‘Life-Line’ Lauren Wins Award For Dementia Care
Care home Activities Coordinator, Lauren Hyder, has won the Margaret Butterworth Award 2014 for excellence in dementia care, it was announced at last week’s award…
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More Questions Than Answers From Jeremy Hunt’s Care Home ‘Special Measures’ Proposals
The Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA) has called on Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt for reassurance that his hospital-style ‘special measures’ regime for failing care homes,…
Read more...Quality Of Hospice Care Rated Highly Once Again In National Survey Of Bereaved People
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has released data highlighting the hospice sector’s role in providing the UK’s best care for people at the end…
Read more...Course For Dementia Carers Reduces Anxiety And Depression In The Long Term
An eight-week course which provides education, stress relief and emotional support for dementia carers is the first cost-effective programme to reduce anxiety and depression for…
Read more...Nearly 2 Million NHS Days Lost Since 2010 As People Remain In Hospital Waiting For Social Care
New figures from Age UK show that since June 2010, an estimated 1,928,255 bed days have been lost to the NHS at a cost of…
Read more...Nearly 2 Million NHS Days Lost Since 2010 As People Remain In Hospital Waiting For Social Care
New figures from Age UK show that since June 2010, an estimated 1,928,255 bed days have been lost to the NHS at a cost of…
Read more...Chronic Inflammation Accelerates Ageing
Inflammation could be a key factor in the ageing process academics at Newcastle University have found, and the discovery could help scientists identify new ways…
Read more...Enable More NHS Organisations To Become Mutuals And Devolve Decision-Making, Says Independent Review
An independent review for the government has concluded that more NHS organisations should be encouraged to become public service mutuals. The review, led by Chris…
Read more...Cape Town Declaration On Dementia – A Call To Action
ILC Global Alliance calls for a global response to dementia The projected global increase in the incidence of dementia, from 35.6 million cases in 2010…
Read more...Local Authority Care Bed Funding Is National Scandal
A High Court Judgement[i] passed down this week (Thursday 17 July 2014) will have profound implications for the funding of care home residents throughout the…
Read more...Biggest Ever Big Walk On Track To Raise Thousands For Alzheimer’s Research UK
Hundreds of fundraisers laced up their walking boots in Milton, Cambridgeshire earlier this week (Sunday 13 July) for Alzheimer’s Research UK’s Big Walk – raising…
Read more...Special Measures Scheme For Failing Care Homes
Special measures regime to be introduced for care homes, as a similar scheme for hospitals show improvements Care homes and home care providers treating vulnerable…
Read more...New Analysis Shows B Vitamins Have No Benefit For Memory
Reports in the news suggest that B vitamins are unlikely to help prevent memory loss in old age. The study, which has been published in…
Read more...Arthritis Drug Shown To Slow Alzheimer’s Down
A drug that is commonly used for arthritis has been shown to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s. A small randomised control study at the University…
Read more...Over 50% Of Care Providers Unprepared For Allergen Legislation
With less than six months to go until the introduction of new allergen legislation, research conducted for Unilever Food Solutions has revealed that over half…
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