Understanding dementia can be difficult for most people to come to terms with but explaining dementia to children can be a lot harder. Children’s book ‘Big Bear, Little Bear and Dementia’ helps to explain dementia to children.
Specialist Dementia Care
Risk of cognitive decline: Lack of exercise and poor nutrition
Stanfield Nursing Home provides specialist dementia care as part of our Worcestershire care. There are many elements to our lifestyle that increase the risk of cognitive decline. Lack of exercise and poor nutrition Recently, research at King's College London has...
Regular gardening could halve stroke patients’ chance of dying early
Residential care home activities are created around people’s hobbies, interests and ways to stay active and healthy. One of these activities includes gardening, a hobby which has recently been said to improve the longevity of stroke patients' lives. The same could be...
Common Myths About Dementia
People may often come across common myths about dementia because it is an umbrella term. Stanfield Nursing Home is a nursing home that provides care for people living with dementia. Here is a list of 5 common myths.
Scientists warn that Covid will accelerate ‘dementia pandemic’
COVID-19 and Dementia Over the past year, much research has been conducted on the effects of COVID-19 with other diseases and illnesses. One cause of concern is dementia. There are a number of people who contract coronavirus that go on to experience ‘long covid’. A...
The Dementia Sensory Garden at Stanfield Nursing Home
The dementia sensory garden plays an important role in people’s daily lives at Stanfield Nursing Home. There are multiple elements that allow everyone to stay independent. As well as providing opportunities to engage in hobbies and relaxation. At our care home in...
Latest Breakthroughs In Dementia Research
Blood Tests Could Become 100% Accurate The identification of a biomarker in the blood, could be key to diagnosing dementia early through a simple blood test, scientists have found. Researchers at King’s College London discovered...
US Approves First New Dementia Treatment Drug in 20 Years
Regulators in the United States have approved a new dementia treatment for the first time in 20 years, paving the way for its use in the UK. The drug, ‘Aducanumab’ targets the underlying cause of Alzheimer’s. This is different to most other treatments which only...
Rising air pollution increases risk of cognitive decline
At Stanfield Nursing Home, we have been providing dementia care services for many years within the Worcester area. As a result, we’ve noticed there are many factors throughout life that can contribute to cognitive decline. One emerging risk of developing dementia could be an increase in air pollution.
Oscar Winning “The Father” Provides Insight into Living with Dementia
The award-winning movie With more and more people living with dementia, with just over 850,000 people living with Alzheimer’s in the UK (the most common form) these movies show how reckonings with the disease in art are evolving. “The Father” is Florian Zeller’s film...