Brunelcare Open Outdoor Space To Visitors
The charity is to allow one on one garden visitors between friends, family and residents
Read more...The charity is to allow one on one garden visitors between friends, family and residents
Read more...Alzheimer’s Research UK has welcomed news that regular coronavirus testing for residents with dementia is set to begin in care homes.
Read more...Care home staff and residents in care homes for over 65s and those with dementia will receive regular coronavirus tests from next week as part of a new social care testing strategy.
Read more...Care and nursing homes are facing one of their toughest dilemmas since the onset of coronavirus as pressure mounts for them to open their doors.
Read more...Researchers from the US suggest that the menopause could account for women being at greater risk of dementia than men. The findings are published in the scientific journal, Neurology.
Read more...Social Work Awards, the charity behind the annual Social Worker of the Year Awards, has launched a new initiative to support and recognise inspirational social work during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read more...Sunrise of Hale Barns care home has opened a bar within ‘Reminiscence’, its Memory Care Neighbourhood. This is a dedicated neighbourhood for residents living with dementia.
Read more...Years of government indecisiveness over social care reforms have made it harder to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, according to the majority of over-45s polled during lockdown by Just Group.
Read more...The incidence of deaths in care homes related to COVID-19 has fallen for an eighth consecutive week.
The latest weekly analysis from the Office of National Statistics reveals that care home deaths involving coronavirus decreased by 12.9% in England and Wales to 249.
Read more...The walls of Avonbridge care home, Hamilton, have been decorated with a brightly coloured mural of a high street for residents and staff to enjoy.
Read more...Business investment in the health and social care sector has grown by 55% in a year amid the carnage of coronavirus, analysis by specialist tax relief consultancy Catax shows1.
Read more...Kind-hearted children at a special needs Scout group have lifted spirits at a Winchester dementia care home.
Read more...New research published today in The Journal of Physiology shows that 12 weeks of easy-to-administer passive stretching helps improve blood flow by making it easier for your arteries to dilate and decreasing their stiffness.
Read more...The National Care Forum (NCF), has conducted a survey with its members to gather data relating to the whole home testing experience for staff and residents.
Read more...National healthcare charity Sue Ryder has found that over one third (34 per cent) of the public said that they, or somebody they know, have delayed seeking medical advice or treatment for potentially serious symptoms during lockdown.
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