Care home teams should pause for thought before Valentine’s Day events and activities, a Care UK dementia expert has cautioned.

Maritime charity The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society (RASS) has appointed a new Catering Manager, Matt Goodman, to run the kitchen at its Surrey care home, following the retirement of long-serving staff member Jenny O’Neil.

Bluebird Care Gosport, a homecare provider in the Hampshire area, is embarking on an ambitious and possibly life changing campaign, to try to end loneliness.

Quantum Care, a Hertfordshire-based care group, recently adopted its own Germ-Busting campaign with the aim of reducing the amount of serious illness happening in its elderly care homes, and therefore relieving some of the pressure on acute services.

Great Oaks in Bournemouth has appointed a soft food diet specialist to allow for a wide range of diet requirements to be catered for at the care home.