The King’s Fund publish report about public perceptions of adult social care

Carers UK has published a report entitled: ‘Taking the next step for working carers – Introducing a new right to paid Carer’s Leave’.  The report’s findings suggest that introducing paid carers leave could benefit millions of workers by reducing work-related inequalities, with employers seeing productivity gains up to £8.2 billion per year.  Carers UK, who…

A new title has been added to the Reconsidering Dementia series: ‘Living with Dementia Reconsidered’.  Published by McGraw Hill and written by Linda Clare, Catherine Charlwood, Catherine Quinn and Christina Victor, it is a co-produced publication that shares research findings from a decade of the IDEAL programme. It also includes a dementia manifesto call to…

Curiouser and curiouser: An Alice in Wonderland aerial circus performed at Dorset dementia care home Fernhill, run by Colten Care.  “I really enjoyed the show,” said resident Joan Vohra, pictured with Colten companion Meizy Reynolds.  “The way they did it was something completely new to me.” Acrobats from the professional theatre company Dot Collective were…

The Alzheimer Café @ Parklands, in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, has opened its doors, providing a wide range of services for people living with or caring for someone with dementia.   The Parklands site provides advice and information about dementia as well as training, a wellbeing club to support people to revisit hobbies or try…

Hamberley Care Homes has launched a new Dementia Strategy entitled ‘Bringing Out the Best’.  The strategy, which has been co-produced with residents, families, and team members, is structured on a five pillars of care model.  David Moore, Head of Dementia at Hamberley Care Homes, says:  “In many care settings, residents with dementia often lose their…

What should the next phase of the government’s dementia strategy focus on?  A forthcoming dementia care webinar, hosted by Public Policy Exchange, will assess the impact of the last strategy and discuss ideas on what the government’s proposed 10-year plan for dementia care should contain.  Entitled Improving Dementia Care: Tackling the Crisis in Care Quality,…