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How to support and enable people living with all levels of dementia
January 12, 2022
In this article I want to focus on how carers and activity providers can deliver a sense of emotional well-being to individuals living with dementia and all other forms of…
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How the QCS PAL Instrument transformed the Dementia Activity Centre at Age UK Medway
December 13, 2021
“The real voyage of discovery consists, not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes” Marcel Proust. It is a quote that resonates with many of us, but particularly with…
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How to provide outstanding dementia care and meet regulatory requirements
October 7, 2021
There are currently 850,000 people in the UK with dementia. However, the Alzheimer’s Society forecasts that by 2040, some 1.6 million could be living with the condition. While researchers are…
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The Social Care Sector Needs to Embrace Condition-Based Practice Models if it is to solve the Dementia Crisis
September 23, 2021
“Dementia robs millions of people of their memories, independence and dignity… The world is failing people with dementia, and that hurts all of us…” This was just one of the…
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Skilled, Informed and effective care workers are what people with dementia need most
September 15, 2021
In England more than 850,000 people live with dementia and that figure is set to increase to over two million by 2051. The big question is what can we do…
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QCS creates state-of-the-art dementia centre
September 15, 2021
Quality Compliance Systems (QCS), a leading provider of content, guidance and standards for the social care sector, has launched the Dementia Centre. The Dementia Centre, is the realisation of a…
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Activities in Late Stage Dementia
July 21, 2021
Caring for service users living with late-stage dementia is all about preserving dignity and promoting comfort and quality of life. The person may no longer be able to respond verbally,…
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Music and Dementia
July 16, 2021
“Where words fail, music speaks” (Hans Christian Andersen) Music stimulates more parts of the brain than any other human function (Mannes, 2011). There is clear potential in the power of…
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