ILC-UK gives its support to National Care Home Open Day
Friday was National Care Home Open Day [1]. Up and down the country over 2,000 care homes opened their doors to the public and inviting them in for tea, cake, dancing, art classes, and talks and tours....
View ArticleILC-UK publishes ‘Factpack’ of demographic statistics
The International Longevity Centre-UK has today published its own ‘Factpack’ of demographic statistics, offering a one-stop shop for facts and figures related to ageing and longevity in the UK. The...
View ArticleCall for action: Hydration for older people
‘More than 1,000 care home residents have died of thirst or while suffering severe dehydration over the past decade’ reports The Daily Telegraph. The article also mentions that the figure could be...
View ArticleGuest Blog: Dr Matthew Norton –‘You’re just a bit doolally’: Tackling the...
This is a cross blog post with Alzheimer’s Research UK Stigma is an issue that continues to blight progress in dementia research and support for people with dementia and their carers. It is mainly...
View ArticleGuest blog: Karen Taylor – Better care for frail older people: A right that...
Success treating, managing and preventing disease has led to increased longevity and a relatively active and prosperous older generation who provide an invaluable economic and social contribution to...
View ArticleRaising awareness of constipation in the older population – new website launch
Today ILC-UK are launching a new website, www.burdenofconstipation.com which highlights the impact of constipation on the older population, including case studies, policy and guidance recommendations...
View ArticleWho Cares? A blog by Nick Kirwan
The PSSRU’s excellent research paper, entitled Changes in the Patterns of Social Care Provision in England: 2005/6 to 2012/13, provides solid evidence of an “unprecedented” reduction in spending on...
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The future of long term care spending in the UK
This striking graph from the latest EU Ageing Report*1 highlights how the UK continues to spend a relatively small proportion of GDP on long term care (LTC). It also highlights that, far from a...
View ArticleILC-UK in the news: June 2015
June saw the launch of the ILC-UK’s Centre for Later Life Funding. The first report launched was At a cross-roads: Understanding the future likelihood of low incomes in old age, and received coverage...
View Article“I am not getting old”
This week the Sunday Times reported ‘Healthy nurse, 75, chooses death over ‘going downhill’[1]. Gill Pharaoh, a palliative care nurse, travelled to Switzerland and ended her life through assisted...
View ArticleGuest Blog: Andrew Harding, Bournemouth University – The Future of Welfare...
This blog is one in a series of blogs on the Future of Ageing, published in the lead up to the ILC-UK Future of Ageing conference on the 24th November. To register to attend this conference, click...
View ArticleGuest Blog: Robin Hadley, SRIP Doctoral Prize Winner 2015 – The Future of...
This blog is one in a series of blogs on the Future of Ageing, published in the lead up to the ILC-UK Future of Ageing conference on the 24th November. To register to attend this conference, click...
View ArticleGuest Blog: Tina Woods, Head of Lansons Health – The Future of elderly care:...
This blog is one in a series of blogs on the Future of Ageing, published in the lead up to the ILC-UK Future of Ageing conference on the 24th November. To register to attend this conference, click...
View ArticleGuest Blog: Rochelle Amour, Ageing Consultant and Writer – The Future of...
This blog is one in a series of blogs on the Future of Ageing, published in the lead up to the ILC-UK Future of Ageing conference on the 24th November. To register to attend this conference, click...
View ArticleSelf care week: Dr Google will see you now?
This week (16th-22nd November) is the NHS’s Self Care Week. It is a yearly campaign to give advice about how individuals can make informed choices to take better care of their own health, with the...
View ArticleGuest Blog: Eric Khilstrom, CEO of KareInn, and Tina Woods, Head of Lansons...
This blog is one in a series of blogs on the Future of Ageing, published in the lead up to the ILC-UK Future of Ageing conference on the 24th November. To register to attend this conference, click...
View ArticlePerson-centred care – what does it really stand for, and why do we need it...
Ageing populations across the world have resulted in health and social care services coming under increasing pressure as they attempt to treat and look after greater numbers of older people. In...
View ArticleFriday Five – On Dementia and Comorbidity
Five key points from our new report ‘Dementia and Comorbidities: Ensuring Parity of Care’. A failure to prevent, diagnose, and treat depression, diabetes and urinary tract infections in people with...
View ArticleThe reform of nursing bursaries: does it add up?
The 2015 Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) saw a fundamental change to health higher education funding. It was announced that the NHS nursing bursaries were going to be replaced with the normal...
View ArticleFriday Five – Reform of nursing bursaries
This week’s #fridayfive presents five key facts about the Government’s reforms to nursing bursaries. Replacing bursaries with normal student loans will leave students with an additional £15,194 of debt...
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