Existing Drug Reduces Brain Shrinkage In Mice With Alzheimer’s Features
A team of US researchers have found that a drug, lonafarnib, is able to decrease brain shrinkage and reduce the build-up of tau in mice….
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Care Home Completes Transformation To Benefit Residents With Dementia
A dementia unit at a south Shropshire care home has undergone an innovative transformation to provide a more stimulating environment for residents. Specially designed wall…
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NACC Team to Run Marathon Relay for St Luke’s Hospice
A team of energetic members and supporters of the National Association of Care Catering (NACC) is running the NACC Marathon Relay on Wednesday 3 April…
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Hambleton Grange Care Home Walk To Success In The Fight For Freddie
A group of caring staff from Hambleton Grange in Thirsk have taken on the highs and lows of the North York Moors to raise money…
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Pharma Companies Announce “Discontinuation Of ENGAGE And EMERGE Programmes
Pharmaceutical companies Biogen and Eisai have announced the discontinuation of two Phase 3 trials of aducanumab. The decision came after analysis by an independent monitoring…
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Care Quality Commission Fees For 2019/20 Confirmed
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has confirmed what it will charge health and adult social care providers in England this year. The changes in CQC…
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Supermarket Bag Pack Helps Hartlepool’s Homeless
CARE home staff raised hundreds of pounds for a Hartlepool soup kitchen after spending the day packing shoppers’ groceries. Staff from Queens Meadow Care Home,…
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“Dedicated” Care Home Staff And Relatives Raise £1,125 For Alzheimer’s Society
A care home has praised the “dedicated” efforts of one of its workers to smash the target of raising over a thousand pounds for the…
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Trio Lead The Way At Nursing Home
Three members of staff have successfully completed their training to become team leaders at Riversway Nursing Home, Bristol. Megan Palmer-Oades, Sian Tucker and Kiri Krees…
Read more...A Shorter Reproductive Window In Women Linked To Increased Dementia Risk
A shorter reproductive window in women linked to increased dementia risk Neurology: Reproductive period and risk of dementia in a diverse cohort of health care…
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£1.49bn Invested In UK Healthcare Real Estate
– Domestic and overseas investors attracted by strong returns – – Investment up 13% year-on-year – Knight Frank, the global property adviser, has reported a…
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Heathcotes Staff Complete Three Peaks For Autism Charity
Staff at a residential care service in North Yorkshire reached new heights to raise almost £1,700 for charity when they conquered Yorkshire’s Three Peaks in…
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Sunrise of Bagshot Branch Out Across the Generations
Sunrise of Bagshot, on London Road, have been introducing their residents to a totally new generation. As part of their Intergenerational project Sunrise of Bagshot…
Read more...Campaigner’s Anger Over Response to Letters
A campaigner who wrote to all 650 of the country’s MPs over the current crisis in adult social care is hugely disappointed and let down…
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School Children Learn About Dementia from Champion
SCHOOL children have been learning about life with dementia from a Dementia Friends Champion. More than 35 pupils at St Aiden’s C of E Academy,…
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