Community Circles and Care Homes

Featured article - 16 May 2017 Head of development, Community Circles If you find yourself living in a residential or nursing home, or a member of your family moves into a home as they become older or perhaps develop dementia, what would you expect? Surely everyone should be able to expect the very best care and support at this time of their life. In reality, however, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) – which regulates care homes – tells us that there is a lot of room for improvement. CQC’s rating system goes from the poorest (“inadequate”), through to “requires improvement”…