OlderLivingMatters

Reading through the disappointing Care Quality Commission's 2023/4 report on adult social care, published today, came across the shocking...

The overwhelming majority of care homes which have been forced to close by the Care Quality Commission have been for-profit homes,...

Care home reports are based on the Ofsted inspection system and are failing care home residents and families.

Sorry, it has been a long time, more than 18 months, since OLM last posted a blog. And, sad to say, not much has changed. Care homes,...

The CMA makes clear, what you say must be true and accurate

BUSINESS is failing to meet the needs and aspirations of older people in the home and in the workplace, according to the Minister for...

There were never enough staff

Almost all have been labelled unsafe by the regulator

In a truly upsetting report, the Knottingley-based home is seen as desperately short of staff.

So problems on a postcard to the CMA

Given the sheer number of Care Protect's online messages, there can be no doubt that the debate is vocal if not open...those who are not

There is nothing wrong with raising the subject that Care Protect is a commercial organisation run by people who have already made a very gr

Elderly kept in bed 20 hours a day because of lack of staff

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-5348457/One-eight-care-homes-shamed-watchdog.html One in eight care homes in England has...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/news/article-5163075/Care-homes-face-legal-action-failing-provide-care.html Britain’s care home industry...

Care home groups are good at demanding more money but are not always so good at delivering good care - at any price

For the third week in a row, Barchester Healthcare is owner one of OLM’s worst care homes of the week. Barchester, one of the UK’s...

Worst care homes of the week - Calderdale Retreat, C&V Orchard and Barchester's Kingsland House in Shoreham

When they are good, they seem very very good. But when care homes are bad, they really are horrid – or worse. This week’s CQC reports...

Hard to argue: care homes want more cash but do not necessarily offer better care