Pupils Challenge Elderly To Tennis To Mark Wimbledon Finals
TEESSIDE primary school pupils and care home residents celebrated Wimbledon with a match of their own. 96-year-old Joyce Marsay served against an opponent almost nine…
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Pitlochry Care Home Residents Work With Artist To Make Sensory Garden Bloom
Residents at Balhousie Pitlochry Care Home have been enjoying pottery lessons after becoming the first Balhousie care home to reach 90% completion for promoting excellence…
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Obstructive Sleep Apnoea May Accelerate Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers
Several new research analyses found significant associations between disordered breathing during sleep and the accumulation of biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease. Reported at the Alzheimer’s Association…
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Back To School For Residents And Customers At Belong Crewe
Residents and customers at Belong Crewe care village rolled back the decades to find themselves in a classroom setting, taking part in a very special…
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UK Citizens’ Reveal Worries About Being Cared For In Old Age
Standard of care, cost and quality of life top the list of concerns but could robots provide the answer? Eight out ten of UK citizens…
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Lottery Grant To Improve Wellbeing Of Teesside Elderly
Ingleby Care Home residents are among those benefitting from the funding, won by Billingham based social enterprise Nouveau Wellbeing. Specialist practitioners from the dance and…
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Dementia Kills – But Yougov Survey Reveals Britons Don’t Know The Disease Is Fatal
New research has revealed that 38% of the UK population are most concerned about developing dementia in the future. The recent YouGov survey, commissioned by…
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Feeling Groovy As Dorset Care Home Celebrates Sixties Style Icon
The sights and sounds of the 1960s were back in vogue as a Dorset nursing and residential home tuned into a fun day of reminiscence….
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Wendy’s London To Paris Cycle For Alzheimer’s Society
CARE home boss Wendy Waddicor has raised over £7,000 ahead of a grueling cycle ride from London to Paris in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society….
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Children Thank Care Home For Help Save School Swimming Pool
Joanna Brown, Headteacher at St Mary’s C of E School Pulborough and some of her pupils visited The Anchorage care home in Pulborough to say…
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Fiona Phillips Helps Celebrate Launch Of New Hallmark Care Home
Television presenter Fiona Phillips was the guest of honour this week at the opening of a new £11m Hallmark care home in Royal Tunbridge Wells….
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Stressful Experiences Equivalent To ‘More Than 4 Years Cognitive Ageing’
Researchers at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2017 in London have highlighted the impact stressful life events can have on brain function. The study is…
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Information Team Named The Best In The Country
The Information Team at Healthwatch Essex – the independent charity that listens to and represents the voice of users of health and social care in…
Read more...Dementia Awareness Training On Its Own Will Not Improve Dementia Care In Hospitals, University Of Hertfordshire Study Finds
Dementia awareness training as a single strategy will not improve dementia care in hospitals or outcomes for patients, a new study from the University of…
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Staff At ‘Outstanding’ Care Home On The Isle Of Wight Praised For Being ‘Highly Caring And Compassionate’
A care home in Sandown has been praised as “outstanding” by inspectors for its “exceptionally personalised care.” The staff at The Briars on Broadway were…
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