National Minimum and Living Wage rates Increase Today (1 April)
Millions of UK workers will receive a pay rise from Friday 1 April 2022, as the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rise comes…
Read more...
Research
Dementia Organisations Fly the Flag for Music as New Study Gets Underway
Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, has joined forces with Music for Dementia, a national campaign, to highlight music as a positive…
Read more...New Care Home Study Reduces Emergency Hospital Admissions by 75%
New research from Barnet Hospital has revealed that the introduction of care home multi-disciplinary teams (MDT) can drastically reduce emergency admissions, helping to ease pressures…
Read more...
Dementia-Arts Collaboration Achieves Awards Success
Where the Arts Belong, a unique arts collaboration between dementia care specialist, Belong, and Liverpool contemporary arts centre, Bluecoat, has won the Creative Arts Award…
Read more...
Skills for Care Conducts Review to Support Social Care Workers in Discussing Sexuality and Relationships
Skills for Care, in collaboration with Supported Loving, Care Quality Commission (CQC), and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), has conducted a learning…
Read more...
Urgent Support Required for Ukrainians Who have a Learning Disability
Vice President of Inclusion Europe leads coalition of ENABLE Scotland, Learning Disability England and All Wales People First to call for urgent support required for…
Read more...
Increased Dementia Risk Post COVID-19 Infection, Study Suggests
Research suggests that almost a third (32 of every 100) of older adults infected with COVID-19 in 2020 developed at least one new condition that…
Read more...
Over 41 million Cases of Dementia go Undiagnosed Across the Globe – World Alzheimer Report Reveals
A groundbreaking report has found that an estimated 41 million cases of dementia across the globe are undiagnosed, and new treatment breakthroughs could result in…
Read more...
Uptake of First and Second Doses Soars as Public Reminded it is Never too Late to Get a Jab
Thousands more first and second doses were administered last week compared to the week before, as the public are reminded that the offer of a…
Read more...
Northumbria University Leads £220,000 Study into Social Care Provision
A new study led by researchers at Northumbria University will document and analyse the experiences of young disabled adults who employ Personal Assistants to help…
Read more...
Tackling Pollution Should be a Public Health Priority says Alzheimer’s Research UK
Research presented at the 2021 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in Colorado links air pollution to brain changes associated with diseases like Alzheimer’s. Findings revealed…
Read more...
UK University Project Could Boost Arthritis Drug Availability
A project led by the University of Edinburgh and global biotech company FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies UK (FDB) could make effective drugs more easily available to…
Read more...Combination of Hearing and Vision Problems Linked to Dementia Risk
Researchers in Korea have found that people with both vision and hearing problems are more likely to experience cognitive decline and develop dementia than those…
Read more...
Reform of Social Care “Doomed” Unless Issues of Fragile Provider Market are Addressed
A report from the Nuffield Trust warns that years of delay to social care reform and a fragmented market has left provider services unstable and…
Read more...
New Research into Covid’s Impact on People with Learning Difficulties Released
New research published today reveals the extent of isolation experienced by people with learning disabilities and autism across the country due to the coronavirus pandemic,…
Read more...