One-Off Investment In Social Care Not Enough, Ministers Warned
ONE of the UK’s largest providers of housing and care services has warned that the extreme pressure being placed on hospitals will increase without long-term…
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Colten Care Homes Raise £25,000 For Good Causes
A family-owned care provider with 19 homes for elderly people raised nearly £25,000 for good causes in 2014. The figure means South Coast operator Colten…
Read more...‘Skills Platform’ Provides UK’s First Online Training Resource For Health And Charity Sectors
A major new service, Skills Platform, is launched today that will create the UK’s first dedicated online marketplace for training and personal development within the…
Read more...Hartlepool Care Home Appeals For English Tutor To Fulfil Resident’s Life-Long Ambition
Queens Meadow Care Home Searches For Volunteer To Teach Local Lady To Read and Write A care home in Hartlepool is appealing for a tutor…
Read more...Community Integrated Care Signs Up To Driving Up Quality
Community Integrated Care has signed up to a national code of conduct that challenges providers to improve service quality and delivery in learning disability services….
Read more...Alzheimer’s Research UK Launches National Volunteer Recruitment Campaign
Alzheimer’s Research UK has launched a national volunteer recruitment campaign and is asking individuals in Cornwall to join the team. The UK’s leading dementia research…
Read more...Study Finds Care Home Residents ‘More Likely’ To Be Dehydrated
Dehydration can cause liver, joint and muscle damage “Care home residents five times more likely to be left thirsty,” The Independent reports after an analysis…
Read more...Anchor Are Attending The Social Care Conference On 17 February 2015
Colleagues from Anchor’s Dementia team are presenting a masterclass on our development of person centred dementia care services, at the Social Care Conference in London…
Read more...Rob Wilson MP In Reading Lab Tour To See Pioneering Dementia Research
Rob Wilson, MP for Reading East, discovered how a partnership between Alzheimer’s Research UK and the University of Reading is leading the fight against dementia…
Read more...Events for Frontline Managers
The National Care Forum (NCF) Sue Ryder and Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG) are holding six free events in January and February 2015 The aims…
Read more...Ageing Population ‘One Of Top Three Challenges Facing The UK’
The country’s ageing population is seen to be one of the top three challenges facing UK society over the next 20 years, falling just behind…
Read more...2.9 Million Older People Feel They Have No One To Turn To For Help And Support
A new Age UK survey* reveals that one in four (2.9 million) [1] people aged 65 and over feel they have no one to go…
Read more...Behavioural And Psychological Changes Can Occur Before Memory Problems In Dementia
New research highlights a broad range of symptoms other than memory loss as early signs of dementia. The work is published in the Journal of…
Read more...Two North East Danshell Care Services Refocus To Meet Changing Needs
Danshell, a provider of learning disability and mental health services in the UK, has reacted to the changing needs of service users and commissioners and…
Read more...Population Screening For Dementia Still Not Recommended For Over 65s
The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) has today (Thursday 15 January) upheld its recommendation against screening everyone aged 65 and over for dementia. The Committee…
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