Latest news

• Thinking of starting a reading group?
  20/12/10

  The "Time to Read" project have created a facilitators support pack to help you set up your own reading sessions with care home residents and groups of service users.

• Publication of DWP research report: local delivery of joined-up services for older people
  15/12/10

  Research published by the DWP reports on local areas that have joined-up the delivery of services for older people. The findings address why and how local areas have joined-up these services, discussing barriers faced and how these barriers can be overcome.

• A dignified revolution
  22/11/10

  MONICA Dennis and Judith Allen helped to found A Dignified Revolution to ensure older people are treated with dignity and respect while in hospital.

• Government launches vision for social care
  19/11/10

  The Government has launched its vision for social care.

• Champions of dignity in care recognised
  17/11/10

  The second Age Concern Metro Rochdale Dignity in Care Awards Evening took place recently. Over 130 people turned out to recognise and celebrate local Champions of Dignity in Care at Rochdale Town Hall.

• Milton Keynes Dignity in Care Award Winners Announced
  17/11/10

  There was a great response from patients and the public, who had been asked to help recognise the hard work of a MKCHS service, team or individual. So many nominations were received that it was decided to reward both a team and an individual.

• Have a Go Heroes - Project Update
  15/11/10

  See the latest update report from the BIG winners - Have a Go Heroes

• Appeal court ruling clears way for councils to cut social care services
  08/11/10

  Local councils have been given the green light by the courts to cut social care services to elderly and disabled people previously assessed by law as needing them.

• National End of Life Care Programme
  05/11/10

  Nine Regional Roadshows are being held to raise awareness of The National End of Life Care Programme's Social Care Framework, 'Supporting people to live and die well: a framework for social care at the end of life'.

• Dignity in practice: An exploration of the care of older adults in acute NHS Trusts"
  27/10/10

  Free event to be held in Westminister on the 26th of November 2010. this event is aime at those working in acute NHS trusts, policy makers and other interested stakeholders. Funded by the NIHR Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO) Programme, this study is part of the PANICOA programme a joint-funded research initiative between the Department of Health and Comic Relief which is designed to enhance the dignity of older people in institutional settings.

• Finding the right care
  22/10/10

  The best care means still enjoying life.

• Prevention of elder abuse and falls
  19/10/10

  Find our more about prevention of elder abuse and falls.

• Royal visit to Aigburth care home
  04/10/10

  Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal, visited Aigburth care home to meet the residents and help them to celebrate their newly aquired skills.

• Fighting the Flu - Tips to Try to Stay Healthy
  01/10/10

  With the new flu season on the horizon - follow the guidelines

• Equality Act 2010 - Guidance for Unpaid Carers
  01/10/10

  If you care for someone and it isn't your job, this information is for you.

• Changes Ahoy! - A Fresh New Approach to Dignity in Care
  23/09/10

  From Friday 1^st October 2010 We Are Changing the Way That We Do Things

• Share or Start Out Your Computer Skills with Age UK i-Tea and Biscuits Events
  23/09/10

  Call the Age UK National Information Line on 0800 169 2081 if or anyone you know like to attend - the third i-Tea and Biscuits Events week is taking place this week from 20 - 26 September 2010.

• Leeds Year of Volunteering 2010 - Final Date for Nominations 30th September 2010
  20/09/10

  Do you know of a person or project who shines?

• Second Annual Report on the Progress of the End of Life Care Strategy in England
  20/09/10

  'How people die remains in the memory of those who live on' Dame Cicely Saunders, Founder of the Modern Hospice Movement

• Help a Friend Or Colleague to Become Computer Literate
  20/09/10

  Computer literacy - some of us have it and some of us don't - share your knowledge around!