Ipsos MORI and partners have conducted a new and timely research project highlighting the experiences of unmet need for care among older people living in…
Read more...CARE home boss Wendy Waddicor has completed a London to Paris cycle ride in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society – raising more than £7,500. The…
Read more...Person-centred activities combined with just one hour a week of social interaction can improve quality of life and reduce agitation for people with dementia living…
Read more...The rise in the state pension age to 68 is to be brought forward, according to new plans announced by the Government last week. Six…
Read more...One of the UK’s largest not-for-profit care home providers, The Orders of St John Care Trust, officially opened its newest care facility in Gloucestershire –…
Read more...Loved ones gathered recently to be together and remember their loved ones who had passed away. Andrew Smith House have created a memorial garden to…
Read more...Social care providers from across the region are set to quiz a leading regulator on how they can raise standards whilst coping with the current…
Read more...A new report has estimated that a third of dementia cases could potentially be prevented if nine different risk factors could be eliminated. The Lancet…
Read more...Staff at Belong Atherton care village have made a dream come true for lifelong music fan, 85 year-old Edith Ibbotson, by arranging for her to…
Read more...Mental health providers should to adopt quality improvement to improve patient care, a new report from The King’s Fund finds. Quality improvement, the continual change…
Read more...The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) Training & Development Forum 2017 on 4-6 October at the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham, will bring the…
Read more...DISNEY and Nickelodeon cartoon characters made a special appearance at a Widnes care home summer fayre. The family friendly event was also attended by Halton’s…
Read more...Lead author Professor Claire Goodman from the University of Hertfordshire’s Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care, said: “It is essential that residents in…
Read more...Research identifies how the NHS and care homes can work better together to deliver high quality, cost-effective healthcare to the half million people in residential…
Read more...One in five councils provided rushed visits for personal care of disabled people despite Government guidance 10,000 plus people have signed petition to end ‘flying’…
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