Category: Dementia
Punchdrunk & Magic Me launch new performing arts programme
Inter-generational arts provider Magic Me has teamed up with Punchdrunk Enrichment to launch a new performing arts programme in Greenhive care home in Peckham, South London. The care home,...
Pharmacists in care homes could save NHS £135 million
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society, RPS, has published a report stating that the NHS could save £135 million a year if they introduced a pharmacist into every care home across the UK. The...
Leeds Beckett University evaluate Dementia Diaries project
Researchers at Leeds Beckett University are set to evaluate the Dementia Diaries project established to bring together people’s experiences of living with dementia as a series of audio...
Recognition For Springhill
Accrington-based Springhill Care Group has won a series of awards at a major regional ceremony marking the region’s best carers. Springhill Care provides a wide range of long-term personalised...
Memory complaints in older women signal memory and thinking problems in later life, research suggests
Older women reporting problems with their memory may be at a higher risk of being diagnosed with memory and thinking impairments, including dementia, decades later, a study published in medical...
Withdrawing Alzheimer’s drug early doubles risk of moving to nursing home, says UCL
Research conducted at University College London (UCL) has revealed that withdrawing a commonly prescribed Alzheimer’s disease drug from people in the advanced stages of the disease doubles...
Social care cuts damaging the NHS, says The King’s Fund
The King’s Fund’s latest report has found that budget cuts in local authority social care budgets are placing strain on health services. 88% of NHS trust finance directors and 80% of...
‘A Day in the Life’ as Birch Green opens Cavern Club room
The Mayor and Mayoress of West Lancashire were among the guests as Birch Green Care Home in Skelmersdale unveiled its newest facility – a Beatles-themed reminiscence room. The...
Pioneering project brings cabaret and trapeze to care homes
Performance art or aerial circus aren’t usually the kind of entertainment on offer care homes for older people, but a new project from intergenerational arts charity Magic Me is set to...
New dementia garden unveiled at Nottingham nursing home
Residents at a Nottingham nursing home can enjoy the summer in a specially-designed dementia garden after the completion of a six-month project. The gardens at Elmbank Nursing Home in Mapperley have...
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