News featured in March 2026 JDC
Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board has collaborated with the University of Gloucestershire and eHealth Digital Media to create a series of free-to-access training films. The films capture the experiences of people living in care homes and extra care sheltered housing settings across Gloucestershire, alongside the perspectives of staff, family members and friends, and include best practice…
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has published a report – supported by The Access Group – entitled, ‘Towards a National Care Service: raising national standards of care’. The report, which focuses on England, advocates for national standards to form the basis of a National Care Service. The content of the report was informed…
Friends of the Elderly has launched a new dementia strategy entitled ‘The Wider View’. The strategy, which spans 2026-2029, sets out Friends of the Elderly’s approach to supporting people living with dementia across their care homes and day care services. The strategy has four key commitments: Yvette Carr, Friends of the Elderly’s Head of Dementia…