HC-One Scotland's Finavon Court Care Home's Care Home Open Week 2024 Wild West themed celebrations last year The Summer Fete event will consist of a variety of stalls including local crafts selling personalised items, cake and candy stalls, candles and aromas, keyrings, bobbles and gifts. There will also be candy floss, popcorn, a face painter, and bouncy castles for kids to enjoy. At the Summer Fete will also be the local Cats Protection organisation who will be attending for the third year in a row as well as a tarot reader for those who wish to receive a reading. There will also be the opportunity to take part in the home's raffle where there will be a range of prizes on offer to win including hampers. A number of food stalls including burgers and hot dogs along with a buffet will be available to choose from. A selection of carnival games created by the residents at Finavon Court will be on show at the Summer Fete for individuals to enjoy. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Claire Cameron, Home Manager at HC-One Scotland's Finavon Court Care Home, said: 'We are delighted to be able to open the doors of Finavon Court Care Home again to welcome in our local community and bring everyone together to celebrate Care Home Open Week 2025. Colleagues at HC-One Scotland's Finavon Court Care Home's Care Home Open Week 2024 Wild West themed celebrations last year 'We are proud to support Forfar, and our Open Week celebrations will provide a great opportunity to reconnect with our local community and to support community engagement which is so important to our residents, colleagues, and the local area.
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Care home rated inadequate over safety and hygiene
A care home in Nottinghamshire has been placed in special measures after being rated as inadequate by inspectors. Falcon House Care Home in Middle Street, Beeston, was found to have a "poor culture" and residents were not supported to manage their personal cleanliness and hygiene. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) report also said the home "wasn't a safe and clean environment, and equipment wasn't well-maintained to mitigate risks". Minster Care Management Limited, which runs Falcon House, said it had worked with the city council to formulate an improvement plan and already made "sustainable progress". The CQC inspected the home in March when it had 35 residents. It found six breaches of regulation relating to safeguarding, safe care and treatment, consent, providing person-centred care, management and oversight, and medicines management. The overall rating for the service, and the ratings for how safe and well-led the service is, have dropped from good to inadequate. Issues included managers failing investigate incidents thoroughly to help identify improvements and also failing to ensure staff had appropriate training and skills. Greg Rielly, CQC deputy director of operations in the midlands, said the findings were "disappointing". "While people were generally pleased with the service and said that staff treated them with kindness and compassion, we found that parts of their care didn't meet the required standards to be safe and effective," he said. "The home wasn't a safe and clean environment, and equipment wasn't well-maintained to mitigate risks. "The home had a poor culture which meant that staff didn't feel comfortable raising concerns." CQC has issued a warning notice to the provider, highlighting where improvements are needed. A spokesperson for Falcon House said: "We are disappointed that the CQC has given us this rating and acted immediately in addressing their concerns. "Working closely with the local authority, we fully assessed the service and developed an action plan, adding a new operational and management team. "Additional training has been carried out and we have also begun implementing new electronic live systems to monitor progress. "We are being supported by health professionals and Nottingham City Council's quality team and are making consistent and sustainable progress. "We look forward to welcoming the CQC back to reassess the service in the future." Follow BBC Nottingham on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@ or via WhatsApp on 0808 100 2210. Previously inadequate care home now rated good Care home residents moved after licence suspended Care Quality Commission Minster Care Group
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Scarthingwell's Highfield Care Home observes International Nurses Day
Residents and staff at Highfield Care Home in Scarthingwell, Tadcaster, celebrated International Nurses Day recently. The annual day, which coincides with the birthday of Florence Nightingale, was held on Monday (May 12). This year, the theme of International Nurses Day was 'Our Nurses. Our Future,' with the International Council of Nurses wishing to promote the importance of nurses' health and wellness given the importance of their function in society. Anne, who lives at Highfield Care Home, said: "I used to be a nurse and I know how tiring the job is - there is so much more to think about. "The staff here spend so much time and energy looking after us. "It's been lovely to show just how much we appreciate them. "They do a smashing job." Highfield Care Home is run by Barchester Healthcare and provides residential care and dementia care.
The Independent
01-05-2025
- General
- The Independent
Ethel from Surrey, 115, is now world's oldest living person
A 115-year-old British woman has become the world's oldest living person, after the previous record-holder died in April. Ethel Caterham is the last surviving subject of Edward VII, and has lived through the Titanic disaster, both world wars, the fall of the Berlin Wall and six monarchs. Born in 1909, she is now the oldest living Briton to have ever lived, with two research organisations that verify ages for the Guinness World Records confirming her title as the oldest person in existence, after Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas died at the age of 116 on 30 April. Born in Shipton Bellinger, Hampshire, Ms Caterham was raised in Wiltshire as the second youngest of eight children. At the age of 18, she travelled to India as an au pair to a military family, before returning to the UK in 1931 where she went on to meet her husband Norman Caterham. They married at Salisbury Cathedral in 1933 and lived in Hong Kong and Gibraltar due to Mr Caterham's role as a lieutenant colonel in the army. They had two daughters and returned to live in the UK, before her late husband passed away in 1976 after over four decades of marriage. For the last 50 years, she has lived in Surrey and has three granddaughters and five great grandchildren. During an interview in 2022, she said: 'Family is the most important thing in life, to be able to leave memories with your children and grandchildren. 'Possessions don't matter a bit in the end – all you need is someone to look after you.' She currently resides at Lakeview Care Home, which she previously described to the BBC as 'lovely', and has had a garden named in her honour to celebrate her 115th birthday last August. Asked what she credits for her long life, she said: 'Never arguing with anyone, I listen and I do what I like.' Reflecting on her birthday last year, she said: 'I don't know why there is all this fuss! I had a great day and feel very grateful to the care home for naming the garden after me.'
Daily Record
01-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Record
Historic former care home property close to Airdrie to go under the hammer
A historic property close to Airdrie is set to go under the hammer. Formerly Hillend View Care Home, the distinctive Victorian building and substantial, circa 2.6-acre plot, will be sold by Auction House Scotland via livestream auction at 2pm on Thursday, May 15, with a guide price of £370,000-plus. Originally a hotel, the sandstone property was extended many times and then converted into a care home in the 1980s. Hillend View Care Home was a registered care home for up to 80 adults with mental health problems, associated disabilities and health issues. It closed in 2022 and the abandoned property was deliberately set on fire last summer. As a result, the original Victorian building is severely fire damaged and unsafe to enter. The detached extension to the rear of the property has been reduced to rubble. The property sits on a substantial plot and has redevelopment potential for a number of end uses, such as a country hotel or residential homes (subject to planning). The property is located on Airdrie Road, on the outskirts of Caldercruix, and has "beautiful views" over Hillend Loch. All the necessary amenities for everyday living can be found in the nearby towns of Airdrie and Coatbridge , including "a range of shops, supermarkets, primary and secondary schools, medical centres and a variety of bars and restaurants". For commuters, the property is also well situated for access to the motorway network including the M8, M74, and M80, while Caldercruix train station provides regular services to both Edinburgh and Glasgow. Interested buyers must register to bid for the livestream auction on the Auction House Scotland website by 6pm on May 14, with options to bid online, by telephone or by proxy. For more information, or to register to bid, contact Auction House Scotland on 0141 339 4466 or visit here . *Don't miss the latest headlines from around Lanarkshire. Sign up to our newsletters here . And did you know Lanarkshire Live had its own app? Download yours for free here .
