Years of government indecisiveness over social care reforms have made it harder to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, according to the majority of over-45s polled during lockdown by Just Group.
Read more...The incidence of deaths in care homes related to COVID-19 has fallen for an eighth consecutive week.
The latest weekly analysis from the Office of National Statistics reveals that care home deaths involving coronavirus decreased by 12.9% in England and Wales to 249.
Read more...The walls of Avonbridge care home, Hamilton, have been decorated with a brightly coloured mural of a high street for residents and staff to enjoy.
Read more...Business investment in the health and social care sector has grown by 55% in a year amid the carnage of coronavirus, analysis by specialist tax relief consultancy Catax shows1.
Read more...Kind-hearted children at a special needs Scout group have lifted spirits at a Winchester dementia care home.
Read more...New research published today in The Journal of Physiology shows that 12 weeks of easy-to-administer passive stretching helps improve blood flow by making it easier for your arteries to dilate and decreasing their stiffness.
Read more...The National Care Forum (NCF), has conducted a survey with its members to gather data relating to the whole home testing experience for staff and residents.
Read more...National healthcare charity Sue Ryder has found that over one third (34 per cent) of the public said that they, or somebody they know, have delayed seeking medical advice or treatment for potentially serious symptoms during lockdown.
Read more...Staff at The Vale care home, Bolsover, have created a positivi-tree in the home’s back garden for the residents.
Read more...The residents at Barking Hall Nursing Home in Barking, near Needham Market, were keen to show their appreciated of all staff at Barking Hall and so arranged a special ‘Barking Hall Week’.
Read more...Construction is continuing on a new £15 million dementia care facility in Harrogate to develop a third centre of excellence for dementia care.
Read more...“We saw the hard work and dedication of the employees and we couldn’t just sit there and do nothing”
Read more...Vital community health services risk being tangled in bureaucratic contracts and face serious cuts unless the government steps in.
Read more...A group of medical experts have expressed concerns over a COVID-19 anti-body test for health and social care staff.
The government has procured 10 million test kits month, with the first phase of the testing program, evaluating the NHS and social workers.
Read more...Alzheimer’s Research UK is strongly urging the government to address the impact COVID-19 has had on people living with dementia and says it has never been a more critical time to invest in dementia research.
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