Category: Dementia
ANIMAL ANTICS AT CLIFDEN HOUSE
A Noah’s Ark of creatures visited a dementia care centre in Seaford recently, as part of its initiative to create a calm and therapeutic environment for its residents using animals. The...CARE CATERING EXCELLENCE CELEBRATED AT NACC AWARDS 2017
The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) crowned the winners of the NACC Awards 2017 at a gala dinner, which also celebrated the association’s 30th anniversary. The winners of the...ART COLLABORATION IN SUSSEX BRIDGES GENERATION GAP
Children from across Sussex are collaborating with a dementia care home in Seaford to produce an extravagant artwork. The Creative Instincts club at St. Nicholas primary, Portslade, has...CARE HOME RESIDENTS’ MEMORY WALK RAISES FUNDS FOR CHARITY
Elderly care home residents have been raising funds for the fight against dementia with a sponsored walk. The Gables Care Home, in Middlesbrough, held a memory walk in support of the...BUSINESSES JOIN FORCES TO BUILD GARDEN FOR CARE CENTRE
Residents at The Squirrels Care Centre in Great Warley will be enjoying a newly-refurbished garden this summer, thanks to two local businesses. Ford Motor Company in Warley gave the time of their...CARE STAFF AWARDED FOR DECADE OF SERVICE
Three members of staff at the Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society’s Banstead nursing care home have been presented with 10-year, long service awards. The Society, which provides care for...‘DEMENTIA TRAINING ON ITS OWN WILL NOT IMPROVE DEMENTIA CARE IN HOSPITALS’
Dementia awareness training as a single strategy will not improve dementia care in hospitals or outcomes for patients, according to new research from the University of Hertfordshire. The research,...CARE HOME RESIDENTS LEARN FRENCH TO HELP TACKLE DEMENTIA
Residents of a Perthshire care home are learning French in foreign language workshops to help tackle dementia. Balhousie Ruthven Towers Care Home, in Auchterader, has been working with social...CUPCAKE EVENT IS SWEET SUCCESS FOR TELFORD CARE HOME
A Shropshire nursing home threw open its doors to the public as staff and residents raised money for a dementia charity. Myford House Nursing Home in Telford recently invited people into the home...WALKING COULD PREVENT DEMENTIA IN LATER LIFE
A new study published in Age and Ageing, the scientific journal of the British Geriatrics Society, suggests maintaining a higher level of physical activity during middle age may be a key strategy...
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