Researchers in London have found evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in the brains of four retired football players who developed dementia. CTE, which has…
Read more...The former head of retailer John Lewis wants to bring worker as shareholder principles to the public sector in the West Midlands, with care services…
Read more...It is a mistake to use seven-day standards as the basis for deciding to downgrade or close down hospital services, new research by the Nuffield…
Read more...Age UK are calling on Government to: Recognise the imminent danger which social care is now in and commit to an urgent injection of funds…
Read more...A new report from Age UK has concluded that we are living on borrowed time to save the social care system for older people. Statistics…
Read more...Researchers in Finland have found no strong evidence of an association between hormone therapy and the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. The study, published today in…
Read more...In a first-of-its-kind move in the care home sector, Balhousie Care Group has launched a participation charter that commits to residents getting a bigger say…
Read more...Older carers say they are now doing the hardest job they have ever done, with no option to ring in sick if they are not…
Read more...Now a staple on the care provider and charity’s calendar, The Indoor Carpet Bowls Cup run by The Fremantle Trust, came to a resounding close…
Read more...Sycamore Court care home in Brentwood Essex, part of the Holmes Care Group will be hosting a Virtual Dementia Tour next week; a scientifically proven…
Read more...Alzheimer’s Research UK has announced its biggest ever annual investment in research as its income for 2015-16 increased by nearly a quarter. Strong public support…
Read more...Residents and staff members from specialist care village, Belong Wigan in Platt Bridge, along with people from the local community, donned their best Lancastrian-inspired outfits…
Read more...A charity that helps children with life-threatening illnesses and their families has thanked a Salisbury care home for raising nearly £2,000 in precious funds. Residents…
Read more...UK families say that care services for children and older people have got worse in the last five years. But they reserve their harshest criticism…
Read more...NICE says routine appointments with family doctors, at hospital, or during home visits by social care workers, can prevent falls, disability and loss of independence….
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