Commission Funds New Human Rights And Equality Training For Care Quality Commission
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is to fund training in equality and human rights for Care Quality Commission (CQC) staff to ensure the…
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Month: March 2015
Home Retail Group Has Raised Almost £3 Million To Support People Living With Dementia
Home Retail Group has raised over £2.8million for Alzheimer’s Society, Alzheimer Scotland and The Alzheimer Society of Ireland during the two-year charity partnership with the…
Read more...LGA Responds To UK Home Care Association Report
Responding to a UK Home Care Association report into pay for care workers, Cllr Izzi Seccombe, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board,…
Read more...Sawley Care Home Celebrates Five Star Hygiene Award For Fifth Year Running
A Lancashire care home has been recognised for its outstanding food hygiene standards for the fifth year running. Riverside Care Centre, which is based in…
Read more...Dementia And Alzheimer’s Is The Leading Cause Of Death For Women Over 80, According To ONS
The Office of National Statistics has released statistics showing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease to be the leading cause of death in women over 80. The…
Read more...Residents’ Praise The Beeches Care Home In National Survey
The Beeches in Leatherhead has been praised by its residents in a national survey for the care they receive. The results from the Your Care Rating…
Read more...King’s College Boat Club’s 24-Hour ‘Ergathon’ Challenge For Alzheimer’s Research UK
On Saturday 7 March, King’s College Boat Club will be swapping the water for dry land when they begin a 24-hour ergathon challenge to boost…
Read more...The Homecare Deficit: Funding Of Older People’s Homecare
United Kingdom Homecare Association (UKHCA), the professional organisation for domiciliary care providers, today (4 March 2015) releases the national and regional picture of under-funding of…
Read more...Greene King Employees To Become Dementia Friends
Greene King is supporting the Dementia Friends initiative by encouraging more than 1,000 of its employees to sign up by the end of March. There…
Read more...New Agreement With Monitor To Deliver Better Patient Care
The Care Quality Commission and Monitor have agreed to strengthen information sharing for the benefit of patients and to more effectively deliver their role. The…
Read more...CQC Supports New Vision For End Of Life Care
A new piece of work setting out how good, coordinated or integrated care looks like to people near the end of their life has been…
Read more...Neuropsychological, Neuropsychiatric And Functional Assessments Help Follow The Course Of Alzheimer’s Disease
The cognitive performance of persons with Alzheimer’s disease and behavioural and psychological problems are linked to their performance of activities of daily living, according to…
Read more...Report On Review Of Choice In End Of Life Care Published
A new report published this week by the Choice in End of Life Care Review Board, which was set up by health minister Rt Hon…
Read more...Study Reveals Hallmark Alzheimer’s Protein In Young Adult Brains
Researchers in the US have found that small amounts of a hallmark Alzheimer’s protein, amyloid, may be present inside some brain cells in healthy younger…
Read more...Dementia And Alzheimer’s Is The Leading Cause Of Death For Women Over 80, According To ONS
Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of death in women over 80, according to statistics showing the top causes of death by age…
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