Deborah Alma, aka the Emergency Poet, has permanently parked her vintage ambulance and opened the doors of the Poetry Pharmacy in Shropshire to prescribe poetry to people in need.
The Emergency Poet began by travelling up and down the country in her 1979 vintage... Read more
A US drug company has created a drug that could slow Alzheimer's disease, and could soon be available to patients with early signs of the disease.
Drug company Biogen said it is seeking regulatory approval for the drug called aducanumab next week after new analysis... Read more
Nicci Gerrard, best-selling author of What Dementia Teaches Us about Love, says dementia teaches you to value "time" and "vulnerability".
Ms Gerrard's father Dr John Gerrard lived with Alzheimer’s for 10 years and was happily living at home with his wife. Then her... Read more
Care minister Caroline Dinenage has changed the law, effective from 2 December, to allow 100,000 more people using wheelchairs or receiving mental health support to get a personal health budget.
From 2 December, all those eligible for an NHS wheelchair or... Read more
TV personality Sue Perkins agreed to be cut off from the rest of the world and confined in a house for 30 hours and has described her short time in isolation as a "shock".
Left with no human contact nor access to the internet, TV, radio or her mobile phone, Sue... Read more
The owner of a home care business has been fined nearly £9,000 for failing to register with England’s social care watchdog, the Care Quality Commission.
Florica Jordan, who ran Cheshunt Care based in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire was fined £1,250 at Luton Magistrates’... Read more
The majority of care professionals (72 per cent) do not consider sexual orientation and gender identity to be relevant to one’s health needs, according to MPs who have published a House of Commons report on LGBT+ care.
A cross-party group of MPs sitting on the House... Read more
People aged 65+ are spending on average eight hours alone a day, however a poll reveals the majority still prefer living in their own home.
An online poll of more than 2,000 people aged over-65, commissioned by home care provider, Home Instead Senior Care has also... Read more
A GP is calling for a “seismic shift” away from medication and towards social prescribing, after she found a communal singing group boosted women’s self-esteem and overcame the negative impact of social isolation and loneliness.
Sarah Andersen, a GP, who recently... Read more
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Young people, aged 18-34, are the most likely to apply for a care job (64 per cent) and over half of people this age are open to switching jobs to start a career in adult social care.
According to a poll of over 2,000 people, commissioned by the Department of Health... Read more
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