London care home receives coveted award for end of life care
The Royal Star & Garter Care Home in Surbiton, London, has received recognition for the quality of its end of life care. It has been…
GDI Hub welcomes first intake of students on first-of-its-kind Disability Design and Innovation Masters
The Global Disability Innovation (GDI) Hub has welcomed its first group of students, who have joined the Hub’s ground-breaking new Masters course in Disability, Design…
Shocking new disability hate crime statistics revealed
More than 5,000 disability hate crimes were reported to police in 2018/19, yet few cases result in prosecution, figures obtained by disability charity Leonard Cheshire…
Randomised control trial shows very little difference between alternating pressure mattresses and high specification foam
Clinical evidence has been published in the journal EClinical Medicine comparing the cost and effectiveness of alternating pressure mattresses and high specification foam in pressure…
Government announces regional chairs to help break down the barriers disabled people face in their daily lives
Announced by the Office for Disability Issues and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), nine new chairs have been appointed to Regional Stakeholder Networks;…
NHS hospital embraces pioneering dementia technology to help encourage social interaction amongst patients
Salisbury District Hospital in Wiltshire has installed a number of interactive Tovertafel tables for its dementia patients, which are designed to stimulate the patients’ brains…
How Closomat can help housing designers, developers and officers meet parliamentary recommendations on housing
A parliamentary inquiry into decent and accessible homes is highlighting the importance of utilising a universal design approach to make adaptation products appealing to all…
New research reveals the overwhelming fears stroke survivors face and underlines the crucial role healthcare professionals can play in their recovery
The Stroke Association has launched a new campaign – ‘Rebuilding Lives: the second phase’ – which aims to raise general awareness of strokes and showcase…
Latest Government figures show reduced delayed discharges across the social care system over one-year period
Vulnerable people across England received almost 13 million extra hours of home visits from social care workers last year, new statistics from the Department of…
Nationwide historic and countryside sites to be made dementia-friendly in new three-year project
Wimpole in Cambridge Two of the UK’s most popular charities, the National Trust and Alzheimer’s Society, have unveiled a three-year project to make all of…