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Tributes to the Queen: Residents of Royal Star & Garter care homes in Solihull, Surbiton and High Wycombe came together on video (see picture) and shared their reflections on the late monarch. Armed forces veterans and their partners paid tribute to the Queen, who became the charity’s patron in 1953, for her lifetime of service. …
The King’s Fund has announced that applications are open for the 2026 GSK IMPACT Awards and the GSK Community Health Programme. The IMPACT Awards provide funding, training and development with up to 15 awards being made to charities whose income is between £150,000 and £3m. The deadline for Stage 1 applications is 5pm on Wednesday…
All residents in care homes for older people will receive an additional Covid booster jab this spring, PM Boris Johnson said last week, setting out the government’s plan for living with the virus. But Alzheimer’s Society responded that the plan did not go far enough to protect people with dementia. While details of the additional…
Fourteen pilot schemes across England are attempting to increase diagnosis rates by checking care home residents to see whether they have dementia. Under the NHS’s £900,000 drive to revive the flagging dementia diagnosis rate, GPs will share lists of care home residents with specialist teams who will go into care homes. Nurses and other clinicians…
Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire Nigel Atkinson has presented the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service to Dementia-friendly Alton. The ceremony took place at Alton Community Centre, the home of the Memory Lane Club, earlier in December. It was rescheduled from September following the death of the Queen.
Vamos Theatre has partnered with PrimeLife to create an innovative teaching programme aimed at supporting care home staff to rediscover their skills of empathy, trust, listening and insight, especially through non-verbal communication. Beginning with a small pilot trial in two PrimeLife care homes, Vamos Theatre has taught staff teams about using their eyes, ears, facial…