27 September 2011

Care home checks vow – CARE homes receiving one unannounced inspection each year in the Lothians does not mean there has been a drop in quality, the health secretary has said.

28 September 2011

Care UK to open first dementia home in city – CARE UK is to open a 90-bed residential and dementia care home in Edinburgh, the first in a number that it plans to develop over the next five years.

22 September 2011

Dunmuir Park overhaul seeks approval – A revised plan for specialist housing to replace a council-run care home in Dumfries and Galloway has been recommended for approval.

27 September 2011

Care home grants wish for Sandy – A BUCHAN care home has helped to create a lasting memory for one of its residents.

14 June 2011

Sturgeon pledge on Southern Cross – EVERY possible step will be taken to ensure people in care homes run by financially-stricken Southern Cross continue to be looked after where they are currently resident, Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon has pledged.

08 June 2011

EAST Kilbride Dementia Carers Group pick up top award – EAST Kilbride and District Dementia Carers Group are celebrating after being named the Volunteer Group of the Year.

10 June 2011

MP Banks backs staff and patients at care home – A PERTHSHIRE MP has pledged to fight on behalf of residents and staff at a threatened care home in his constituency.

16 May 2011

Care home operator seeking £100m – Southern Cross, the crisis-hit care home operator, is looking to raise £100 million as part of efforts to secure its future. A restructuring plan drawn up by chief executive Jamie Buchan could also see it jettison up to 200 homes and give landlords a share of the business.

12 May 2011

Funding bid for care home plan – A £1.8 MILLION "life changing" project to replace a run-down Castle Douglas care home is to be the subject of a bid for Scottish Government funding.

03 May 2011

Plans lodged for Perth care home by the Tay – Multi-million-pound proposals to build a care home on the banks of the River Tay in Perth have taken a step closer to becoming reality.

09 May 2011

Carer Tommy to tour Scotland to put dementia in spotlight – WHEN Tommy Whitelaw looks into the eyes of his mum Joan, he is not convinced she knows who he is. It's been nearly four years since 71-year-old Joan was diagnosed with dementia. As his mum's full-time carer, Tommy has watched as the loving, hard-working woman he once knew has deteriorated.

28 April 2011

Care home "sorry" over missing OAP – SEARCHERS spent six hours combing Dalbeattie for a missing woman. The 84-year-old, who suffers from dementia, disappeared from Munches Park Home on Wednesday night. It was the second time in less than two months an elderly dementia sufferer had gone missing from the CIC run home on Barhill Road.

05 May 2011

Town teen starts dementia charity – After seeing how dementia affected his grandparents, a North Berwick teen has decided to take a stand and has enlisted celebrity help for his new charity.

04 May 2011

Missing Dumfries care home man found by rescuers – Rescuers have found a 79-year-old man alive after he went missing from a care home on the outskirts of Dumfries.

13 January 2011

Lochaber care home to get £2m revamp – The Press & Journal reports that Highland councillors yesterday agreed to a £2million refurbishment of a Fort William care home as a private company pulled out of developing a 60-bed care unit in the area.