A free resource titled “Be inspired – The role of music in dementia care” has been produced by the charity Music as Therapy International. It is designed to explore the role music can play in care and includes ideas, questions and inspiration for choosing the right music. The resource is part of a new online training course, Music Helps, which the charity aims to launch later this year.
Average length of stay in a care home has decreased to around 13 months, compared with 1.8 years before the pandemic and 2.2 years in 2011, according to figures quoted by the Downing investment company. The company states that the sector is changing because the needs of those moving into care are increasingly acute. Mark…
Health Education England (HEE) has awarded funding worth £700,000 to 28 health and care organisations as part of its “Volunteer to Career” programme. The programme, set up by the charity Helpforce, helps volunteers who want to work in the NHS to progress into a health and care career. Under the initiative, the organisations will have…
New data from the Health and Social Care Workforce Study conducted by King’s College London finds that 58.1% of workers reported feeling overwhelmed by increasing pressures resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. Phase 6 of the workforce survey, presenting results from 1,395 respondents during the period 25 November 2022 – 13 January 2023, found that social…
The NIHR Policy Research Unit Dementia and Neurodegeneration of the University of Exeter (DeNPRU Exeter) is running two workshops in October with an EDI focus. On 15 October, those working with minority ethnic communities affected by neurodegenerative conditions are invited to take part in this workshop https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/raising-awareness-of-neurodegenerative-conditions-tickets-946418943537? On 16 October, those with strategic responsibilities for…
Fairy tale: Panto season was extended at a Dorset dementia care home as residents and staff staged their own version of Beauty and the Beast. Weeks of rehearsals, making props and sourcing costumes culminated in the performance at Colten Care’s Fernhill home in Longham. Resident Patrick Ryan is pictured (right) with fellow cast members, who…
The chancellor’s Spring Budget on March 15 got a mixed reaction from the care sector with a welcome for measures that supported care workers in employment coupled with a sense that more should have been done. The National Care Forum (NCF), representing not-for-profit providers, said that better funding for childcare and an extension to the…