Swedish scientists studying the number of new dementia cases in people with atrial fibrillation (an abnormal heart rhythm) have found that treatment with oral anticoagulants…
Read more...A leading professor has claimed older people with diabetes are being “let down” and “overlooked” by the system – prompting new international guidance outlining a…
Read more...Cllr Linda Thomas, Vice Chair of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, responds to new figures from NHS Digital which show that the annual…
Read more...Residents from Great Oaks have welcomed a new feathered friend, a budgie called Smuggler, to the residential, nursing and dementia specialist care home in Bournemouth….
Read more...St Monica Trust’s care services have won an unprecedented five awards at this year’s Care and Support West Awards. Sarah Saunders won the Nurse Front…
Read more...Click to read issue #38 of The Carer – Published Autumn (October) 2017.
Read more...12 staff members from specialist care village operator, Belong, have been shortlisted in the prestigious Great North West Care Awards, which aim to pay tribute…
Read more...Annual spending by local authorities on social care rose by £556 million in 2016/17 to £17.5 billion, new figures show. That constitutes a 3.3 per cent…
Read more...Trafford Housing Trust’s independent living service, TrustCare, has launched its first Memory Café in Sale, Greater Manchester to support people living with dementia. Located at…
Read more...A leading professor has claimed older people with diabetes are being “let down” and “overlooked” by the system – prompting new international guidance outlining a…
Read more...The Local Government Association (LGA), in partnership with central government and with the support of the Government Equalities Office, is launching its Return to Social…
Read more...EMPATHY dolls are helping Hartlepool care home residents with dementia gain a sense of meaning and purpose. Queens Meadow Care Home, on Stockton Road, has…
Read more...1 in 10 Brits live in ‘fuel poverty’, and can’t afford to heat their homes during winter 1 in 5 over-65s have neglected other important…
Read more...When it came to appointing its new Chief Executive, Balhousie Care Group knew just who to sit in on the interviews: the residents themselves. The…
Read more...A mother and son from Wavertree have been reunited and are now living together once again, at a HC-One care home. Due to care…
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