Less than half of over-40s have taken a free national health check which could reduce the risk of dementia, according to NHS England. The 20-minute painless assessment, which screens for heart problems, kidney disease and Type 2 diabetes, has been ...

A CHRISTMAS tradition has been swapped for helping Northumberland’s lonely elderly by Blyth care home staff. Staff at The Oaks Care Home chose to forgo the annual exchange of Christmas cards and instead donated £2 to a shopping fund. The ...

A provider has called on the Government to publish the Green Paper on social care and give 1.4m people currently going without care some hope for 2019. Mike Padgham, Chair of the Independent Care Group, has published a New Year ...

NURSERY children have given dozens of Christmas presents to elderly care home residents in Sandiacre.  The children from Brookhill House Day Nursery, in Stapleford, near Nottingham, collected over 40 presents for residents to open on Christmas day. They hand delivered ...

CHRISTMAS carol singing Brownies put on a festive performance for elderly residents at their Merseyside care home. The St Bartholomew’s Church Brownies visited Aaron Grange Care Home, on Blacklow Brow, Huyton, to sing a range of classic carols. They also delivered ...

The data has been published as part of an expansion of the monthly Recorded Dementia Diagnoses report, and accounts for figures submitted by 98.8% of GPs in England. The report found that: 9.4 per cent of patients with a recorded dementia ...

Hallmark Care Homes’ facility in Girton, Cambridge has been shortlisted for an esteemed design award. Arlington Manor Care Home, which opened in October last year, is in the running for anaward in the ‘Best New Care Home’ category at the ...

This year Compass Group UK & Ireland’s Healthcare team, has raised a staggering £37,072 during their annual Elf Week – a fundraising event to raise money for Alzheimer’s Society UK. Over 200 retail sites entered into the festive spirit, dressing up with ...

A Christmas miracle took place at a Teesside care home when a previously bedbound resident got up to sing Three Times a Lady.Vera Huitson, 94, spent her first six weeks at Ingleby Care Home, on Lamb Lane, Igleby Barwick, being ...

When Stocks Hall Mawdesley Care Home in Lancashire had the idea of opening a Christmas Craft Stall in the Reception area, to raise funds towards a life saving defibrillator, little did they know how popular it would be and that ...