Latest news

• Standing Together Toolkit
  26/10/18

  Addressing loneliness and poor mental health within later-life schemes.

• New BBC website aims to help connect dementia patients with the songs they love
  25/10/18

  Music's ability to soothe the symptoms of dementia and Alzheimer's has been known for years. 

• Why housing providers are planning for a digital future
  25/10/18

  Digital technology promises to revolutionise telecare and warden call in the supported housing sector. But how ready is the sector?

• Dying matters all year round
  25/10/18

  Half-price sale on many Dying Matters resources and publications.

• Five scenario sessions to support the application of the Care Certificate Standards
  25/10/18

  Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare (HEE e-LfH) has launched five scenario sessions to support the application of the Care Certificate Standards.

• New e-learning modules for leaders and managers launched
  25/10/18

  Skills for Care has launched two online learning modules to help frontline leaders and managers develop their knowledge and skills.

• State of Care - 2018 CQC report
  11/10/18

  CQC's annual assessment of health and social care in England.

• Leading social care interest groups warn government that its mental capacity reforms are not fit for purpose
  10/10/18

  Leading social care interest groups from across the care sector are calling on the Government to urgently rethink its Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill that is now at a crucial parliamentary stage.

• Unlocking capacity - smarter together animation
  01/10/18

  This animation will help you navigate adult social care and wider public services. It shows how collaboration across health and social care adds value in terms of quality.

• Dignity and Respect - Case studies and examples
  24/09/18

  New resources for Champions.

• National Dignity Council 2018 AGM Notes and Annual Report
  24/09/18

  Links to our 2018 Annual General Meeting notes, 2017-2018 Annual Report and latest resources.

• The Learning Disability and Autism Leaders’ List 2018
  31/07/18

  The first national listing of people with learning disabilities and/or autism who are helping make things better for themselves and others.

• Financial scams and National Trading Standards - raising awareness
  31/07/18

  The National Trading Standards (NTS) Scams Team estimates that between £5 and £10 billion a year is lost by UK consumers because of scams.

• Delivering integrated care: the role of the multidisciplinary team
  31/07/18

  Integrated care requires professionals and practitioners from across different sectors to work together around the needs of people, their families and their communities.

• Major health benefits from strengthening and balance activity
  31/07/18

  An evidence review commissioned by Public Health England and the Centre for Ageing Better has found that muscle and bone strengthening and balance activities continue to have great health benefits for all adults, including older adults aged 65 years and over.

• New law introduced to protect vulnerable people in care
  31/07/18

  The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill was introduced to the House of Lords last week seeking to replace the current system known as ‘Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards’ (DoLs).

• New oral health tools introduced to Mobile Care Monitoring
  31/07/18

  With Oral Health in residential care settings becoming increasingly important, Person Centred Software has introduced new oral health tools.

• Whole Systems Approaches to LGBT health and wellbeing
  31/07/18

  Reducing health inequalities and improving access to health and social care for LGB&T people

• 2019 Dying Matters awareness week
  31/07/18

  Every year in May, Dying Matters and its coalition members host an Awareness Week.

• My Guide
  31/07/18

  New prevention service to assist blind and partially sighted adults help prevent social isolation.