Category: Dementia
BUSINESSES JOIN FORCES TO BUILD GARDEN FOR CARE CENTRE
Residents at The Squirrels Care Centre in Great Warley will be enjoying a newly-refurbished garden this summer, thanks to two local businesses. Ford Motor Company in Warley gave the time of their...CARE STAFF AWARDED FOR DECADE OF SERVICE
Three members of staff at the Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society’s Banstead nursing care home have been presented with 10-year, long service awards. The Society, which provides care for...‘DEMENTIA TRAINING ON ITS OWN WILL NOT IMPROVE DEMENTIA CARE IN HOSPITALS’
Dementia awareness training as a single strategy will not improve dementia care in hospitals or outcomes for patients, according to new research from the University of Hertfordshire. The research,...CARE HOME RESIDENTS LEARN FRENCH TO HELP TACKLE DEMENTIA
Residents of a Perthshire care home are learning French in foreign language workshops to help tackle dementia. Balhousie Ruthven Towers Care Home, in Auchterader, has been working with social...CUPCAKE EVENT IS SWEET SUCCESS FOR TELFORD CARE HOME
A Shropshire nursing home threw open its doors to the public as staff and residents raised money for a dementia charity. Myford House Nursing Home in Telford recently invited people into the home...WALKING COULD PREVENT DEMENTIA IN LATER LIFE
A new study published in Age and Ageing, the scientific journal of the British Geriatrics Society, suggests maintaining a higher level of physical activity during middle age may be a key strategy...NURSING HOME HELPS YOUNG CHILDREN WITH DOLLHOUSE DONATION
A Telford nursing home has donated a much-loved dolls house to children at a local day nursery to help develop their imagination and interaction. Kind-hearted staff from Myford House Nursing Home,...NEW RESEARCH COULD HELP YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA
Improving the support given to people diagnosed with dementia at an early age is the focus of a new project at the University of Bradford, funded by the Alzheimer’s Society. The team plan...SEAFORD WI KNITS FOR DEMENTIA
In East Sussex, members of the Seaford Martello Women’s Institute (WI) have designed and produced over 30 twiddle muffs especially for the residents of Clifden House, specialist dementia care...DEMENTIA-FRIENDLY DEMONSTRATION HOME TO BE BUILT
Construction of a new dementia-friendly home, aimed at learning how better to support those living with the condition, will begin on the BRE Innovation Park this Autumn. The Victorian house will...
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