When Royd Court first opened in Yorkshire in 2007 the only splashes of colour in the garden were the lavender and roses, though there were
‘Think again’ begins the headline in an article busting the myth that brains inevitably deteriorate with age. NOT SO, say scientists at Columbia University. They
Four years ago Ralph Ireland could only dream of living again with Maureen, his wife of 46 years. She’d had to move into a nursing
What do you do when you are Chief Executive of a Christian charity facing a £18 million bill for renewing three of its care homes
A white haired lady stands in a summer-lit garden, with a serious expression on her face. She is holding a placard up to the camera,
‘With old age comes wisdom, patience, subtlety, and contemplation, said classical pianist, composer and writer Stephen Hough, ‘all qualities needed to appreciate great and complex
Recently, I wrote to a Christian magazine in response to a reader’s letter saying that elderly Christians should go into secular care homes to share
‘When arranging visits to my grandmother, finding time is a great problem,’ wrote a contributor to the Letters page of a national newspaper. ‘With so
When we hear of disasters they are sometimes on a scale so large that our minds can’t grasp them. Yet now and then you hear
Unless you’ve been living in a really remote village somewhere, you will have heard of GDPR. It’s a new regulation that says we have to
Had you been in the centre of Birmingham today, you would have seen a crowd of people wearing yellow T-shirts surrounding a huge block of
‘Treat everyone with kindness, dignity, compassion and respect whether you think they understand or not: never underestimate the power of the mind, the importance of
Knitters do much more than turnout socks and sweaters and baby cardigans! They are also lowering their blood pressure, avoiding or reducing depression, and even
They’d been married for fifty-eight years, and throughout all those years, Mrs Anne Limbert did the driving. Her husband, Keith, had some driving lessons in
This morning on Radio Four, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks commented on a study showing that just one hour a week of social interaction helps people with
This is for seniors, and for people who will be seniors one day. It’s to show their special place in God’s thinking, and how we
Music is a powerful, but underused tool for people with dementia, says an article in today’s Care Home News. The article mentions a Commission on Dementia
A new report to Parliament by MP Frank Field shows that as many as 1 million older people are starving in their homes because of
News via Dow Jones today is that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is to stop research into producing new drugs for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Like several
Often good things start in small ways. In my local paper today is a headline, ‘Youf Gang makes a big difference in community.’ It’s the
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