Around 100 care professionals from across the region came together in Newcastle to celebrate the work taking place in care homes throughout Newcastle and Gateshead….
Read more...Responding to the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) annual assessment of the quality of health and social care in England, State of Care, Cllr Izzi Seccombe, Chairman…
Read more...Families living with dementia in Purbeck now have access to specialist dementia support – thanks to incredible local fundraising efforts. A special event at Durlston…
Read more...Successive governments’ failure to properly fund social care is leaving millions of people at risk of losing vital support, according to a new analysis published…
Read more...More than half of councils expect to overspend their adult social care budgets this year by up to nearly £21 million each, while all local…
Read more...Researchers in the US have found that a protein called Lysine specific histone demethylase (LSD1) could protect against neurodegeneration in mice, and suggest that its…
Read more...Pregnant women, babies and elderly people can now enjoy dippy eggs again for the first time since the 1980s – as long as they have…
Read more...Colten Care, which owns and operates 20 homes across the South of England, says it is planning to open a new home every couple of…
Read more...Strictly Come Dancing star Ruth Langsford took a break from the dancefloor to join 3,000 people who united against dementia at an Alzheimer’s Society Memory…
Read more...A FARM trip for elderly care home residents in Stockton on Tees brought back old memories for Joyce Marsay. The former farmer showed fellow residents…
Read more...MP for Cheltenham Alex Chalk joined businesses, relatives and members of the public at Whittington House Nursing Home to share knowledge of dementia through two…
Read more...This year’s CQC State of Care report – published today – shows that thanks to the efforts of staff and leaders, the quality of health and social…
Read more...The Government is rumoured to have put on hold its consultation on social care funding until next Summer. While the next 18 months of the…
Read more...Customers of specialist care village, Belong Crewe, have been honing their dancing skills at dementia-friendly movement sessions which are held weekly at the village. The…
Read more...Last night saw the exciting launch of new social media challenge, ‘Care to Limbo’ with the Mayor and MP from Enfield flexing their limbo skills….
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