Skills for Health, Health Education England and Skills for Care have today announced a new End of Life Care Core Skills Education and Training Framework, with the aim of providing
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More than 20,000 allegations of abuse by home care workers against elderly and vulnerable people have been made in the last three years, figures show. Data obtained by the BBC
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has endorsed a new online toolkit developed by researchers at Keele University, which aims to prevent falls amongst the elderly that
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Sleeping for more than nine hours a night could be an early warning sign of Alzheimer’s, new research suggests. Scientists believe an inability to get out of bed may be
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Many nurses feel they are too busy to give dying patients high-quality care, a new poll suggests. Two-thirds of nurses from across the UK felt they were not given sufficient
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The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales, Sarah Rochira, is encouraging care sector contributions to a review of the quality of life and care for older people in residential and nursing
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Following family members and former employees raising serious concerns about the standards of care and safety of residents living with dementia in Dunmurry Manor Care Home, the Commissioner for Older
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Hundreds of thousands of elderly people are not receiving the help they need to get out of bed, dress or eat, according to a new report. The study from Age
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Almost £1.4 million funding has been awarded to a social enterprise network that brings together unpaid carers of people with dementia. The funding will be used to support carers in
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Comedian David Baddiel has called for the “epidemic” of dementia as a killer of older people to be given more public attention. The 52-year-old, whose father Colin is housebound and
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