Today is a dog day for me: It began with an email from an aggrieved man asking when we are going to appoint a Dog Warden for our local...

A lot of interest and excitement has been generated by reference to a very technical paper about the relationship between sleep and...

Unlike last week’s paper from Exeter which focussed on the care of people who have developed dementia, this study from researchers...

I was pleased to find a reference in the newspaper to important work which confirms that people with dementia who see their own GP...

The moon in early mornings is a treat not known to everyone. Early calls to walk with Trixie, our remaining dog, mean that this is part...

Our regular Friday seminars are enhanced by a monthly session where scans undertaken are reviewed by experts based in the Cerebral...

Today is a dog day for me: It began with an email from an aggrieved man asking when we are going to appoint a Dog Warden for our local...

Simon Jenkins is concerned about the progressive loss of churches. He is most concerned about the buildings, their history and social...

Christmas is a joy of new and old – surprise presents, surprise visits, cards and music – but all wrapped around with old friends and...

Getting your cards used to be a euphemism for getting the sack – being sent up the drive (as in Mental Hospitals) – the unplanned...

Getting ready for Christmas I looked over to the house across the road: lights on, curtains open – revealing a scene of mum and...

Reports of the merciless abuse and eventual murder of little Arthur Labinjo-Hughes have drawn attention to the extra dangers that have ...

A couple of weeks ago we were reading about the lady aged 105 in the USA setting a new world record for her speed over 100 metres – she...

A new year is in sight and calendars for 2022 are beginning to be available. Twenty years on from the publication of the first calendar...

Cold November Sunday morning. People of all ages, in family groups, alone or with others, soberly dressed and sporting an artificial...

I have found myself thinking more about the question of mix in the disability/needs profiles of people in residential care and maybe in...

Gerry Robinson has travelled within me as one of my heroes since his BBC programmes in which he sought to ‘Save the NHS’, and ‘Save...

The Care Quality Commission finds that care homes serving more self-funders provide better quality of care than those used by more...

I remember an article in a Sunday newspaper many years ago – probably The Observer- though it was while I was a student in London and I...

These covid months have brought death closer to the lived experience of many of us. More friends and relatives have died. More have died...