Category: Research
RESEARCH FINDS MOBILE GAME CAN DETECT ALZHEIMER’S RISK
A specially-designed mobile phone game can detect people at risk of Alzheimer’s, according to new research from the University of East Anglia. Researchers studied gaming data from an app...
DEMENTIA EXPERT WARNS VALENTINE’S ACTIVITIES COULD CAUSE UPSET
Care home teams should pause for thought before Valentine’s Day events and activities, a Care UK dementia expert has cautioned. Suzanne Mumford, Quality Development Manager at Care UK, said:...
FUNDING GIVEN TO RESEARCH INTO BENEFITS OF SPORT FOR WOMEN WITH DEMENTIA
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has awarded over £35,000 to an innovative project between the University of Hertfordshire and Juntendo University, Japan, which will focus on...
UK-WIDE UNPAID CARERS RESEARCH PROJECT ANNOUNCED
Future Care Capital has announced that it will be working in partnership with global public opinion and data company YouGov to conduct a national study on unpaid carers. There is a pressing need....jpg "Janet Scammell, who is leading the project, and nurses for The Royal Bournemouth Hospital.")
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AIMS TO IMPROVE NHS NURSING NUMBERS
As more nurses leave than enter the nursing register, new research by Bournemouth University is looking at ways in which the NHS can maintain nursing workforce numbers. Nurses comprise 50% of the...
YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA NEED NEW APPROACHES TO CARE
Research conducted by academics at the University of Hertfordshire has outlined new approaches to care for people diagnosed with young onset dementia. There are currently around 42,000 people under...
HALLMARK CARE HOMES’ CARE SECTOR BALL RAISES £140,000
Hallmark Care Homes, in association with Care England, raised a staggering £140,000 for Alzheimer’s Research UK and The Care Workers Charity at a glittering fundraising event in Mayfair.....jpg "The Orders of St John Care Trust’s Goodson Lodge Care Centre in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, has been awarded the Dementia Design Gold Award by independent experts at the Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) at the University of Stirling. In achieving this award, Goodson Lodge attained an assessment score of 98% for its dementia-friendly design, setting a new benchmark as the highest scoring residential aged care setting on record worldwide.")
WILTSHIRE CARE CENTRE ACHIEVES RECORD SCORE FOR DEMENTIA DESIGN
The Orders of St John Care Trust’s Goodson Lodge Care Centre in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, has been awarded the Dementia Design Gold Award by independent experts at the Dementia Services....jpg "A group of nine brave employees from Hallmark Care Homes’ Central Support Office in Billericay, Essex, walked 62 miles in two days, raising £13,700 for Alzheimer’s Research UK.")
CARE STAFF COMPLETE 100KM CHARITY WALK IN HEATWAVE
A group of nine brave employees from Hallmark Care Homes’ Central Support Office in Billericay, Essex, walked 62 miles in two days, raising £13,700 for Alzheimer’s Research UK. ...
OXYGEN THERAPY COULD PREVENT DEMENTIA IN LUNG DISEASE SUFFERERS
Breathing in additional oxygen improves the function of blood vessels in the brain of people with breathing difficulties caused by lung conditions, according to new research published in...
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