A widely-used diabetes and weight-loss medication has failed to slow cognitive decline in people with early Alzheimer’s disease, pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk has announced. The…
Read more...Multi Sensory Care Solutions: Bringing Outstanding Care Excellence to Your Setting When a care facility achieves an Outstanding rating from the Care Quality Commission, placing…
Read more...The son of celebrated actress Pauline Quirke MBE has announced plans for an ambitious five-day fundraising trek covering 140 kilometres across five counties in support…
Read more...The future of quality dementia care relies on understanding and emotional awareness that the experience of dementia heightens feelings and lessens thinking, according to Professor…
Read more...A new study, funded by Alzheimer’s Society, has identified three existing medications that could be repurposed to treat or prevent Alzheimer’s disease. The research led…
Read more...The team at a Sanctuary Care home in Worcester have raised hundreds of pounds for charity with a 10km Glow Walk. Staff from not-for-profit Regent…
Read more...Staff from an East Midlands care group and the University of Nottingham recently attended an international Alzheimer’s conference – taking learnings to apply to their…
Read more...Marie Goldman MP, Liberal Democrat MP for Chelmsford and the party’s Women and Equalities Spokesperson, visited Priory Hospital Chelmsford last week (Friday, 17 October) to…
Read more...The residents and staff of Elm Bank Care Home in Kettering, recently wrapped its residents and staff in a comforting embrace of support and cheer…
Read more...Staff and residents at Barchester’s Hilton Park Care Home in Bottisham have been marking World Mental Health Day by taking part in a range of…
Read more...Annual figures for detentions under the Mental Health Act in England, covering April 2024 to March 2025, have today been published by the NHS. Under…
Read more...Will Forster, Liberal Democrat MP for Woking, visited Priory’s Life Works last week (Friday, 26 September) to meet staff and patients and to learn more…
Read more...A new short film, based on University of Birmingham research, is sharing the voices of, and crisis facing, parent carers in the UK. More than…
Read more...A new film highlights the hope and positivity around dementia research by telling the story of Larry Woelk, who has benefitted from a new treatment…
Read more...NHS Confederation mental health director Rebecca Gray has expressed concern over the disparity in detention rates of mental patients, based on ethnicity, in the recent…
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