New £156,000 two-year study led by University of Bradford academic
Helping frail elderly people manage multiple medicines safely is the focus of a new research project led by Dr Beth Fylan, Senior Lecturer in Patient
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After a month without any guidance on visiting in care homes in England, families and providers desperately needed clarity and leadership from Government. Unfortunately, the…
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The health & Social Care Committee has launched a new inquiry to examine workforce burnout across the NHS and social care. It will consider increased pressures brought by Covid-19
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The Lancet has launched new guidance which reveals that an extended set of 12 modifiable risk factors might prevent or delay up to 40 per cent of dementia cases globally.
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As part of its ongoing investment in new homes, Care UK has just celebrated the turf-cutting of its seventh home to currently be under construction.
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Responding to the letter from NHS England and NHS Improvement on the “third phase” of the NHS’s response to Covid-19, Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents organisations across the healthcare sector, said:
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An elderly couple have celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary with a special outdoor lunch at Jesmond Care Home in Aberdeen.
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The Old Vicarage care home in Sherborne, Dorset, which provides high quality residential care to up to 41 people, is proudly announcing the opening of its temporary ‘garden visiting room’.
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Pen pals have 73-year age gap but have formed a fantastic friendship
Even though there’s an age gap of over 73-years, pen pals Eva, 14, and Mary, 86, have been keeping each other company during the Coronavirus
Read more...Excessive alcohol consumption, traumatic brain injury and pollution included in new findings Sleep a possible risk factor but more research needed Lower income countries at…
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Vegetarian for Life, the UK’s leading authority on diet and healthy eating advice for older vegetarians and vegans, is pleased to announce the addition of care providers Sunrise Senior Living and Gracewell Healthcare as the newest signatories to its Memory Care Pledge.
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Families went online to share memories of loved ones who have passed away at care homes across the South in the past year.
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Some care homes in England are having to delay the recommencement of visits because of a lack of coronavirus testing for staff and residents.
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New analysis by the Health Foundation reveals the devastating impact the pandemic has had on social care in England. The independent charity says the findings provide further evidence that the government
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Gay Smallman, resident at Fernhill House Care Home in Worcester and one of the original “Nightingale Nurses”, last saw her husband Robert back in February just before he flew to New Zealand
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