Ageing Better has welcomed the government’s intensified focus on this issue which has persisted since the pandemic and calls for urgent action to tackle it….
Read more...Ita Graven from Elizabeth House care home in Parkstone enjoyed a double celebration recently when she not only turned 80 but was surprised with a…
Read more...Residents at Austen House in Lower Earley, Reading celebrated International Flower Day which took place on January 19th. International Flower Day promotes the psychological boost…
Read more...– Alzheimer’s Society Ambassadors Dame Arlene Phillips and Vicky McClure will today deliver an open letter to PM Rishi Sunak calling for him to urgently…
Read more...With the return of cold weather this week, councils are reminding people that there are over 2,000 warm spaces across England’s county areas open for…
Read more...Councils need to ensure any care visits they arrange give enough time for care workers to do their job properly the Local Government and Social…
Read more...The Homecare Association has published its Minimum Price for Homecare for April 2023 to March 2024. This minimum fee rate for purchase of homecare by…
Read more...NHS vaccination teams have visited every care home across the country to offer life-saving covid boosters and flu jabs ahead of the festive period. Every…
Read more...People living with dementia are facing a ‘perfect storm’ of rising care and living costs that will leave many ‘stranded in their own homes’ over…
Read more...National energy blackouts this winter would put more than 1.6 million people at heightened risk of a serious injury in their own home because of…
Read more...Care provider Anchor has signed up to the Age-friendly Employer Pledge – a new nationwide programme run by the Centre for Ageing Better to make…
Read more...The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) has published Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, a report reflecting on the experience of older people and the healthcare professionals…
Read more...More than 9 in 10 (94%) adult social services directors in England do not believe there is the ‘funding’ or ‘workforce’ to meet care costs…
Read more...A team of teenagers have been spending their autumn doing their bit to create positive change with NCS (National Citizen Service), the country’s flagship youth…
Read more...Local care home Kings Park in Ferndown will be opening its doors to a number of people from the area to help tackle loneliness in…
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