Care home providers are being invited to a free, specialist conference on 1 March to explore the link between care home Care Quality Commission (CQC)…
Read more...The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman is reminding councils across England they must give families accurate information when placing relatives in care homes, following…
Read more...FOSTER children have been spending time with care home residents as part of a scheme to bring young and elderly together. The children from fostering…
Read more...Bar Staff Raise A Glass For Local Care Home Residentscare home after taking part in Sober October. Nancy from Westburn Bar in Carntyne took part…
Read more...A providers’ group has called on Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt to act quickly and tackle the crisis in social care. And they have invited…
Read more...For the poorest pensioners, three in every four pounds (78%) of their income comes from the State Pension, rising to approaching nine in every ten…
Read more...On Monday January 8th, the first stages of the ministerial reshuffle have taken place, and there are a number of key changes which impact on…
Read more...A care home in Liss, Hampshire played host to residents’ friends and families, with a special ‘Come Dine With Us’ event to celebrate the refurbishment…
Read more...Pfizer has announced that it will be ending its neuroscience discovery and early development efforts, an area which includes research into drug development for Alzheimer’s…
Read more...Jeremy Hunt MP, the Minister for Health has been given the title of Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in the Prime Minister, Theresa…
Read more...Scientists in the US have developed a new method to tease apart differences in the hallmark Alzheimer’s protein, amyloid. By using these methods, the researchers…
Read more...UCLH Charity has accepted an offer to be the official charity partner for exhibition and conference, Future Healthcare 2018 which is the only UK event dedicated…
Read more...Young people who have difficulty talking to older relatives or friends with dementia can now be helped by a smartphone app called Ticket to Talk…
Read more...According to a recent study published in The Journal of Physiology, researchers have been able to document for the first time how the same period of inactivity has…
Read more...With the NHS facing yet another winter crisis, leading to the cancellation of tens of thousands of non-urgent operations in January, there has been a…
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