A new tool has been developed to assess the likelihood of an older adult who is discharged from hospital suffering from medication-related harm (MRH). Specifically…
Read more...A disabled soldier who was injured in Iraq was surprised by a visit from two Fulham footballers. Midfielder Kevin McDonald and defender Cyrus Christie dropped…
Read more...Members of the general public largely believe that those people who wear a colostomy/ileostomy/urostomy bag – also known as ‘ostomates’ – should not feel self-conscious…
Read more...On Friday, 6th September, an Oxfordshire care home welcomed local MP, Robert Courts, and Chair of the Board of Trustees of Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust, Barbara…
Read more...Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has welcomed the Annual Review of Social Care Complaints from the Local…
Read more...The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found problems in nearly two out of every three adult social care complaints it has investigated in…
Read more...IPPR calls for the state to build and operate new residential care homes, and establish new financial regulator to oversee private providers The private sector…
Read more...The UK market for independent mental health hospitals grew by 4.1 per cent to £1.8 billion in calendar 2018. LaingBuisson has launched the fourth edition…
Read more...The first President in the charity’s 64-year history The national disability charity, Sense, has appointed Lord Levy as its new President. He becomes the first…
Read more...To coincide with World Alzheimer’s Day this Saturday, and the one-year anniversary of the launch of RemindMeCare at Maidstone Hospital in 2018, Bluebird Care Maidstone has announced that the trial has been a…
Read more...An inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has given the highest rating to the Crewe branch of the home care service, Belong at Home,…
Read more...Residents from Great Oaks care home in Bournemouth were visited by a group of local students on the Prince’s Trust Team Programme as part of…
Read more...Alzheimer’s Research UK has joined forces with Samuel L. Jackson to battle the serious misconception that dementia is an inevitability of old age. The ‘#ShareTheOrange’…
Read more...A drug normally used to treat enlarged prostate may also be able to slow the progress of Parkinson’s disease, scientists have said. Terazosin could reduce…
Read more...An inaugural produce show involving all 21 Colten Care homes in the South of England has been hailed a great success. About 500 residents took…
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