Living at Home

Hampshire County Council is the first local authority to use voice recognition technology to support elderly and disabled residents receiving care at home. Working with Amazon, the council is trialling a customised version of its Alexa software...

Loneliness is a real concern for older people and their families. As their ability to get out and about reduces and their social circle decreases, an aged person can find occupation and interaction with the outside world hard to come by...

The learning of foreign languages has long been a part of curriculum in schools and is a vital part of today's global society. The art of learning a second or multiple languages is well known to have cognitive benefits and improve a person's confidence...

Love to Move is a gymnastics exercise programme developed by the British Gymnastics Foundation (BGF) for the elderly, in particular those with dementia. Theprogramme is chair-based to ensure it is accessible to the...

Animals/pets in care homes may sound a little strange, but the positive impact they can have on the wellbeing of residents is most certainly not to be sniffed at. Interaction between the animals and residents stimulates senses...

Burning Nights CRPS Support was founded in September 2014 and became a registered charity in April 2016. At the time of it being set up, not a single UK charity or website existed that was dedicated to raising awareness...

'It's time to forget. To forget about your age, forget about your race, your social standing, your ideological view. Forget about your allegiances, your tastes, your identity. Or whether you voted in or out'...

In the outskirts of Amsterdam lies a small Dutch village called Hogeweyk. By taking the only entrance into the village, you will discover a radical idea in motion that has the potential to revolutionise dementia care...

At the Tesco store in Forres in the Scottish Highlands, you will notice a large sign positioned at the entrance to one of the checkout lanes. It reads, 'Feel free to take as long as you need to go through this checkout today'...

Singing for the Brain is an initiative organised by the Alzheimer's Society which involves bringing dementia patients and carers together in regular singing groups. The groups are a socially stimulating activity for people with dementia and memory loss...

'I am not here to be a champion. I am here to prove that at 105 years old you can still ride a bike.' The words of Robert Marchand, a French cyclist aged 105, having just set a new record for the furthest distance cycled in one hour...

STROKESTRA is a pilot project which brings stroke patients, carers and therapists from across the Hull and East Yorkshire region together to form an orchestra. The pilot project comes as a result of a partnership formed between the world-renowned...