Alzheimer’s Society Calls For Action As Scale And Cost Of Dementia Soars
The cost of dementia to the UK has hit £26 billion a year – enough to pay the energy bills of every household in the
Read more...The cost of dementia to the UK has hit £26 billion a year – enough to pay the energy bills of every household in the
Read more...Leading independent care provider Caring Homes has launched an interactive infographic identifying the best and worst counties in England for quality of care Reveals that
Read more...Commenting on today’s report by the Kings Fund that suggests that because older people are likely to the greatest users of health and social care,
Read more...Responding to the Barker Commission report proposing the reshaping of health and social care around need, a spokesman from the Local Government Association, said: “This
Read more...The UK’s leading dementia research charity has announced increased investment in a Research Network across the UK, bringing scientists together to defeat dementia. Alzheimer’s Research
Read more...The final report from the independent Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England discusses the need for a new settlement for health and social
Read more...Barchester Healthcare has teamed up with Oomph!, an organisation that aspires to improve older people’s quality of life, and is piloting their wellness programme in
Read more...A leading social care champion has hailed proposed changes to residential care as a ‘revolution’ in the way we look after older and vulnerable adults.
Read more...The way that health and social care are currently organised and funded creates confusion, perverse incentives and much distress for individuals and families. An independent
Read more...An early-career researcher based at UCL (University College London) has just been awarded £900k for a groundbreaking stem cell study to develop new treatments for
Read more...Concerned social care providers have written to a local authority to warn them that despite the outcome of a legal challenge, their fears about delivering
Read more...Val Taylor, who works for The Orders of St John Care Trust (OSJCT) at Apple Trees Care and Reablement Centre in Grantham, has been named Best Activity
Read more...Amore Care’s Dementia Strategy and Creative Minds programme has been shortlisted for a Positive Practice Mental Health Award, recognising outstanding work in the Older People’s
Read more...Superheroes including Captain America, Batman and Bananaman all stopped by Skelmersdale care home Birch Green recently for a well-earned cuppa. The occasion was part of
Read more...“The report from the Demos Commission on Residential Care must serve as the final wake-up call that a funding crisis looms large in social care.
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