Dream arts projects for meaningful social care
Images from Jewish Care Colourscape Music and art has long been used as a tool to stimulate and engage care home residents, its impact is well documented. As the average age of care home residents...
View ArticleFriends of the Elderly partnering with Community Christmas
Friends of the Elderly is calling upon people to hold local Christmas activities so no older person will be alone on Christmas Day unless they want to be. As official partners of Community Christmas...
View ArticleTake five minutes to spread some Christmas cheer
Claire Fryer A community care provider is urging people to check up on friends, family and neighbours over the festive period. Mosaic Community Care, part of the Preston-based Mosaic Care Group, says...
View ArticleLocal Authority funding gap will impact on A&E as public services cannot...
Secretary of State for Local Government, Rt Hon Greg Clark, has announced a four-year spending settlement for local government. The Government has said that councils will have up to £3.5 billion of...
View ArticleBield’s Chief Executive urges Government to value older people
Chief Executive Brian Logan The head of one of Scotland’s largest providers of housing, care and support services is encouraging staff and customers to help create a new five-year plan that will allow...
View ArticleAccessible guidance for lifetime homes and independence
With the growing need to make homes adaptable so people can remain independent, and in their own homes, new guidance is aiming to help get it right. ‘Design Guidance & Considerations for a...
View ArticleThe main causes of incontinence-the real truths
In the UK alone there are around 3 to 6 million sufferers of incontinence; however a large percentage of those are suffering in silence with the condition as they are embarrassed to speak out about it....
View ArticleMismanagement of dementia costing health and social care system up to £1...
A new report by the International Longevity Centre – UK (ILC-UK) demonstrates that a failure to prevent, diagnose, and treat depression, diabetes and urinary tract infections in people with dementia...
View ArticlePoliticians need to concentrate on meeting nursing costs of older people...
Many tens of thousands of care home residents in England are still waiting to find out how much they should have been receiving since 1st April 2016 from the NHS towards the weekly cost of their...
View ArticleChat Mats: A simple way everyone can help to end loneliness
Print this off and share it now-End loneliness Have you ever sat in a coffee shop and struck up a conversation with someone on the next table? In a world where people check their mobile...
View ArticleGo to the bathroom to alleviate care provision pressure says Clos-o-Mat
Adapting the bathroom to be more accessible could alleviate need for home care provision for over 1/4million people in England alone. According to a new Age UK report- Later Life in the UK- over...
View ArticleFriends of the Elderly to work with Community Christmas to reduce loneliness...
National charity Friends of the Elderly is calling on people to organise Christmas Day activities, so no older person will be alone unless they want to be. As official partners of Community Christmas,...
View ArticleNHS Trust introduces O.T into Paramedic Team to give better care to people in...
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has recently introduced Occupational Therapist Rachel Bedwell into the Paramedic Team to give better care to people in the community who have fallen. The newly...
View ArticleFuel Poverty Awareness Day: Grants available for older people struggling to...
Today marks Fuel Poverty Awareness Day. National charity Friends of the Elderly is encouraging older people who need help heating their homes to apply to its small grant scheme. The charity offers...
View ArticleNearly 1 in 3 elderly people struggling with essential tasks of living,...
Age UK calls on all political parties to put social care at the heart of their manifestos as new figures reveal high numbers of over-80s going without the help they need New findings from Age UK...
View ArticleMHA’s Stoke North Live at Home celebrates 25th anniversary
On 14th June, MHA’s Stoke North Live at Home Scheme will be celebrating its 25th anniversary at the Floral Hall, Tunstall, Stoke on Trent. Taking place from 12.30-3.30pm, The Lord Mayor Cllr Ross...
View Article‘Ticking time bomb’ as homelessness rises in the over sixties
The nation is facing a “ticking time bomb” in the number of homeless older people after latest figures showed an alarming rise of 130 per cent since its lowest point eight years ago, councils warn...
View ArticleStudy says number of older people with four or more diseases set to double by...
A study published today in Age and Ageing, the scientific journal of the British Geriatrics Society, reports that the number of older people diagnosed with four or more diseases will double between...
View ArticleFriends of the Elderly receives £500,000 support of its grants scheme
The ACT Foundation has selected Friends of the Elderly to receive a transformational £500,000 donation towards its grants service, which supports older people who are living in financial difficulty....
View ArticleLive-in care provider launches campaign to end loneliness
A national live-in care provider has launched a campaign aimed at combatting loneliness this month in honour of their chosen charity, The Silver Line. Promedica24, which provides dedicated live-in care...
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