The online care home organisation, carehome.co.uk, has announced its 2026 Top 20 Care Home awards: carehome.co.uk Top 20 Care Home Awards 2026 …
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The Scottish government has passed ‘Anne’s Law’ to give care home residents legal rights to visits from a designated loved one. The law is named after Anne Duke, a woman with dementia who died in November 2021 after being separated from her family during the Covid-19 pandemic and follows a campaign by Anne’s daughter. Anne’s…...
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A new resource has been launched to help people living with dementia to feel more confident when speaking to their doctors and healthcare professionals about their medicines. Described as a ‘conversation starter’, the PRIME tool (Preparing people living with dementia to initiate conversations about their medicines) has been co-designed as part of the KIND program…
A report has been published by NIHR Policy Research Unit Dementia and Neurodegeneration University of Exeter entitled ‘Managing care challenges related to lack of awareness in the person with dementia: Report of a stakeholder consultation’. Written by Dr Catherine Alexander, the report examines challenges when a person with dementia is being cared for at home…
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…
Care England, in partnership with Be Great Fitness, has shared its second publication in the ‘From Inactivity to Independence’ series, with this latest report being supported by Lincoln Healthcare Partnership Primary Care Network. ‘From Inactivity to Independence: Measuring the impact of movement in adult social care’ shares new evidence showing that structured, personalised movement can…
Following the launch of ‘The Big Dementia Conversation’ in early 2025 (which we reported on here: https://journalofdementiacare.co.uk/care-uk-share-dementia-advice-as-part-of-their-big-conversation), Care UK has relaunched this awareness-raising campaign and released a new guide entitled, ‘Staying connected: A guide to dementia-friendly conversations’. The guide features advice on communication when a loved one has dementia. Jo Crossland, Head of Dementia and…