Sue Learner (23-Jun-17)
“There is such a need for dementia-friendly barbers, says Lenny White, who has been making men with dementia feel good about themselves again. Based in County Down, Northern Ireland, he started cutting the.....
Melissa McAlees (22-Jun-17)
With more than two million people expected to be living with dementia by 2050, a leading home care provider has created a new interactive guide on ‘how to make a dementia friendly home’. The online interactive.....
Melissa McAlees (14-Jun-17)
Since the referendum on Brexit last year, the number of nurses from the EU registering to practise in the UK has dropped by 96 per cent. The Health Foundation obtained figures from a Freedom of Information.....
Angeline Albert (01-Jun-17)
Family is everything to Teresa Walker. Aged 49, the grandmother of five, lives in her Plymouth home with her husband Kevin as well as Roma, Kerry and Matt, who are not related to her but are treated like family anyway. Teresa.....
Angeline Albert (30-May-17)
Eighteen-year-old Georgina Callander, was one of the 22 people killed in a bomb attack at Ariana Grande’s concert in Manchester, but she had spent her short life determined not only to meet the US singer but to pursue a career caring.....
Michaela Mildenhall (26-May-17)
Over a million potential voters with learning difficulties and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are at potential risk of being excluded from the voting process of the upcoming General Election on 8 June 2017......
Michaela Mildenhall (25-May-17)
Living Paintings, a specialist publisher for blind and partially sighted people, is reaching out to combat social isolation and loneliness through a nationwide book group called ‘Touch to See’. The book.....
Angeline Albert (15-May-17)
Forty-one-year-old Chris Graham has Alzheimer’s but is wasting no time in cycling the length of Britain to raise money for research into a disease that has killed his father at 42, grandfather at 46, aunt at 38 and cousin at 41. Chris.....
Sue Learner (12-May-17)
Many women with Autism are not diagnosed with the condition until they reach middle age, leaving them wondering what is ‘wrong with them’. Boys are still five times more likely to be diagnosed with Autism.....
Michaela Mildenhall (08-May-17)
Judges from Britain’s Got Talent were moved to tears by an audition from 16-year-old singer Harry Gardner, who sang the song ‘Not Alone’ about his grandmother who recently died from Alzheimer’s. Judge Simon.....
Angeline Albert (04-May-17)
Rhys Chandler is urging more men to consider the care sector having risen through the ranks to become a senior care co-ordinator at HomeCare Plus, part of the Nurse Plus Group. Rhys Chandler joined Nurse.....
Melissa McAlees (04-May-17)
One of the UK's bravest centenarians is hoping to break the world record for the oldest tandem skydiver. Great-grandfather Bryson William Verdun Hayes, aged 101, tried skydiving for the first-time last year.....
Melissa McAlees (03-May-17)
Keith Oliver, a successful and respected head teacher, is one of 42,000 people in the UK living with early onset dementia. On New Year's Eve in 2010, aged just 55, his life was turned upside down when doctors confirmed 'the unknown'. Since.....
Melissa McAlees (02-May-17)
A devoted husband living with dementia spoke for the first time in months to say he missed his wife, after he 'sensed' that she had died. Michael Royce, who had been living with Alzheimer’s disease, died.....
Sue Learner (27-Apr-17)
Charles Eugster, who wrote the book ‘Age is just a number’ has died at the age of 97, from complications following heart failure. The retired dental surgeon, who became known as the ‘World’s fittest old age.....
Ellie Spanswick (05-Apr-17)
Providing home care can be a vocation that people choose early on in their working life, because it’s a role they want to do and it fits with their lifestyle. Chris Fyfe is an exception, as someone who spent.....
Sue Learner (04-Apr-17)
The Care Workers Charity, which gives financial support to care workers when they fall on hard times, has stepped in to help a family who couldn’t afford new beds and bedding for their children and newborn baby. Pete.....
Angeline Albert (04-Apr-17)
Ex-footballer Wayne Bridge joined Andy Murray’s mum to play a charity football match, after singer Pixie Lott persuaded them to fundraise for Alzheimer’s Research UK. Pixie Lott may have got stars from the.....
Sue Learner (03-Apr-17)
The care sector is mourning the loss of Bhavna Emery-Jones, who has died from a brain tumour. Bhavna was diagnosed with glioblastoma in September 2013 and during that time became an ambassador for the Brain.....
Ellie Spanswick (03-Apr-17)
‘Demented’, ‘senile’, ‘suffering’ and ‘past it’ are words often used to describe older people and those with dementia. Yet language that is negative and unappealing perpetuates ageism and negative stereotypes about older people and.....
