Celebrations are in full swing at Borovere Care Home in Alton as the home received a ‘Good’ rating from the adult social care regulator, CQC (Care Quality Commission). Residents and staff held a summer fayre for friends, family and neighbours to celebrate the report,...
Greensleeves Care has released its 2023 Customer Experience Report, which finds that the absolute majority of its residents are happy with the organisation’s care provision. The report details the results of the organisation’s annual survey which encourages feedback...
Leading UK not-for-profit care group Greensleeves Care has launched Keys To Open Minds – a campaign to de-bunk common myths about life in care homes. The guerrilla-style community outreach campaign is set to share more than a thousand myth-busting messages with local...
Mount Ephraim House, a Greensleeves Care home in the heart of Royal Tunbridge Wells, has re-opened its doors to residents and staff after an extensive period of renovation and expansion. Award-winning home manager, Karen Cooper, who has lived in Kent since her teenage...
The top 7 myths of care homes de-bunked “Care home food is not great”; “residents just sit around watching TV” and “care homes are overpriced”. These are some of the most common and long-standing misconceptions around care and nursing homes. However, the reality is...
ISO has announced it will develop an international care standard for older people as part of its global programme of standards under the Ageing Societies umbrella. The standard will consider people in all care settings and will be the eighth standard aimed at...
“People say you have to decide between a career and having a family, but that hasn’t been the case for me.” Emma works as a Care Supervisor at Sharnbrook House, a Greensleeves Care home in Bedford which offers residential and dementia care. We spoke to Emma...
Leading UK not-for-profit care provider Greensleeves Care celebrated self-starters and initiatives including a project to cut the use of plastic bags at its annual awards. The awards recognise talent and efforts in every aspect of a care home’s life, from management...
De Lucy House care home in Diss was named ‘Care Home of the Year’ at the 2023 Greensleeves Care Awards, with manager Lauren also winning ‘Home Manager of the Year.’ The awards were presented by Greensleeves Care, the not-for-profit organisation that runs De Lucy...
Greensleeves Care is investing a further £8.4 million to increase the wages of its workforce by at least 10.1% in the next financial year. The latest rise, which comes into effect from April, will see frontline colleagues receive an increase of 10.1%, the biggest...
