Care Home News
Grateful nephew in charity cycle for West Lothian dementia home
02 Aug 2013
A 35-year-old man has raised £2,000 for a West Lothian residential home as a sign of gratitude for the care it provides to his aunt, who has dementia, by cycling 220 miles. John Halliday, from Aberdeen,.....
Essex MP sneaks preview of 'dazzling' new luxury retirement apartments
02 Aug 2013
Sir Alan Haselhurst, MP for Saffron Walden in Essex, recently visited the site of a new £15m Retirement Villages Group home in Great Easton to see how development is progressing. Sir Alan was given a tour.....
Aberdeen care home's expansion dream one step closer thanks to donation
02 Aug 2013
A residential home in Aberdeen is one step closer to expanding its services after a donation from a global company. Simeon Care for the Elderly, which provides care and support to 18 older people, is now able to start a development.....
Could drinking Guinness and eating spinach reduce the risk of dementia?
01 Aug 2013
Eating foods with high levels of iron – or drinking the odd pint of Guinness - could reduce the risk of developing dementia. A study carried out by academics at the University of California San Francisco.....
CIC outlines five-year vision to become the UK's leading social care charity
01 Aug 2013
Social care charity Community Integrated Care has launched a Five Year Corporate Strategy, with the intention of growing its workforce by 30 per cent over the next five years. Pursuing an innovative programme of ‘investment, development.....
Nick Clegg backs Alzheimer's Society campaign to make England more dementia friendly
01 Aug 2013
Nick Clegg has shown his support for a campaign led by the Alzheimer’s Society by becoming a Dementia Friend. Yesterday the Deputy Prime Minister attended an information session led by the charity’s chief.....