Four students from the Universities of Strathclyde and Glasgow have developed an App desgned to support people living with dementia, their families and carers. The MindMate App has a number
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A new project will make it easier for members of the deafblind community to access information and speak out about the issues that affect them. Deafblind people – though small
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The death of a woman killed by her 13-year-old foster child might have been avoided, an inquiry has concluded. Dawn McKenzie, 34, was stabbed by the teenager she and her
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Scotland’s oldest Children’s charity, Carolina House Trust, celebrates its Bicentenary anniversary in 2015. In order to recognise their fantastic work the charity is holding a black tie dinner dance fundraiser
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The Alzheimer Scotland Centre for Policy and Practice, a joint partnership between University of the West of Scotland (UWS) and Alzheimer Scotland, is hosting a number of public dementia-related events
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The Care Inspectorate, Scotland’s social care scrutiny and improvement body, has published a review of the first three years of its work. The organisation was set up in April 2011
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Nearly three quarters of Scotland’s prison population will experience mental health issues, according to latest figures. However many prison staff don’t have enough training or understanding to support prisoners and
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Planning permission has been secured for the construction of two new services for blind people in the West of Scotland. Royal Blind and its sister charity Scottish War Blinded have
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A new inquiry into violent abuse at a notorious residential school has been launched by Police Scotland. The Daily Record has reported that a new victim has come forward with
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A new conference will examine the data sharing and data safety challenges faced by NHS Boards and Councils in Scotland as they prepare for the integration of health and social
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