An 86-year-old grandmother has become the oldest student to graduate from the University of Bristol – after leaving school aged 15 with no formal qualifications.
After eight years of studying, Peggy Styles, from Failand in Somerset, completed an EdD and graduated on... Read more
The Government’s decision to make care bosses pay six years’ worth of backdated wages in line with minimum wage to night-time staff, is expected to cost care providers £400m - prompting fears of “Southern Cross type” care firm failures.
'Vulnerable will suffer' if... Read more
A brain training computer game has been shown to improve the memory in people who are in the earliest stages of dementia and could avert some symptoms of cognitive decline.
Researchers from the University of Cambridge developed the 'Game Show' app and tested its... Read more
People with disabilities in the UK still face a lot of prejudice, with just over a quarter of Brits admitting to avoiding conversations with disabled people, according to new research.
The study by the charity Sense, found people avoided conversations with people with... Read more
TV presenter Davina McCall, has revealed how she “grieves the loss “of her “old Dad” since he got dementia, but says they are “forging a new relationship, a different one, where perhaps he might need me more”.
Davina, who recently presented The Jump, is taking part in... Read more
Fearless Mark Baxter stood on the wings of a plane as it flew at 135mph, 500ft in the sky, for Deafblind Awareness Week.
The 35-year-old charity worker has so far raised over £1,100 for Sense, a national charity that supports people who are deafblind and who have sensory... Read more
An 'appalling' home care agency which made care visits lasting ‘as little as six minutes’ has been put into special measures by the care watchdog and is now the subject of an investigation, following a client’s death.
Aamina Homecare Ltd, which offered home care to... Read more
Hospitals in England and Wales have taken steps to improve their dementia care, with over two-thirds of carers rating care as excellent or very good. However staff said they are not always able to access specialist dementia support, especially out of hours.
The... Read more
With his tattoos, leather jacket and goatee, Ric Mason, is in many ways the image of a classic biker. Yet, several times a week he sings to people living with dementia in Bridgend, South Wales, encouraging them to sing and dance along and evoking memories of their youth.... Read more
Admiral Nurses are specialist dementia nurses who give expert practical, clinical and emotional support to families living with dementia.
Susan Ashcroft-Simpson, from the Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, has revealed what being an Admiral Nurse means... Read more
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