Hartlepool Care Home Hosts Festive Christmas Bonanza
Residents and members of the community enjoy carols and commemorative service Residents at a Hartlepool care home tuned in their singing voices and stepped into…
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Health App Offers Advice On How To Prevent Falls In The Home
Coventry University has designed a new app which offers advice to people on how to prevent falls at home. The Fallcheck app, which works on…
Read more...Health And Adult Social Care Must Embrace Complaints To Improve Services
People could be being put off from making complaints about health and adult social care, which is leading to concerns not being identified and providers…
Read more...Lorraine Kick-Starts Text Santa With Alzheimer’s Society Coverage
In the run-up to Text Santa (Friday 19 December) ITV’s Lorraine will be supporting Alzheimer’s Society with a range of films featuring people affected by…
Read more...Skin Cells Used To Create Nerve Cells To Study Alzheimer’s Damage
Researchers in Sweden have used skin cells from people with Alzheimer’s to create nerve cells that can be used to model the disease in a…
Read more...Christmas ‘Kicks Off’ Early At Pelsall Hall
Christmas ‘kicked off’ early at Pelsall care home, a West Midlands care home for older people living with dementia and physical disabilities, were resident enjoyed…
Read more...EU Cooperation And New Technology Can Revolutionise Europe’s Healthcare
The Committee of the Regions has called on the EU to improve cooperation and exploit the potential of new technologies to improve the quality of…
Read more...BBC Seek Care Professionals To Feature In New Documentary
Garden Productions, is a television company who has a reputation for high quality factual programmes, such as documentaries like 24 hours in A&E, Inside Claridge’s…
Read more...Care Home Recognised For Its Commitment To Supporting Meaningful Lives For Its Residents
A care home for people living with dementia has been recognised for its commitment to supporting meaningful lives for its residents. Weybourne in Abbeywood, now…
Read more...Hospice UK Welcomes Action To Close The VAT Gap For Charitable Hospices Announced In Autumn Statement
The Chancellor announced in his Autumn Statement that he plans to give charitable hospices across the UK a rebate to cover VAT costs on certain…
Read more...CSA Response To Autumn Statement Commitment To Extra NHS Funding
The Chancellor, George Osborne, confirmed £2bn of extra annual funding for the national health service in his Autumn Statement. The £2bn, to be introduced from April…
Read more...Older Cancer Patients Missing Out On Surgery
OLDER people are less likely to have cancer surgery compared to younger people according to new data* published today (Friday). The new report by Cancer…
Read more...Secrets Of Dementia Research Uncovered In Cardiff
Members of the public were given a unique opportunity to discover more about the secrets of dementia research at an event organised by Alzheimer’s Society…
Read more...Queen Elizabeth Court Awarded With Prestigious Dementia Care Kitemark
RMBI care home Queen Elizabeth Court in Llandudno has been recognised with a national award for its care of people living with dementia. Queen Elizabeth…
Read more...Traumatic Brain Injury Linked To Build-Up Of Toxic Proteins Associated With Dementia
Research in mice suggests that head injuries may cause problems with waste clearance in the brain, leading to the build-up of toxic proteins associated with…
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