Ahead of the next General Election, Carers UK has published their manifesto for unpaid carers, calling on the next government to commit to a funded, cross-government 10-year National Carers Strategy.
Carers UK has made a range of recommendations for politicians and policy-makers, and has also drafted an open letter to the future Prime Minister which they are calling on supporters to sign.
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Social care must be fully represented when collaborative arrangements for local services are implemented under plans set out in the government’s social care white paper, a leading figure has argued. In a speech to the NHS Confederation Expo making the case for new models of community care, National Care Forum chief executive Vic Rayner called…
Laura Rooney, Lead Dementia Research Nurse for the Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Research Nurse Programme for England, Wales and Northern Ireland has written about her aspirations for her new role, utilising her experiences as a cancer research nurse. Laura told Nursing Times https://www.nursingtimes.net/opinion/research-will-beat-dementia-but-we-need-to-make-it-a-reality-sooner-03-07-2024/: “Dementia research is sadly far behind stroke and cancer, but these two disease…
Guidance for care homes on nutrition and hydration has been produced by apetito. The company says that its new free guide contains lots of useful information and guidance on best practice in catering for residents with dysphagia, dementia and allergies while also maintaining the quality and appeal of meals. The Guide to Catering for Specialist…
A boost for Alzheimer’s Research UK’s (ARUK) fundraising efforts has come with the recruitment of Iceland Foods managing director Richard Walker as an ambassador. Walker, whose own mother was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s in 2011 and died last year, said it was a “privilege to do this in memory of her”. Through its charitable…
Professor David Jolley has died, at home, after a long illness. He was a strong supporter of the Journal of Dementia Care and the UK Dementia Congress. Barbara Stephens of Dementia Community writes: “David learned first about new approaches to the care of older people with dementia and similar disorders as a medical student, spending…
The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, Rare Dementia Support, and Dyscover have called on the Government and NHS England to reinstate the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN)’s speech and language therapy (SLT) service, which closed in 2023. In their letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care,…