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A service for older people and working people Pulse recently highlighted whether or not greater access works against the quality of care. The Department of Health claims that it is…

This blog has previously looked at managing nutritional issues in dementia, and at the potential protective impact of a diet rich in oily fish or supplements of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty…

Many care homes engage workers to sleep overnight so as to satisfy legal obligations and since, in most cases, all the carer needs to do is sleep this has typically…

More than ever we have to consider the specific care needs of the over 60s. Learning Disability Week 2014 focuses on the needs of older people and what choices and…

Early in the morning of 21st October 1805, at the start of the Battle of Trafalgar, Admiral Nelson sent a signal out to all his fleet saying “England expects that…

Dementia acts as a stressor to the internal system of an affected individual by its alteration in perceptions of the external environment and therefore the individual’s reactions to it. External…

When you need more than sunblock to cope with the effects of summer This weekend the summer solstice is set to take place, marking the first day of the summer…

Food provision in care homes is governed by quality care standards but these are not food based standards. This week, the government announced new food standards for schools. The question…