Basic Dementia Tests Often Get It Wrong If Used Alone
Researchers in the UK have highlighted limitations of three cognitive tests that can be used to assess people for signs of dementia. The results of…
Read more...Researchers in the UK have highlighted limitations of three cognitive tests that can be used to assess people for signs of dementia. The results of…
Read more...The Marie Curie Hospice, Newcastle has won an Innovation in Care Award from Hospice UK, following the successful trial of a pioneering skin-scanning device which…
Read more...Research conducted by academics at the University of Hertfordshire outlines new approaches to care for people diagnosed with young onset dementia. There are currently around…
Read more...THE BORO Foundation has been sending out memorabilia boxes to care homes to help residents with dementia reminisce. The boxes containing old programmes, tickets and…
Read more...A Carlisle nurse who has recruited over 400 dementia friends has received a top award in recognition of her work. Leanne Story, originally for…
Read more...Visitors to a day care centre today played a vital role as a campaigner began writing to all 650 of the country’s MPs over the…
Read more...A resident of Abbotswood Court, a luxury care home in Romsey, Hampshire, is celebrating her 102nd birthday, with an afternoon tea accompanied by friends and family…
Read more...The King’s Fund think-tank has warned that, without radical change, progress in improving the population’s health is at risk of grinding to a halt. Health…
Read more...The Lundy Ward team at North Devon District Hospital have been crowned the overall winners of the Enhancing Patient Dignity Award at the Nursing Times…
Read more...Research published in the journal BMJ Open has identified the key signs and symptoms that expert doctors use to recognise when terminally ill patients are…
Read more...Residents at care village Belong Morris Feinmann in Didsbury were treated to a series of opera workshops from SoundUp Arts, a community music service in…
Read more...An RAF veteran is helping the charity which cares for him to raise money by designing one of its Christmas cards. Ted’s Winter Scene watercolour…
Read more...Employees with early onset dementia face a lack of support at work and early dismissal, with those working in low paid employment losing their jobs…
Read more...The head of a care home network has made an appeal for the Government to clarify the future of social care policy due out soon…
Read more...A national supported living provider has won the Supported Living accolade at the prestigious LaingBuisson Awards 2018 ceremony Eden Futures was up against nine other…
Read more...Sign up to receive the latest issues, along with highlights of the latest sector news and more from The Carer, delivered directly to your inbox twice a week!