Vida Healthcare is raising money for Alzheimer’s Society with the help of local school, Rossett Acre Primary.
The dementia care specialist has teamed up with local school children to raise awareness
Read more...The exceptional efforts of the social care workforce will be recognised through a new award launched by the Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care.
Read more...A North Yorkshire care provider has been chosen to feature in a high-profile BBC Two documentary fronted by broadcaster and ex-politician Ed Balls on the challenges facing the social care sector.
Read more...The UK risks losing ground to other countries in the search for new dementia treatments if it does not make significant changes to the way it runs clinical trials, according a new report from Alzheimer’s Research UK
Read more...The government has outlined new decisive actions to halt the spread of the B1.617.2 variant of concern first identified in India.
Read more...The Relatives & Residents Association (R&RA) has accused the CQC of “retreating to the side-lines” during the COVID-19 pandemic and has expressed continued disappointment
Read more...The Department of Health and Social Care consultation on making vaccination a condition of employment in care homes is to close on 21 May. Putting aside the moral and legal arguments about implementing
Read more...Residents and staff at a Dorset care home found the perfect way to bid a fond farewell to a Eurovision Song Contest winner who worked with them during lockdown.
Read more...Elderly residents from a local care home in Grantham have received a very special visit from the Lord Mayor, Dean Ward.
Read more...A highly regarded competition to find some of the best employers in the country has demonstrated that Care UK is in the top three for the way it helps its team members to learn and develop their skills.
Read more...For Dementia Action Week, Music for Dementia is joining the Alzheimer’s Society to take action to improve the lives of people affected by dementia.
Read more...Local authority leaders have warned that the absence of a long-term, fully funded social care plan could destabilise other health and care reforms.
Read more...A care home in Hythe, Hampshire has been helping a local campaign to save the village’s ferry service to Southampton, which has been badly affected by restrictions during the pandemic.
Read more...An Alzheimer’s Society investigation, launched to mark Dementia Action Week, has revealed, even before the pandemic, tens of thousands of people with dementia were being rushed to hospital each year
Read more...The social care workforce are being urged to respond to a call for evidence which will help shape a new Women’s Health Strategy.
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