Heart Conditions Linked with an Increased Risk of Dementia
Researchers have found those with heart conditions have an increased risk of dementia, even when they accounted for the impact of genetics. Alzheimer’s Research UK…
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TV Star Inspires People with Learning Disabilities in Charity’s Special Inspiration Session
Actor and reporter, Ruben Reuter, inspired people with care and support needs across the UK to follow their dreams, in a special virtual ‘Meet &…
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Alzheimer’s Society Presents New Their Dementia Connect Service at Braywood Gardens Care Home
Dementia Connect, a dementia support service founded by the Alzheimer’s Society, aims to put people who are living with, or know someone living with dementia,…
Read more...Ageing Better to Deliver New Campaign Against Age-Based Discrimination
The Centre for Ageing Better has launched its new strategy today, which includes a bold new public campaign to tackle ageism. The campaign to tackle…
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Social Isolation Linked to Lower Brain Volume and Higher Dementia Risk
Researchers from China and the UK have found that social isolation, but not loneliness, is linked to lower brain volume in regions associated with cognition…
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Prescription Costs for England Published by the NHS
The annual Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) includes information about the costs and volumes of prescriptions that have been dispensed in England. NHS Business Services Authority…
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Westcliff-on-Sea Physical Rehabilitation Centre Joins the Environmental Fight to Keep Streets Clean
Staff and a resident from a local rehabilitation centre joined the fight to help the environment over the busy bank holiday weekend. Michael, a resident…
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Government Announces Biggest Shake-Up in Health and Social Care Leadership in a Generation
The government has announced what it says is the biggest shakeup in social care leadership for a generation. The groundbreaking review led by General Sir…
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Leadership Review Needs Care Reform Too Says Care Providers
A major shake-up of leadership in health and social care is worthless without a better deal for social care, providers said today. The Government has…
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Report Lays Bare the Impact of Staff Shortages on Patient Care – National Workforce Plan Now Needed
Responding to new findings released today from the Royal College of Nursing on the impact of nursing staff shortages, Dr Layla McCay, director of policy…
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Jubilee Celebrations Fit for a Queen
Excitement has been running high at Ashcombe House in Worting Road where residents and staff have been busy making Jubilee-themed decorations in preparation for a…
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Care Home Group Celebrate the Queens Platinum Jubilee
Residents at Whitebriars Whitecliff, Whitebeach and the Coast Care Centre Residential and Nursing Homes, specialist dementia care based in Bexhill, and St Leonards, East Sussex,…
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Dundee Researcher Receives £235k Funding Boost for Dementia Science
A Scottish researcher based at the University of Dundee has received £235,000 to investigate how changes to the barrier between the blood supply and the…
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Reality TV Star Visits Cheshire Care Home to Combat ‘Empty Nest Syndrome’ Ahead of Global Day of Parents
With Global Day of Parents set for June 1st, a Cheshire care home has welcomed reality TV star and medical student Priya Gopaldas to its…
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Care Home Shows Dementia-Friendly Activities in Café Event
As part of Dementia Action Week, Sir Aubrey Ward House, care home of The Fremantle Trust, put together a specialised café event to highlight lesser-known…
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