Greater Awareness Needed To Prevent Abuse Of Older People With Care And Support Needs, Says ADASS
Greater awareness of all forms of abuse – including scam mail and doorstep conmen – is needed to reduce the risk of older and disabled…
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Bake-Off Star Puts The Icing On The Community Cake
Headingley Hall, one of the region’s most historic buildings hosted a community open day on Friday 16th June featuring live music, games, history talks and…
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NICE To Work With Partners On Developing New Ways To Measure Quality Of Life Across Health And Social Care
NICE is taking part in a project that will examine how quality of life measures used to evaluate healthcare treatments such as drugs can be…
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Champions Of Dementia Research Recognised In Queen’s Birthday Honours
Two Patrons of Alzheimer’s Research UK have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday honours list. Malcolm Walker, founder and CEO of Iceland Foods, who led…
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Ebor Court Residents Go ‘Back To School’ At Pop-Up Restaurant
Residents at Ebor Court care home in Nether Poppleton, York, took a trip down memory lane and went ‘back to school’ at their latest pop-up…
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Chief Executive Of CQC Praises ‘Outstanding’ Wimbledon Care Home During Visit On National Care Home Open Day
Sir David Behan CBE, Chief Executive of the Care Quality Commission, chose Arthur House, run by Priory Adult Care, for a visit on National Care…
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Primary School Pupils Set To Transform Care Home Garden
RAWMARSH Ashwood Primary School pupils are set to transform a care home garden as part of a young leadership project. The youngsters have been tasked…
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Bampton Care Home Bring The Seaside To The Community
Rosebank Care Home opened its doors to the community and brought the seaside to Oxfordshire, at their popular annual summer fete. Relatives, friends and members…
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Care Home Cycling Challenge Raises Funds For Dementia Fight
86-YEAR-OLD Elsie Bunyard cycled almost three miles in just 15 minutes as part of a fundraising event at her Skelmanthorpe care home. The Longroyds and…
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New Government Must Make Society Fairer For Disabled People
National disability charity, Sense, responds to General Election result National disability charity, Sense, has responded to the General Election result, highlighting that whatever the makeup…
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Happy Hula Birthday St Catherines View!
Residents and staff of St Catherines View celebrated the Winchester care home’s fifth birthday with a Hawaiian-themed party. The landscaped gardens of the £8m Colten…
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Hill Care Cake Sale Adds To Alzheimer’s Society Fundraising
A CHESTERFIELD care home group has raised over £200 selling cupcakes to neighbouring businesses – with all proceeds going to the Alzheimer’s Society. The sale…
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Care System ‘Buckling’ Says Age UK As Major Care Homes Investigation Launches
A recent study into the quality of care homes which has sparked a much wider legal investigation has been called ‘a manifestation of our buckling…
Read more...Deaths From Alzheimer’s Disease In Scotland Increase By 31% In One Year
Deaths from dementia in Scotland have soared by 31% in a year, according to new statistics released by the National Records of Scotland today. Provisional…
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Can Sustainability And Transformation Plans Deliver A Better Future For The NHS?
“In short, ‘No’, not unless they change direction”, say the authors of a new report, entitled ‘Sustainability and Transformation Plans: How serious are the proposals?…
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