Ernest Leaves Gift Of Hope For People With Dementia
Alzheimer’s Research UK has received a gift of £10,600 from the late Ernest Brown who lived in Heaton, Newcastle, most of his life and spent…
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Colliers Spring 2014 Care Homes Review
Colliers have published their 6th monthly review of care home performance. Although published in Spring 2014 it actually covers the second half of 2013. The…
Read more...Dementia Organisations Offered The Chance To Share In £900,000 Fund
A NEW, £900,000 fund has been launched to help those living with dementia in the North East and Cumbria. The Northern Rock Foundation has joined…
Read more...Merger Dropped As NCA Back Smaller Providers
The Board of National Care Association are disappointed to announce that despite extensive discussions, the proposed merger announced last year has not been concluded. Nadra…
Read more...Adviser To David Cameron Heads Up Speakers At Pioneering Dementia Event
FIVE of the country’s most powerful voices in the field of dementia care will be speaking at a ground-breaking event in Peterborough next week. Among…
Read more...Elizabeth Nurses On Course To Raise The Bar On Older People’s Care
Today sees the launch of the Elizabeth Nurse Project: the first work based, practical degree course in the care of older people. This ground-breaking project…
Read more...Celebrating Care At Birch Green Care Home
A team from Birch Green attended a glamorous awards event recently, celebrating the best in care. Our team, including staff members Jan, Angela and Emma…
Read more...Increase In Registered Managers Since CQC Announced Plans To Take Tough Action
The Care Quality Commision has secured a 57% increase in the number of new registered managers across 2439 health and social care services that we…
Read more...People With High Levels Of Cynical Distrust May Be More Likely To Develop Dementia, Study Says
People with high levels of cynical distrust may be more likely to develop dementia, according to a study published in Neurology, the medical journal of…
Read more...Professional Body For Speech Therapy Launches New Campaign During Dementia Awareness Week
The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the communication and eating, drinking and swallowing needs…
Read more...Aberdeen Scientists Join Forces To Share Dementia Research With The Public
Scientists from the Aberdeen area will come together on 4 June to hold a free public meeting to discuss current dementia research. The meeting will…
Read more...Public Wants Housing, Education And Social Care Decisions Made Locally
A majority of the public believe more decisions about crucial services like housing, social care, health and education need to be made closer to where…
Read more...LGO Publishes Complaints Statistics On Adult Social Care Providers
For the first time the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) is publishing its complaints statistics for private social care providers and local authorities in a report…
Read more...Barchester Launches Brand New Nursing Apprenticeship Pathway With Benefits
Barchester has launched a new pilot Apprenticeship pathway to nursing, working with the Open University. The programme includes an Open University access programme with the…
Read more...Stocks ‘Night In’ Raises Money For Macmillan
Stocks Hall Nursing & Care Home in Skelmersdale, Lancashire hosted a Macmillan Cancer Support Night on Friday 16th May, raising over £90 for the charity….
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