Midlife Pastimes May Help Protect Thinking Skills In Old Age
People who enjoy a range of leisure activities in middle age are more likely to stay mentally sharp in later life, a study suggests. Those…
Read more...People who enjoy a range of leisure activities in middle age are more likely to stay mentally sharp in later life, a study suggests. Those…
Read more...With increased pressure on health and social care services expected throughout 2017, millions of older people plan to step in and help ease the burden…
Read more...A new study by researchers in the US suggests that developing high blood pressure after the age of 80 may be linked to a lower…
Read more...The New Deanery and St Mary’s Court residential care homes, near Braintree, have started the New Year with a bang after being awarded two prestigious…
Read more...TABLET computers are helping elderly residents in Hartlepool explore their pasts and the history of the town. Queens Meadow Care Home has been working with…
Read more...One of Scotland’s leading care home providers, Balhousie Care Group, has welcomed an influential dementia-care campaigner and top dementia consultant to speak at the group’s…
Read more...The National Care Forum (NCF) the representative body for not-for-profit health and social care providers in the United Kingdom has issued a response to the…
Read more...99-year-old Gilbert King, a resident at Cherry Garth care home in Holmer Green, has been honoured by the Netherlands government with a special medal for…
Read more...Disability assistance dog Mungo was the canine guest of honour as a care home marked the end of a year’s fundraising for the charity that…
Read more...Patients’ priorities will be brought to the fore in new Alzheimer’s project NICE is taking part in a European project to speed up the development…
Read more...Leaders of England’s county authorities have today warned that there is a ‘fundamental mismatch’ between funding and demand for social care, with counties now at…
Read more...Carers and other medical professionals are invited to attend Pancreatic Cancer UK’s free Annual Summit on inspiring innovation in pancreatic cancer. Attendees will have the…
Read more...In a report published today, Monday 16 January 2017, the Culture, Media and Sport Committee says it is “very clear” that sports clubs, notably many…
Read more...Experts have found that in order to maintain a healthy brain and stay mentally sharp, we must make it a priority to get the required…
Read more...Responding to today’s monthly delayed transfers of care figures, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, Cllr Izzi Seccombe, said: “Elderly and vulnerable…
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