Category: Dementia
FOOD AWARD SERVED UP TO SHREWSBURY CARE HOMEÂ Â
A care home in Shrewsbury has won an award for the innovative and fun ways it encourages residents to eat well. Briarfields in Raby Crescent, a residential home for older people run by Coverage...
HIGH-PROFILE DEMENTIA CHAMPION JOINS JAYNE CONNERY'S CARE CAMPAIGN
Inspirational dementia champion Terry Eccott has become an Ambassador for Care Campaign for the Vulnerable. Care Campaign for the Vulnerable was founded six years ago by Jayne Connery, following....jpg "As part of an ongoing partnership, Encore Care Homes welcomed Haskins Garden Centre in Ferndown to its recent complimentary Virtual Dementia Tour session, to learn and experience first-hand how those living with dementia feel.")
DORSET CARE GROUP WELCOMES LOCAL BUSINESSES FOR DEMENTIA TOUR
As part of an ongoing partnership, Encore Care Homes welcomed Haskins Garden Centre in Ferndown to its recent complimentary Virtual Dementia Tour session, to learn and experience first-hand how...
MARITIME CARE HOME WINS TECHNOLOGY GRANT
The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society has launched an innovative therapy programme at its Banstead home after winning a £5,000 grant to fund new technology. The Society will use the...
PALLIATIVE CARE PROVISIONS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR AGEING POPULATION
Current palliative care provisions are not meeting the needs of an ageing population, warns the British Geriatrics Society (BGS). A commentary published in Age and Ageing, the scientific journal of...
The Spires reach for the top
A new 70-bed care home development in Lichfield recently celebrated a major milestone with a topping out ceremony. ‘The Spires’ care home was named after the three spires on...
£100,000 pledge from Hallmark for Alzheimer’s Research UK and The Care Workers Charity
Hallmark Care Homes is joining forces with Alzheimer’s Research UK and The Care Workers Charity this year in an effort to defeat dementia and ensure no care worker will ever face financial...
CARE STAFF WILL SKYDIVE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR VR HEADSETS
Staff at a Dundee care home are gearing up for a charity skydive to raise money for high-tech virtual reality (VR) equipment for its residents. Balhousie Clement Park, part of Balhousie Care Group,....jpg "Following an extensive project observing families living with dementia, Abbotswood Court Care Home has introduced a series of initiatives to support such families.")
FAMILIES LIVING WITH DEMENTIA INVITED TO USE ‘MAGIC TABLE’
Following an extensive project observing families living with dementia, Abbotswood Court Care Home has introduced a series of initiatives to support those caring for loved ones with dementia. Gemma...
TYNETEC SPONSORS DEMENTIA DOG IN MEMORY OF COLLEAGUE
Billy the black Labrador, who was named in honour of late Tynetec colleague Billy Graham, has been chosen to become the UK’s first dementia community dog as part of the Dementia Dog Project. ...
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