Nursing absence rates in Scotland’s NHS are hitting critical levels and current workforce planning provisions are increasingly inadequate to deal with the gaps in the…
Read more...A dementia care home singalong has grown into a hit community project now touring Gwynedd. Music sessions designed to unlock memories among residents of Pendine…
Read more...People across England will benefit from faster and better mental health support with 8,500 additional mental health workers recruited since the end of June 2024,…
Read more...Residents from across a Nottinghamshire care group came together for a special event celebrating the power of music in dementia care, with a visit from…
Read more...A story that began with a chance encounter in February has reached a moving crescendo at Ghyll Royd Care Home, as a resident has been…
Read more...A leading UK charity has urged the Government to introduce a nationwide campaign to improve public understanding of brain health and reduce the risk of…
Read more...Pauline Quirke’s son Charlie and his team were among around 400 runners who ran the London Marathon this year for dementia research charity Alzheimer’s Research…
Read more...Residents at Surrey Heights Dementia Care Centre, part of CHD Living, have enjoyed a week of community connection and creative inspiration after visiting a local…
Read more...The excitement of Record Store Day was brought directly to social care services across the nation, as national social care charity, Community Integrated Care, teamed…
Read more...People living with dementia, along with their caregivers and families are set to benefit from a major new training programme for frontline staff across Bristol,…
Read more...A higher-quality plant-based diet may help reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, according to new research published in Neurology, the…
Read more...Universal, evidence-based guidelines for successfully implementing and sustaining staff wellbeing initiatives in healthcare have been released. Developed by researchers from the University of Leicester, and…
Read more...NIHR-supported researchers at The University of Manchester have developed and evaluated a new tool to help people with dementia transition more safely and smoothly from…
Read more...Care home activity coordinators and nursing staff may need to reconsider how they think about residents’ downtime, following the publication of compelling new research showing…
Read more...Following the recent announcement of the Dementia Forward Conference, taking place on Friday 22nd May at Scarborough Rugby Club, a distinguished line-up of speakers and…
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