ADI 2024

Share and Care Homeshare CIC, the largest homeshare organisation in the UK, has released its 2024 report.  The report highlights how the primary reason for someone to consider a homeshare arrangement is memory issues, with 35% of householders living with dementia or other memory loss. This is closely followed by poor mobility, which accounts for…

Winchester care home St Catherine’s View celebrated its 10th anniversary with a “Hatter’s tea party” and a wardrobe of fancy dress costumes.  Among guests at the Alice in Wonderland-themed party was “Alice” herself, clinical lead Hayley Geddes, who is pictured with resident Christina Millest. “Our Hatter’s tea party was a lovely opportunity to celebrate and we…

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Innovate UK has published their final report for the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI): Healthy Ageing Challenge.  The report, ‘Adding Life to Years – Achieving impact for healthier later lives’ provides an overview of the Healthy Ageing Challenge impacts and includes statistics, case studies and testimonials. It shows…

As part of Championing Social Care’s Care Home Open Week partnership with The Utley Foundation’s Music for Dementia campaign, a limited number of free tickets are being offered to care staff for the nationwide tour of Matt Seager’s award-winning play, ‘In Other Words’.  ‘In Other Words’ explores the transformative power of music to help reconnect…

Bruce Willis’ wife, Emma, has announced plans to publish a book (currently untitled) in 2025 about her experiences as a carer to Bruce who lives with frontotemporal dementia.  Emma said of her experiences of her husband’s dementia diagnosis:  “For many people, their first touch point about this disease is received in their doctor’s office. I…

Scientific backing has been provided for FallSkip, a digital tool that allows clinicians to evaluate an older person’s risk of falling.  According to FallSkip, 30% of people over 65 and 50% of those over 80 fall at least once a year, falls which in more than 70% of cases have clinical consequences.  The device, made…