Care Home News
Care home's knitters make tiny hats to keep hospital's premature babies warm
07 Mar 2017
Knitters at Galsworthy House care home have got their needles and balls of wool out to create hats for the premature babies at nearby Kingston Hospital. Regulars at the home’s Tuesday knitting group in.....
Care home owners left elderly unwashed for weeks in 'prison cells'
06 Mar 2017
Residents at Mossley Manor care home did not have access to hot water to wash properly and their bedrooms were described as “prison cells”, resulting in the home's owners being fined more than £82,400. Two.....
MP Kirsty Blackman gets sneak peek at pioneering dementia research in Aberdeen
06 Mar 2017
Scottish MP Kirsty Blackman recently got to witness first-hand the ground-breaking dementia research taking place at the University of Aberdeen. The MP for Aberdeen North was led round the university’s cutting-edge.....
Care home workers need more visual awareness training so they can identify sight loss
02 Mar 2017
Care home workers need to be given more visual awareness training so they can identify sight loss in residents and ensure they get the right support aids and access to volunteer services. The research published.....
Link found between autoimmune diseases and heightened risk of dementia
02 Mar 2017
Autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and coeliac disease, may be linked to an increased risk of dementia, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Oxford analysed data of people.....
Good end-of-life care considers individual's wishes and spiritual beliefs, says NICE
02 Mar 2017
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has urged health and care workers to do more to ensure they take into account cultural, religious or social preferences of adults in their final days of life. A.....
Edinburgh tenants among the first to test innovative wheelchair design
01 Mar 2017
Tenants at a housing development in Edinburgh will be the first to pilot a pioneering new wheelchair designed by award-winning Scottish entrepreneur Alex Papanikolaou. Mr Papanikolaou, who was born with Athetoid.....
Thousands of animals are put down every year when their owners move to a care home
01 Mar 2017
Going into a care home can be extremely hard and for some it means leaving a home where they have lived all their lives and saying goodbye forever to their beloved pet, who has become their closest companion. Thousands.....