Home Care News
NHS urged to introduce 'singing on prescription' after quality of life improved for people with lung disease
30 May 2017
Singing improves the quality of life for people living with the progressive and incurable lung disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, according to new research. Sidney De Hann Research Centre for.....
Manchester bomb attack: Social care student Gina 'always had big hugs for everyone'
30 May 2017
Eighteen-year-old Georgina Callander, was one of the 22 people killed in a bomb attack at Ariana Grande’s concert in Manchester, but she had spent her short life determined not only to meet the US singer but to pursue a career caring.....
Voters with learning difficulties 'last to be listened to but most affected by legislation'
26 May 2017
Over a million potential voters with learning difficulties and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are at potential risk of being excluded from the voting process of the upcoming General Election on 8 June 2017......
Living Paintings 'Touch to See' book group offers crucial lifeline to blind and partially sighted
25 May 2017
Living Paintings, a specialist publisher for blind and partially sighted people, is reaching out to combat social isolation and loneliness through a nationwide book group called ‘Touch to See’. The book.....
Police urge families to use GPS trackers to keep people with dementia safe
25 May 2017
Families are being urged by the Metropolitan Police Service to give relatives with dementia a GPS tracker so they can easily be found. When a person with dementia gets lost, it causes anxiety and fear in.....
Over 65s with care needs to rise by a quarter by 2025
24 May 2017
The number of people over the age of 65 who will need care could rise by 25 per cent to 2.8m by 2025 in England and Wales, resulting in more people with disabilities such as dementia. According to research.....
Home Instead's 'exceptional' team celebrate 16th 'outstanding' rating
23 May 2017
Home Instead Senior Care Worcester has become the first home care provider in the county to receive an 'outstanding' rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Praised for providing dignified home care.....
'Weak and wobbly' Theresa May makes social care cap U-turn
22 May 2017
Prime Minister Theresa May, has announced the public will be given the chance to have ‘an absolute limit’ on what they must pay for their social care costs, in a https://www.carehome.co.uk/news/article.cfm/id/1584507/Theresa-May-denies-elderly-social-care-cap|Conservative.....
Nurses with dementia 'may forget' to give patients medication
19 May 2017
In the wake of the Royal College of Nursing calling for nurses with dementia to be allowed to carry on working, an expert on dementia has voiced concerns that a nurse with dementia may forget to give patients their medication. The.....
Dementia deaths expected to quadruple by 2040
19 May 2017
The number of people expected to die from dementia is set to soar in the coming years, putting end-of-life services under 'intense pressure', new research has found. By 2040, it is estimated there will be.....
May's manifesto promises 'death tax' and asks elderly to pay more for home care
18 May 2017
People living in their own homes will have to pay more for domiciliary care because the Conservative party's manifesto pledges to include the value of people's property in means testing to assess how much individuals should pay for.....
UK's Top 10 home care providers as rated by elderly and disabled and their families
17 May 2017
The UK’s Top 10 home care providers for 2017 have been chosen by older people and those with disabilities, who are currently receiving home care. homecare.co.uk, the leading home care reviews site, has collated.....
Elderly with dementia benefit from Japanese chair gymnastics
17 May 2017
If you thought rubbing your stomach and patting your head at the same time was a mindless game for kids, think again, as the country’s care homes look to embrace a Japanese import that sees chair-based gymnastics benefit people with.....
Ex-soldier with dementia cycles 934 miles in 'fightback' for family
15 May 2017
Forty-one-year-old Chris Graham has Alzheimer’s but is wasting no time in cycling the length of Britain to raise money for research into a disease that has killed his father at 42, grandfather at 46, aunt at 38 and cousin at 41. Chris.....
'Radical action' required to reform home care services in Scotland
12 May 2017
Home care in Scotland needs 'radical reform', according to Scottish Care, which has highlighted a whole host of problems, including high staff turnover, short care visits and fewer elderly receiving free personal and nursing care. Research.....
Free dementia sessions: Care workers to share experiences of caring for people with dementia
12 May 2017
Home care workers will be sharing their experiences of caring for people with dementia at a free dementia awareness session in Guildford. The session on 25 May is being held by Home Counties Carers along.....
Autistic women diagnosed late in life: Appearing 'normal' on an 'uneven playing field'
12 May 2017
Many women with Autism are not diagnosed with the condition until they reach middle age, leaving them wondering what is ‘wrong with them’. Boys are still five times more likely to be diagnosed with Autism.....
Jeremy Corbyn's manifesto promises £8bn for social care and new 'National Care Service'
11 May 2017
The Labour Party will create a National Care Service providing 'care for all' and give £8bn for social care, a leaked election manifesto reveals. £8bn for social care If elected to.....
Norman Lamb calls decision to prosecute over Connor Sparrowhawk’s death 'better late than never'
10 May 2017
MP Norman Lamb has welcomed the decision by the Health and Safety Executive to prosecute Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust over the death of Connor Sparrowhawk, saying it has “taken far too long” but is “better late than never”. Connor,.....
GP who considered suicide is urging people with depression to ask for help
09 May 2017
A GP whose depression got so severe he couldn’t leave his own house and considered suicide, is urging others with mental health problems to not be afraid to ask for help. Dr Richard Gorrod, who was a partner.....
Britain's Got Talent judges in tears after teenager's tribute to grandmother with dementia
08 May 2017
Judges from Britain’s Got Talent were moved to tears by an audition from 16-year-old singer Harry Gardner, who sang the song ‘Not Alone’ about his grandmother who recently died from Alzheimer’s. Judge Simon.....
Theresa May considers lifetime cap on social care to win votes
08 May 2017
Prime Minister Theresa May is looking to resurrect David Cameron’s ditched pledge to introduce a limit on the amount older people pay for social care. As she draws up the Conservative’s manifesto for the.....
Male care worker who climbed career ladder urges other men to get a care job
04 May 2017
Rhys Chandler is urging more men to consider the care sector having risen through the ranks to become a senior care co-ordinator at HomeCare Plus, part of the Nurse Plus Group. Rhys Chandler joined Nurse.....
101-year-old hopes to become world's oldest skydiver
04 May 2017
One of the UK's bravest centenarians is hoping to break the world record for the oldest tandem skydiver. Great-grandfather Bryson William Verdun Hayes, aged 101, tried skydiving for the first-time last year.....
'I thought I was bulletproof' says headteacher diagnosed with Alzheimer's aged 55
03 May 2017
Keith Oliver, a successful and respected head teacher, is one of 42,000 people in the UK living with early onset dementia. On New Year's Eve in 2010, aged just 55, his life was turned upside down when doctors confirmed 'the unknown'. Since.....
'Golden couple' lose their battle to cancer and dementia just weeks apart
02 May 2017
A devoted husband living with dementia spoke for the first time in months to say he missed his wife, after he 'sensed' that she had died. Michael Royce, who had been living with Alzheimer’s disease, died.....
Care home group tackles loneliness with 'don't dine alone' evenings
02 May 2017
Barchester Healthcare group is tackling loneliness by introducing a regular ‘don’t dine alone’ evening, providing companionship for those living at their residential homes, as well as those living within the community at large. Over.....