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Leading home care provider Promedica24 has partnered with Wakefield primary school Silcoates Junior to bring generations together through a creative initiative designed to spread joy and tackle loneliness over the recent holiday season.
170 pupils from the school in Wakefield took part in the project, creating personalised art books for older people receiving live-in and home care from Promedica24 across the UK. The artwork explored the theme “what the holidays mean to me” and was compiled...

Leeds Beckett University is leading a new project to help staff in care homes better support older people with complex needs such as dementia and multiple health conditions. The project is being funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research...

Kingston University has been recognised by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a global exemplar in disability‑inclusive health research, following the publication of a major new report highlighting best practice around the world.
The WHO report,  entitled Good practices on disability-inclusive health, showcases the University’s pioneering approach to involving people with intellectual disabilities as active researchers rather than solely as participants in studies....

New national data released today shows that Shared Lives continues to grow across the UK, supporting nearly 10,000 people through personalised, relationship-based care – even as adult social care faces sustained pressure.
The State of Shared Lives 2024–25 report brings together four years of consistent national data from Shared Lives schemes across the UK, offering the clearest picture yet of how the model is developing, diversifying and responding to changing needs....