Tag: dementia
10 Facts on Dementia
The World Health Organisation have issued a report on Dementia. Click here to read World Health Organisation
NACC Respond To David Camerons Comments on Dementia
As the next decade is set to see the number of people suffering from Dementia hit 1 million, David Cameron outlined this week, his measures to tackle this ‘national crisis’. He announced a doubling of research funding to try and make the UK a world leader in the field. Sir Mark Walport, Director of [...]
Walk and grip in middle age may predict dementia and stroke risk
Research that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s annual meeting has today (Wednesday, 15 February) found simple tests such as walking speed and hand grip strength may indicate likelihood of developing dementia or stroke. The study involved monitoring over 2,400 participants with an average age of 62 over an 11 year [...]
Tests Could Have Implications For Treating Alzheimer’s
Scientists testing on epilepsy patients have identified a ‘critical junction’ in the brain which is considered the doorway to the hippocampus, critical for the ability to transform daily experience into lasting memories. Scientists from UCLA believe that by stimulating the entorhinal cortex with electrical impulses memory was strengthened. The scientists believe the findings could have [...]
Nursing home residents with dementia could be at increased risk of falling due to antidepressants
Results published by the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (Thursday 19 January, 2012) show that antidepressants are associated with increased risk of falling in nursing home residents with dementia. The report by Erasmus University Medical Centre in Rotterdam, states that nursing home residents with dementia who use average doses of Selective Serotonin Reuptake [...]
Malnutrition the Silent Killer
Malnutrition the Silent Killer The definition of malnutrition is – a state of nutrition in which a deficiency, excess, imbalance of energy, protein and other nutrients causes measurable adverse effects on tissue, body form (body shape, size and composition)and clinical outcomes (ENHA/BAPEN 2006). Current Figures • £13.6 [...]
A Picture Of Health For Social Care?
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) today publishes its third annual report to Parliament on the state of health and adult social care in England. The report covers the period April 2010 until March 2011 and encompasses evidence from the CQC’s first year of regulation under the Health and Social Care Act 2008. [...]
Lammas Lodge, Herefordshire Fails To Meet 6 Essential Standards
Lammas Lodge, in Hereford, is not meeting six essential standards. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has told the owners of Lammas Lodge care home in Hereford, that they must make improvements to comply with the essential standards of quality and safety. Inspectors have found that the care home, in Lugwardine, Herefordshire, has [...]
CQC Demand Improvements From Hazelwood Care Ltd
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has issued a formal warning to St Joseph’s Care Home in Harrow that it must make urgent improvement to the standards of care or face further enforcement action. St Joseph’s Care Home, owned by Hazelwood Care Limited, provides accommodation and care to people with dementia care needs. The [...]
SCIFIT Helps Raise Money At Charity Cycle Marathon For Active Agers!
SCIFIT (UK) Limited recently loaned their easy-access exercise bikes for use in a charity cycle marathon to raise money for the Macclesfield Belong community Village. Together with a team of local police volunteers, the residents of Belong who are recovering from joint replacement surgery or have conditions such dementia or [...]
ECCA Online Shop Is Open For Business
The ECCA online shop is open for business The English Community Care Association (ECCA) is pleased to announce the launch of its new online shop at www.eccashop.org.uk. Open to care providers throughout the UK, not just ECCA members, the shop contains an extensive range of over 3,500 independent living and dementia aids. All [...]
Take Dementia Seriously-
Dementia is joked about. We’re all guilty of it and yet worryingly 1 million of us will develop this disease over the next ten years. According to a poll on the website http://today.yougov.co.uk/life/taking-dementia-seriously Dementia is the most joked about medical condition according to an Alzheimer’s Society commissioned poll published today (Thursday, 7 [...]
Care Show Birmingham-A Must For Operators
Care Show Birmingham, taking place at the NEC on 22-23 June, is one of the largest displays of care home products and services in the region with more than 150 companies taking part in the exhibition. Catering for care home professionals; including proprietors, directors and managers of care homes, nursing homes, domiciliary [...]
Roadshows Dedicated to Care Professionals
The care community is preparing for the launch of Care Roadshows. A visit to your local Care Roadshow will give you new ideas for improving efficiency; inspiration for developing your training and work practices and fresh enthusiasm to take back to your care home. The roadshows focus on bringing dedicated care suppliers to your [...]
Plans For Dementia Care Home Rejected!
Residents and campaigners PLANS for a dementia care home which sparked fierce opposition have been rejected by the Government. An application submitted by the Annacliffe residential home, on Newton Drive, to build a three-storey building to accommodate 26 dementia patients, had already been turned down by Blackpool Council. Now, campaigners, who claimed the development [...]
