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Food for Thought: The Dining Experience and Dementia

April 16, 2025
  This month I visited a care home to observe residents over lunchtime to see if I could offer any advice to improve the overall dining experience and encourage those…
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Gardening: A Purposeful Activity for People with Dementia

April 15, 2025
Gardening and Dementia: An Overlooked Opportunity There’s been so much in the news recently about the benefits of purposeful activity for people with dementia. The power of music has been…
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The Care Social, Episode Seven: Dementia and Sensory Loss

March 25, 2025
How do sight and hearing loss affect people with dementia? Barry Price and Gerry McMurdie break it down and share simple, practical ways to give better support.
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The Power of Music

September 2, 2024
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Celebrating the Extraordinary Career of Jackie Pool: A True Dementia Care Champion

February 29, 2024
When reflecting on Jackie Pool, several descriptors spring to mind: innovator, author, teacher, and advocate. Yet, above all, she stands as a true beacon of inspiration. Jackie boasts a remarkable…
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What outstanding dementia carers know… it’s probably a pain

June 19, 2023
What is your pain behaviour? Did you realise that we have different ways of expressing our pain dependent on several factors including our personality, previous experience and learned behaviours? Add…
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Launch of new Assign feature for QCS Dementia Centre to improve resource planning

March 28, 2023
By Alana Grant, QCS Product Manager, Social Care Solutions The QCS Dementia Centre, which gives providers all they need to deliver and evidence great dementia care, has a useful new…
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QCS Dementia Care Champion Jackie Pool wins lifetime achievement award  

November 3, 2022
Quality Compliance System (QCS) is delighted to announce that its Dementia Care Champion, Jackie Pool, has been awarded The Journal of Dementia’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Part of the not-for-profit’s National…
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