Home Care News
Dinosaur marathon runner aspires to make dementia extinct
29 Sep 2016
A 32-year-old teacher will be completing the Cardiff Half Marathon dressed as ‘Deano the Dementiasaurus’. An English teacher for international students at Cardiff University, Sam Evans is a keen runner in.....
'Squeezed' council budgets force sale of home care business
27 Sep 2016
The care provider, Housing & Care 21, has taken the decision to sell the home care side of its business because of tough market conditions. The home care firm's chief executive Bruce Moore has said tighter.....
Monty Python star Terry Jones diagnosed with dementia causing progressive loss of language
23 Sep 2016
Terry Jones, famous for directing and starring in the Monty Python films, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life, has been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia - a severe form of dementia affecting one's ability to speak. The.....
Technology which monitors behaviour patterns set to revolutionise dementia care at home
20 Sep 2016
A £5m pioneering technology trial has been launched by the NHS help people with dementia live well in their own homes for longer and prevent emergency hospital admissions. A two-year Test Bed, launched by.....
'Elderly Olympics' sees care homes compete in walking frame slalom
19 Sep 2016
Never mind Rio 2016 and the Olympic and Paralympic Games, eager competitiors from care homes across the Swedish region of Jura have battled it out in their own Olympics. Some of the well-seasoned competitiors.....
Years of cuts see elderly struggle to get help with care
15 Sep 2016
Six consecutive years of cuts to local authority budgets have seen 26 per cent fewer people get help with care, says a report highlighting the 'bleak' state of social care services for England’s older people......
Bristol becoming dementia friendly city with dementia awareness sessions for businesses
14 Sep 2016
Bristol is on its way to becoming a dementia friendly city with its initiative to enlist a hundred Bristol businesses to hold dementia awareness sessions for their employees. The dementia awareness group.....
Care workers sue Sevacare for paying as little as £3.27 per hour
14 Sep 2016
Seventeen care workers are taking the home care firm Sevacare and the Haringey council to court in a dispute over illegal wages. The group of sixteen women and one man were employed on controversial zero-hours.....
MPs call on Government to legalise medical cannabis
13 Sep 2016
A cross-party group of MPs have urged the Government to legalise medical cannabis, saying there is good evidence the drug helps alleviate symptoms of chronic pain, anxiety, spasticity - often associated with Multiple Sclerosis, and.....
Charity urges people to use 'Chat Mats' to strike up conversations with elderly
08 Sep 2016
People across the UK are being urged to back a project aiming to combat loneliness among older people. Coffee Companions has launched a new initiative using ‘Chat Mats’ to indicate whether someone is happy.....
Study dispels 'myth' that elderly are dangerous drivers
07 Sep 2016
Older people are not dangerous drivers and introducing stricter testing for them will not reduce road accidents, research by Swansea University reveals. Dr Charles Musselwhite from the university’s Centre.....
Drug that can stop mental decline is good news for Alzheimer's patients
01 Sep 2016
A drug has been found to stop the decline in memory and thinking skills of people in the early stages of Alzheimer's, according to a recent study. New research published in the journal Nature, which studied.....