Alzheimer’s Research UK Patron Sir Terry Pratchett Has Died
Fantasy author Terry Pratchett has died aged 66 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Sir Terry was a patron of Alzheimer’s Research UK who
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Diet, Exercise And Cognitive Training Show Benefits For Older People
Lancet: A 2 year multidomain intervention of diet, exercise, cognitive training, and vascular risk monitoring versus control to prevent cognitive decline in at-risk elderly people
Read more...Care Home Wins Award For Local College Apprenticeship Programme
The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution’s (RMBI) care home Ecclesholme in Manchester has won an award for the work they do to support students in the
Read more...London Student Wins Prestigious National Photograph Competition
Seventeen year old Stella Wharmby from Francis Holland School, Sloane Square, London has been crowned a winner of the ESRC’s 2015 photographic competition ‘Changing World’.
Read more...Prime Minister’s Invitation To Buckinghamshire Care Home Remains Open!
A letter from David Cameron has given the cook at the Woodlands Park care centre in Great Missenden hope that she may still get to
Read more...Platinum Joy For Peggy And Stanley
A card from the Queen topped the celebrations at a Lancashire care home as resident Margaret Dawson marked her platinum wedding anniversary. Margaret, 88, of
Read more...Home Care: Guideline Consultation
NICE are now consulting on the first draft guideline which has been developed by the NICE Collaborating Centre for Social Care (NCCSC). It focuses on older people receiving
Read more...Age UK Highlight ‘Double Whammy’ Of Cuts
New figures released by Age UK reveal a ‘double whammy’ of cuts to social care and health services that support older people in the community,
Read more...Healthcare Homes Celebrates World Poetry Day By Launching Its Own Poetry Book
Healthcare Homes, provider of high quality residential homes located throughout East Anglia, is preparing to celebrate World Poetry Day, by launching a compilation of original poems
Read more...Manchester Scientist Shares Findings At UK’s Top Dementia Research Conference
Over 400 of the country’s leading dementia researchers will hear from University of Manchester PhD student Robert Andrew today (Tue 10 March), as he shares
Read more...Lymington Calling As Care Home Radio ‘Reconnects’
Radio request shows specially produced for residents of five care homes have begun under a partnership between Colten Care and New Forest Hospital Radio. The
Read more...OSJCT Publishes Detailed Project Report Finding That Admiral Nurses Significantly Improve Dementia Care Support
The role of Admiral Nurses in care homes has a significant impact on the care and support offered to care home residents living with a
Read more...NHS England And Local Councils Announce Radical Power Shift As First 10,000 High-Need Services Users Gain Control Of Their Own Integrated Health And Social Care Budgets
NHS England and the Local Government Association today name the first eight sites that will, for the first time, blend comprehensive health and social care
Read more...Residents At Chasefield House Have Joined An Arts Scheme With Children At A Local Primary School
Paint Pals – which is run by Alive! – involves six of the home’s residents swapping artworks and information about themselves with pupils from Fishponds
Read more...Alzheimer’s Research UK Report Reveals Dementia Hits Women Hardest
The impact of dementia is being felt disproportionately by women, according to a new report published by Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research
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