The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has called for improvements to the process and communication surrounding do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR), so doctors, patients and families can make informed choices about care. The report, entitled ‘End of life care: improving do not attempt CPR conversations for everyone’, found that end of life conversations … Read more
Five films aimed at creating a better understanding of dementia have been showcased at a premiere screening in Wrexham’s Odeon cinema. Over 100 guests, including members of the public and health and social care staff, attended matinee and evening showings of the films that aim to raise awareness and provide support for people living with … Read more
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has launched a repository that includes a range of knowledge about older LGBTQ+ people – their lives, needs and their experiences with social care. This is part of the LGBTQ+ Older Adult Social Care Assessment (LOASCA) project, led by the University of Birmingham, and the repository will be … Read more
The Community Network, hosted by the NHS Confederation and NHS Providers, has published a new briefing exploring the role of community providers in supporting people with frailty (including those living with dementia) throughout the care pathway. The briefing includes examples of good practice from around the country where people have been treated at or near … Read more
Age UK has published a new report ‘A hidden crisis: Older people and deprivation of liberty in care homes’ highlighting the need for reform of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) system. DoLS is intended to be a system that provides legal protection for older people who have lost their mental capacity, often due to … Read more
The Centre for Social Justice has published a report entitled: ‘Creating a Britain that Works and Cares’ which looks at how to support family carers in employment. The report draws on statistics from a national survey of unpaid working-age (16-64 year old) carers that was conducted in November 2023 by The Centre for Social Justice … Read more
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has launched its Call 2 for research proposals that relate to social care. The Call closes at 1pm on 26 June 2024. More information can be found here: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/research-programme-for-social-care-call-2/35589. There is also a researcher webinar on 4 April 2024 – you can register for that here: … Read more
Research published by Dementia Carers Count (DCC), who surveyed 1,300 unpaid dementia carers, has shown that unpaid female carers are less likely than unpaid male carers to access support from local authorities (advice and information, Carer’s Assessments and funded support). Frances Lawrence, CEO of Dementia Carers Count said: “Our research shows that over half of … Read more
The NHS are advising all over 40s to get their blood pressure checked to detect the ‘silent killer’ of high blood pressure (hypertension). Hypertension often has no symptoms but, if left untreated, can lead to fatal heart attacks, strokes, kidney disease and vascular dementia. It is believed that a third of cases of high blood … Read more
Alzheimer’s Research have reported that in the first year of their online tool ‘Think Brain Health Check-in’ being live, 300,000 people have completed the check-in. Alzheimer’s Research have marked this anniversary by sharing the five biggest lessons they’ve learnt so far from the data they’ve collected, and you can read about those lessons here: https://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/news/300000-people-took-our-check-in-heres-what-weve-learned/. … Read more