Month: December 2015

Local care provider and charity, The Fremantle Trust, has welcomed Ian Shepherd as its new chair of the Board of Trustees. Ian joined the Board…

Internationally renowned scientist, inventor and broadcaster, Professor Heinz Wolff, has been awarded £1million as part of the UK’s innovation experts, Innovate UK’s ‘Long Term Care…

Independent Age reveals new stats to launch Winter Wise leaflet An estimated 752,000 older people have had to choose between paying for food and paying…

Development of the Glenbervie Care Home in Larbert is well underway after securing £3.34 million funding from Clydesdale Bank. Once finished, the facility will cater…

Philips Court care home, on Bluebell Close, was presented with the Care Team Award at the Great North East Care Awards 2015, which took place…

Two care homes, demonstrating Dementia Care Matters’ core model of a feelings and family based approach to supporting people living with a dementia, received outstanding…

Responding to the Public Account Committee Report on Care Act reforms increasing the cost pressures on councils, a Local Government Association spokesperson said: “Councils fully…

‘Memory boxes’ are proving an effective therapy for residents and a useful tool for staff and carers at a specialist dementia nursing home in Lancashire….

On 1 December, 2015 HRH The Princess Royal attended a special event hosted by national deafblind charity, Sense. The event, held at Birmingham’s Opus Restaurant …

The Public Accounts Committee has raised new concerns over the delays in implementing the cap on care costs, as set out in the Care Act….

CORONATION Street stars put a spring into elderly residents steps when they popped into Lever Edge Care Home in Bolton. Corrie favourites met the residents…

• 74% of those who expect to be working beyond 65 say it will be because they will not be able to afford to retire…

• Retirees are saving £48.7bn per year • Rather than spending their kids inheritance on holidays and leisure, older people spend decreasing amounts on non-essentials…

Nature Communications: DNA repair factor BRCA1 depletion occurs in Alzheimer brains and impairs cognitive function in mice Researchers in the United States have found that…