Engage: St Andrews – A dementia friendly community
Dr Maggie Ellis, Fellow in Dementia Care at the St Andrews University, is spearheading a new initiative aimed at making St Andrews a dementia friendly community. Here she shares with
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Tag: Older People
Older patients bed-blocking is costing NHS £820m per year, NAO report
Delays in discharging older patients from hospital when they no longer need care is costing the NHS in England more than £800 million a year, a new report has concluded.
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Engage: Why is it more difficult than ever for older people to leave hospital?
Discharging older patients from hospital, the National Audit Office (NAO) report published today, focuses primarily on those patients deemed ‘medically fit for discharge’ but who are stranded in hospital. The
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Webwatch: Sea Hero Quest – Ground-breaking mobile game to support early dementia diagnosis
Sea Hero Quest is an innovative new mobile game specifically designed to create the world’s largest crowd sourced data set to benchmark human spatial navigation. Launched by Deutsche Telekom, one
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Universities join forces to launch consortium to tackle dementia in Greater Manchester
Manchester, Salford and Manchester Metropolitan universities are teaming up in a new initiative to combat dementia in the region and beyond. To mark Dementia Awareness Week last week, leading researchers
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Innovative approach to care wins plaudits for North Wales care home
Care home residents are enjoying a touch of glamour thanks to a professional nail bar at the Pen-y-Bryn care home in Bagillt, Flintshire – part of an innovative approach to
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New report finds councils and GP groups overlooking end-of-life care needs
Councils and GP groups across England are failing to plan for the needs of dying people, according to a new report. The charity Hospice UK used the Freedom of Information
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Inspection of elderly care in East Lothian recommends ten areas for improvement
A joint inspection of services for older people in East Lothian has highlighted areas of good performance and also made recommendations where improvements can be made. The report follows a
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New survey reveals older people fear dementia more than cancer
To mark Dementia Awareness Week, Saga has released new data that shows that 43% of over 50s list dementia as their most feared disease, ahead of cancer (30%) or a
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Charity report huge rise in carers aged 80 and over in past decade
The number of people aged 80 and over who are acting as carers has rocketed, a charity said. New estimates suggest there has been a 39% rise in the number
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