Pygmy goats bring joy on visit to north-east care home
They may not be kids any more, but pensioners at a north-east care home are feeling young again following a special visit from a pair of baby goats.
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Warning Four Seasons administration is ‘tip of the iceberg’
Campaigners last night warned Four Seasons Health Care's plight was proof of a "crisis" in the care sector.
Concern for elderly residents as care home firm collapses into administration
Fears have been raised for hundreds of care home residents in the north and north-east after administrators were brought in by Four Seasons Health Care.
Aberdeen care services face recruitment crisis
More than half of care homes in Scotland are struggling to recruit staff, with Aberdeen struggling to fill many vacancies.
Why whistleblowers must stay in tune with the public
Was the child who cried out innocently and with clinical honesty in Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tale "The Emperor's New Clothes" a literary example of a whistleblower in action?
New scheme will move addicts in Aberdeen into the community
Alcoholics, drug addicts and people suffering from mental health problems in Aberdeen will be moved out of care homes and into the community.
Question mark over care home provision in the Highlands
A “question mark” has been placed over the future provision of care homes in the north.
Fight to outlaw the drugging of care home patients nears victory
Hiding drugs in the meals of care home residents could soon be made illegal as an Aberdeen campaigner’s 20-year crusade nears completion.
Fees at Aberdeenshire Council’s care homes to rise by £140
New care home residents will be hit with a massive weekly bill after councillors backed cash-strapped social care bosses’ plans to recoup costs.
Council may yet move to stop Xmas gifts for care home residents
Controversial cost-cutting plans to axe Christmas gifts for care home residents could be approved next week.
‘Scrooge-like’ council bosses to consider scrapping Christmas gifts for care home residents
Council bosses have been branded “scrooge-like” after they revealed cost-cutting plans to axe Christmas presents for care home residents.
One-in-four care homes rated adequate or below
A quarter of care homes were rated unsatisfactory, weak or adequate by the Care Inspectorate this year, according to Scottish Conservative figures.
Two Sutherland care homes could become one
Plans to re-locate residential care home services in a new health and social care facility on the north coast of Sutherland have been approved.
North-east town to make itself as “dementia-friendly” as it can be
A new group has been launched to make a north-east town as amenable as it can be for people with a debilitating mental condition.
Care home worker guilty of “very poor practice” given four-year sanction
A former care home worker who slept on the job, put an elderly resident to bed fully clothed and swore at a colleague has been disciplined.
Cash and booze stolen in north-east care home break-ins
Police are looking for witnesses after a series of break-ins and attempted break-ins to care homes in Aberdeenshire.
Plans for new care home complex in Elgin approved
Councillors have approved plans for a new dementia care complex in Elgin, hailing the modern 30-home development as a "sign of the times".
Groundbreaking £10million north-east “care village” opens
A ground-breaking, £10million north-east "care village" which aims to link residents with the wider community was officially opened yesterday morning.
Aberdeenshire care home boss suspended from nursing register
A former Aberdeenshire care home boss who was suspended following the death of an 89-year-old patient has been suspended from the nursing register.
Highland care homes get pedometers to boost residents’ exercise
Care homes across the Highlands have signed up to an innovative project which aims to boost activity and awareness of physical health for residents and staff.