Fundraisers at local charity Stick ‘n’ Step are appealing for people to step up and step out on this year’s Wirral Coastal Walk to help them raise funds. The charity provides free conductive education to children with cerebral palsy, which encourages confidence, independence and mobility. Stick ‘n’ Step takes part in the famous walk every year and this year hopes ... Read More »
A woman who has spent her life in far-flung places has celebrated her 100th birthday at a Dundee retirement housing development. Emily Lyall, who was born in Soho and grew up in Kent, made India, Egypt and Singapore her home before returning to the UK. Celebrating with family and friends at Bield’s Strathmartine Court, Emily revealed that her secret to ... Read More »
Local man, Gareth Powell, has run his first ever marathon, half a world away in Disney World, Florida and raised over £1,150 for Stick ‘n’ Step – a charity much closer to home. Having never run 26 miles before and with only a few months training, Gareth, 36, completed the race in under five hours. He finished it in 4 ... Read More »
Dementia: through their eyes offers guidance on how to deliver person centred care to people whose lives have been affected by dementia. Providing people with practical tips on communicating, eating well and improving wellbeing plus advice on assistive technology and creative therapies. It provides the reader with a compelling, informative and easy to understand resource, helping people better understand how ... Read More »
RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People) is encouraging GPs and other primary care professionals across the UK to sign up to its free GP Eye Health Network. The charity’s network aims to raise the profile of eye health within general practice and improve the quality of care for blind and partially sighted patients. Eye health now accounts for 4.5 ... Read More »
The family of a care home resident from Paisley has revealed his secret for reaching his 105th birthday – a regular dose of porridge. Former greyhound breeder and racer Neil McNeil, who has lived at Bupa’s Elderslie Care Home for three years, insists on a daily bowl of the traditional Scottish breakfast cereal, and will often request a second bowl ... Read More »
A Day Care centre in Falkirk has been able to continue to offer a vital Evening Support Service after receiving a fantastic boost in funding. The project has made a life changing impact on a number of tenants and their families as well as a many other older people in the Falkirk area. Based at Bield’s Thornhill Court development the ... Read More »
FOI requests reveal disabled people and carers actually worse off since the launch of the Care Act. National disabled people’s charity Revitalise has responded to a new study on the first anniversary of the Care Act, published today by Carers Trust. In its own study, Revitalise found that, one year on from its launch, the long-awaited Care Act, billed ... Read More »
One of Scotland’s leading housing and care providers is giving its colleagues additional training in a bid to help raise more awareness of dementia. Edinburgh based charity Blackwood is rolling out training in Dementia Care Awareness for 450 members of staff across Scotland after Alzheimer Scotland reported more than 90,000 people are currently living with the disease. The ‘Promoting Excellence ... Read More »
Residents, staff and relatives at a care home in Glasgow have donned their walking boots for a charity close to their hearts by taking part in a ‘Walking Your Way To Healthy’ fundraising event. Thanks to their efforts, the committed group from Bupa’s Quayside care home on Halley Street, together with family, friends and members of the local community, raised ... Read More »
Cancer. This simple six-letter word has so much power. It has the strength to steal hopes and dreams and replace them with dread and despair. It strikes a sickening fear into the hearts of those who hear it, for the straightforward reason that it forces us to stare into the face of our own bleak mortality. When you hear that ... Read More »
A team from Hft – a national charity supporting people with learning disabilities – has been selected by the Health Foundation, an independent health care charity, to be part of its £1.5 million innovation programme, Innovating for Improvement. The second round of the Innovating for Improvement programme is supporting twenty-one health care projects in the UK with the aim of ... Read More »
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