The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has updated its dementia care recommendations to include music therapy.
Music and dementia charity, Playlist for Life, has been awarded £1.6 million in National Lottery funding.
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Care homes across the UK are being invited to take part in the #GladtoCare competition designed to capture residents’ favourite memories.
People living with dementia are being ignored and neglected by the government, the Alzheimer’s Society has warned, as a new poll reveals that the majority of MPs believe dementia services are underfunded.
Barchester Healthcare has brought a bit of magic to its residents by installing the Tovertafel ‘magic table’ as part of a roll-out scheme to improve residents’ quality of life.
A key milestone has been marked in the construction of a £16m care village in Merseyside.
An award winning care home has opened a floor in its building specifically for people living with dementia to mark Dementia Action Week (May 20-26).
In recognition of Dementia Action Week (20-26 May), leading care supplies company Spearhead Healthcare has hosted The Virtual Dementia Tour at its head office in Kilmarnock.
Worthington Lake Care Home in Wigan is adopting the latest technology and approaches to dementia care for its residents.
More than 60 MPs have supported a call by the Alzheimer’s Society for a £2.4bn Dementia Fund to cover “unfair” care costs.
