UK-Wide Community Volunteers From Nestle Give Helping Hand To Leeds Care Home
Paisley Lodge in Armley, Leeds, has been given a boost this week by a team of 25 volunteers, as part of a new partnership with…
Read more...Paisley Lodge in Armley, Leeds, has been given a boost this week by a team of 25 volunteers, as part of a new partnership with…
Read more...Care home nurses from across the South have come together for a team conference focused on learning and the pursuit of clinical excellence. More than…
Read more...Samantha Taws, a Care Worker from Newcastle’s Comfort Call, has been named ‘Care Apprentice of the Year’. She beat off stiff competition from two other…
Read more...Already stretched councils in England will see the core central government funding they use to pay for vital services incliding protecting children and caring for…
Read more...A study published yesterday (7 December) has suggested that hearing loss could be a risk factor for cognitive decline or dementia. The researchers, based at…
Read more...Dementia UK recognises the achievements of three pioneering Admiral Nurses for people living with dementia Dementia UK, a charity providing specialist dementia support, has awarded…
Read more...VOLUNTEERS from the Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation have been helping Stockton’s elderly prepare for Christmas. The teenagers from the club’s National Citizenship Service (NCS) donated…
Read more...ARTISTIC teens have brightened the lives of elderly care home residents in Widnes by creating murals of the town’s landmarks. The art and design students…
Read more...The proposed £72,500 cap on social care costs due to come into effect in England is to be scrapped, a health minister has said. The…
Read more...The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have been asked by the Secretaries of State for Health and for Communities and for Local Government to undertake local…
Read more...Alzheimer’s Research UK is asking the government to give more priority to dementia as plans develop to support the Life Sciences sector. The Sector Deal…
Read more...Delayed discharges cost the NHS an estimated £820m in 2016 due to approximately 2.7m older patients remaining in hospital when they no longer require acute…
Read more...The number of elderly people in the UK will increase in the coming years as new statistics show life expectancy is rising and is consistently…
Read more...Private equity firm Terra Firma has urged the main lender to Four Seasons Health Care one of Britain’s biggest care home operators to accept a…
Read more...A third of UK carers do not seek medical support for a mental health condition, according to the Embracing Carers™ survey by science and technology…
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