Care home staff, home carers and anyone who cares for older people professionally, or at home, are being encouraged to enrol in a free online course from Newcastle University. The
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Infirm hospital patients should receive guaranteed social care within a week of being declared fit to go home, according to Labour. More than 5,000 patients have been held in hospital
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Despite significant increases in the numbers of older people living alone, half of all older people with care needs haven’t made adaptations to their homes to make it easier to
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Many elderly people may be putting themselves at risk by taking prescription medicines inappropriately, new research suggests. Scientists in Belgium who studied 503 adults aged 80 and older for 18
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There has been widespread welcome of a new report from the Alzheimer’s Society which aims to tackle issues surrounding dementia in rural areas of Wales. ‘Dementia in Rural Wales’, which
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A care home assistant who stole thousands of pounds from an elderly resident in her charge has avoided jail. Angela McIntyre was handed a 12-month prison term, suspended for two
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We have news of a free online course from Newcastle University which is sure to interest care home staff, home carers and anyone who cares for older people professionally or
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Care workers and GMB union members delivering vital dementia care across the Isle of Bute will this morning demonstrate against a decision by Argyll & Bute Health and Social Care
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A new report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found older people are being denied personalised, effective and responsive care due to poor integration of services. In its report,
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A leading provider of housing support is celebrating after receiving a five-star review of it’s North-east service from the Care Inspectorate. Blackwood’s North Support Services, in Aberdeen, recently underwent an
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