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April 26, 2024

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Team members at award-winning care provider Hallmark Care Homes are celebrating after they made over 1000 people Dementia Friends in May.

CARE HOME CELEBRATES 1000 NEW DEMENTIA FRIENDS

Team members at award-winning care provider Hallmark Care Homes are celebrating after they made over 1000 people Dementia Friends in May. Dementia Champion’s at Hallmark Care Homes’...
Dr Tushna Vandrevala, Health Psychologist and Senior Lecturer at Kingston University’s School of Social and Behavioural Sciences.

HOME CARE WORKERS NEED MORE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, STUDY FINDS

Care workers who provide personal and domestic care to older people with dementia in their own homes are at risk of feeling under emotional strain and some don’t get as much support as they...
Andy Burnham visits Dementia Hub

GREATER MANCHESTER MAYOR TO VISIT SALFORD DEMENTIA HUB

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and charity bosses are visiting the University of Salford’s Dementia Hub to find out more about the work being done to help people with the condition live...
In support of Dementia Action Week, Home Instead Senior Care has pledged to get thousands of people singing through a campaign called ‘Songs to Remember’.

CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO GET THOUSANDS SINGING FOR DEMENTIA

In support of Dementia Action Week, organised by Alzheimer’s Society from 21st – 27th May 2018, Home Instead Senior Care has pledged to get thousands of people singing through a campaign...
  At a ceremony in London, Care UK picked up a gold and a silver award for its work on supporting employee recruitment and retention at the 2018 Employer Brand Management Awards.

CARE UK SCOOPS SILVER AND GOLD NATIONAL AWARDS  

Care UK’s residential care team is celebrating after winning in two categories of a national award scheme open to some of the biggest household brands in the country - not just those in the...
ENCORE FRESH AIR PLEDGE

ENCORE CARE HOMES OFFERS ‘BREATH OF FRESH CARE’

Encore Care Homes has pledged to offer every resident the opportunity to spend one hour outdoors every week to boost their health and wellbeing. Staff at the firm, which manages three care homes in...
Current palliative care provisions are not meeting the needs of an ageing population, warns the British Geriatrics Society (BGS).

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...
A new research review, conducted by academics at the University of Hertfordshire, has identified that the cognitive areas where women usually have the upper hand over men, such as verbal communication, are those quickest to decline in women as the Alzheimer’s disease progresses

WOMEN WITH ALZHEIMER’S LOSE VERBAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS QUICKER THAN MEN

A new research review, conducted by academics at the University of Hertfordshire, has identified that the cognitive areas where women usually have the upper hand over men, such as verbal...
CARERS UNHAPPY AT WORK

ALMOST HALF OF CARE PROFESSIONALS ARE UNHAPPY IN THEIR JOB

Many care professionals have fallen out of love with their jobs, according to recent research from independent job site CV-Library. In fact, almost half (41.9%) confessed that they aren’t...
£100,000 pledge from Hallmark for Alzheimer’s Research UK and The Care Workers Charity

£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...
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