Links

Links

• http://trainingsocialcare.co.uk/

  The great Sue Davis and Steve Battley team who are helping shape the way services are provided and doing business to the highest ethical standards. Committed to improving the experience of everyone living in, working in and visiting residential settings, their aim is to ensure, through good training, that every resident enjoys a life worth living.

• http://www.dementiacarematters.com/

  Headed up by dementia care guru David Sheard, Dementia Care Matters strives to demonstrate how valuing the individual can empower people with Dementia, their relatives and carers, staff and organisations

• http://www.best-care-home.co.uk/index.php

  This is possibly the best new and growing website if you are looking for a good care home, with lots of information and unusually, personal recommendations from the residents, families and staff. 

• http://www.counselandcarestore.co.uk/

  Lovely illustrated books for people with dementia and their carers to share with striking images and thoughtful moments to encourage communication.

• http://www.counselandcarestore.co.uk/

  Members' organisation offering meaningful activities for older people, training and support

• http://www.independentage.org.uk/

  Supporting older people at home

• http://www.contact-the-elderly.org/

  A lifeline of friendship for frail, isolated elderly people

• Fascinating research work around memory from The Netherlands

• A news resource about older people from around the world

• How much is family life changing?

• Volunteering for people over 50

• http://www.mylastsong.com

  A good life deserves a good ending.

• http://www.napa-activities.co.uk

  NAPA is the only charity dedicated to increasing the profile and understanding of the activity needs for older people, and equipping staff with the skills to enable older people to enjoy a range of activity whilst living in care settings.