Arthritis patients experience referral delays, audit finds
Only 20% of patients who see a GP with suspected inflammatory arthritis are referred to…
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Diabetes drugs may be useful for Alzheimer’s, mice research finds
“Drugs prescribed to treat diabetes could cure Alzheimer’s disease” is the significantly over-hyped headline in…
‘Nine out of 10 strokes preventable,’ claims study
Nine out of 10 strokes preventable if people follow 10 health rules,” The Daily Telegraph…
CQC publish reports on 105 adult social care services in the Central region
CQC inspectors publish reports on 105 adult social care services in the Central region In…
Immediate action as people are not getting the care they need
Professor Martin Green OBE, Chief Executive of Care England, a representative body for independent care providers…
What’s the catch? Asks RNHA
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANNOUNCES INTERIM UPLIFT IN NHS-FUNDEDNURSING CARE RATE “What’s the catch?” is the Registered…
Care group condemns underpayment of fees
A leading social care group has condemned the findings of a report which revealed chronic underpayment of…
Over-75s ‘perpetrators of NHS assaults’
Patients over the age of 75 are responsible for more than half of physical assaults…
What will you be doing over the next 5 years?
Well, the recent Barclays Bank online provider surveys showed that 65% of care home operators…
Social care ‘in jeopardy’ as surcharge fails to cover living wage costs
The National Care Association (NCA) is calling on the new government to tackle the serious funding gap in…
Now the elderly are the new boomerang generation
First there was the “boomerang generation”, the millions of people in their 20s and early…
‘Third’ with dementia in Wales live in rural areas
More than a third of people with dementia in Wales live in a rural area,…
Hunt’s Houdini act: What next?
Barring the appointment of Boris Johnson as foreign secretary, the decision to keep Jeremy Hunt…
Elderly denied support as councils struggle to cope with national living wage bills
Elderly people are quietly being denied support by councils struggling to cope with funding cuts…
THE POWER OF PAMPERING IN A DEMENTIA ENVIRONMENT
Wendy Payne, Marketing Manager, Active Bathing Personal care is often a very task-orientated activity that…