Latest news

• What is social care and how does it work?
  03/07/17

  The King’s Fund have pulled together a range of bite-size content to help explain social care in England.

• Learning Disability England Academics
  03/07/17

  Learning Disability England has recognised the power of academic research in supporting their work.

• NHS Safeguarding Guide app
  03/07/17

  A resource for healthcare professionals to increase their awareness and understanding of safeguarding requirements.

• App in development to assess how suitable a home is for someone with dementia
  03/07/17

  Stirling University are developing an app that will assess how suitable a home is for someone with dementia.  

• Care Home Open Day, June 16th 2017
  15/06/17

  The National Dignity Council welcomes the opportunity to support this year’s Care Home Open Day, to be held on June 16th.

• SCIE Co-production Week
  09/05/17

  Make a Commitment and promise to do at least one thing to support co-production.

• Consultation on revalidation for pharmacy professionals launched by GPhC
  09/05/17

  Consultation open between 24th of April and 17th July 2017.

• New Visions for Leadership
  09/05/17

  From Skills for Care.

• Just Checking activity monitoring equipment
  09/05/17

  Birmingham University have tested the use of Just Checking activity monitoring equipment to summarise how a person naturally behaves in their home.

• The Journal of Dementia Care
  09/05/17

  A selection of articles that my be of interest.

• Bereaved through Alcohol and Drugs
  09/05/17

  New website launched by BEAD

• Voices of older people affected by a loved one's substance use
  09/05/17

  A new resource from Adfam.

• Foundations for the Future: dementia care for LGBT communities
  09/05/17

  How care professionals can provide the most appropriate support.

• 1st to the 7th June is Volunteers week
  09/05/17

  Tell volunteers 'you make the difference'

• Dementia Friendly Housing Charter
  09/05/17

  Housing LIN have launched the Dementia - Friendly Housing Charter.
  

• Managing medicines for adults receiving social care in the community
  09/05/17

  A new guideline from NICE.

• New toolkits to develop the health and social care workforce
  09/05/17

  Promoting the rewards and tackling common misconceptions of careers in health and social care sector.

• BME People and Dementia Research report
  09/05/17

  Experiences of Black and Minority Ethnic carers of people with dementia.

• DVDs help staff understand the Mental Capacity Act
  08/05/17

  Two new DVDs from the National Council for Palliative Care.

• Impact of housing problems on mental health
  08/05/17

  A new report from Shelter.