Older women who report problems with their memory may be at a higher risk of being diagnosed with memory and thinking impairments (including dementia) decades…
Read more...A creative national arts programme from one care home provider is helping to support residents and shine a light on inspiring individuals living in Sanctuary…
Read more...As Britain’s ageing population grows older, with many of us increasingly facing the prospect of dying alone, one of the UK’s leading hospices, Somerset-based St Margaret’s,…
Read more...The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a discussion paper that sets out some of the choices it faces in responding to changes to how…
Read more...Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, has welcomed plans to use dementia as a test case for the government’s Accelerated Access Review….
Read more...Care home staff are not being provided with the training they need to support adults with dementia, joint research by Community Care, the online magazine…
Read more...Residents and staff at a local residential care home in Sidmouth are delighted to have won gold in the Sidmouth in Bloom Competition (Residential Care…
Read more...ESOS is a mandatory energy assessment scheme for organisations and will affect any care homes and home care operators if they meet the ESOS definition…
Read more...High quality care will be available only to those who can afford to pay for it, unless Central Government covers the extra cost of paying…
Read more...Newly-released follow-up analysis from a 2012 clinical trial led by a UK-based research team suggests that continuing treatment of the commonly-prescribed dementia drug donepezil into…
Read more...Over 200 care workers from across Lincolnshire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Oxfordshire have been recognised for their outstanding achievements and quality of care in this year’s…
Read more...STAR of the stage Samantha Holden performed classic songs and sang out special requests for music lovers at a Stockton-on-Tees care home. Ingleby Care Home…
Read more...Further presentations from specialist architects, nurses and occupational therapists as well as dementia experts from housing, local authorities and care homes www.internationaldementiaconference.co.uk Taking place 3…
Read more...Withdrawing a commonly-prescribed Alzheimer’s disease drug from people in the advanced stages of the disease doubles their risk of moving to a nursing home within…
Read more...The 3rd Sector Care Awards’ entries have now been shortlisted and interviews are happening this week. Finalists have been contacted for each of the 12…
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