Category: Research
EXPANDED COVID-19 STUDY TO TEST THOUSANDS MORE CARE HOME STAFF AND RESIDENTS
14,000 care home residents and staff will be tested quarterly for their immune response to COVID-19, as part of a major research study to help inform future treatments for the virus. The...
BREAKTHROUGH MADE IN RESEARCH ON DEMENTIA-RELATED MISSING CASES
People with dementia are more likely to go missing in areas where road networks are dense, complicated and disordered – according to a new study. Researchers at the University of East...
A Pivotal Moment
As we adjust to the new normal, good hygiene will make or break care homes, says Simon Sassoon, CEO of 99POINT9. The last few months have been unlike any others in recent memory, as the world...
PPE SHORTAGES FUELLED SPREAD OF COVID-19 IN CARE HOMES, STUDY FINDS
The spread of COVID-19 inside care homes has been fuelled by a lack of personal protection equipment (PPE) – according to new research from the University of East Anglia. Researchers...
OVER-45S BELIEVE DELAYS TO SOCIAL CARE REFORMS UNDERMINED FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19
New research from Just Group has finds that the majority (56%) of over-45s believe that delays to reforming social care hampered the response against COVID-19. Nearly two thirds of over-75s also say...
REPEAT TESTING FOR CARE HOMES
The UK government has announced that approximately 10,000 people in care homes will be given repeat testing as part of a new government study into coronavirus to understand more about its spread in...
EXPERT IN DEMENTIA RESEARCH WELCOMES NEW FOOTBALL GUIDELINES
Dr Michael Grey, who leads a project to monitor ex-footballers for early signs of dementia, has welcomed new guidelines that ban children from heading footballs during training. New guidance,...
EX-FOOTBALLERS TO BE MONITORED FOR EARLY SIGNS OF DEMENTIA
Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) are crowdfunding a new project to test former professional football players for early signs of dementia. Recent research from the University of....jpg "Credit: National Institute on Aging")
SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY CRITICAL WINDOW FOR TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Neuroscientists at the University of Southampton have made a breakthrough in understanding how Alzheimer’s disease spreads through the brain, discovering a significant period of time where...
CARE RECRUITMENT PROJECT LAUNCHED IN PREPARATION FOR BREXIT
Novacare, service and solution provider for the care industry, has launched a project to support the care industry with the recruitment and retention of staff in preparation for Brexit and the...
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