Chatterbox Reminiscence Cards
Many Happy Returns Chatterbox cards help older people to share their stories and happy memories. Recommended by The Sunday Times, Saga, leading care homes and families as the perfect Christmas gift, the…
Does colour make a difference?
There has been a lot of evidence collected about the benefits of using coloured crockery for people with dementia. What is less clear is whether it is merely a question…
Care Charts UK Founder named as one of HSJ’s Innovators 2014
Care Charts UK's Founder Zoe Harris is delighted to have been included in HSJ's list of Top Innovators 2014, celebrating 'those working in the NHS and the wider healthcare sector…
Knowledge empowers, but how best to collect that knowledge?
I was at the Alzheimer Europe Conference in Glasgow recently, and listened to a lot of knowledgeable and passionate people determined to make dementia care better. In one presentation, a…
Epsom Hospital puts Care Charts at heart of dementia care
"I couldn't possibly have hoped for a better result," said Sue Cook, the Older Persons Assessment and Liaison for Dementia (OPAL) team leader at Epsom Hospital, part of Epsom and St…
How one care home has chosen to personalise its Display Care Charts…
We are always interested in hearing about the ways our charts are being used, and were delighted to hear of the innovative approach Avery Lodge is taking with its Twist-N-View Display…
Care Charts UK included on the 2014 New Radicals list
Care Charts UK has been included on the 2014 New Radicals list, compiled by Nesta, the UK’s innovation foundation, and The Observer. Care Charts UK is one 50 people or…
Over 18,000 people requiring care now benefit from Care Charts
PJ Care’s decision to introduce Remember-I’m-Me Care Charts into the daily life of their neurological care centres means that over 800 care homes and hospitals are now using these award-winning…
Why ensuring hospital is aware of a patient’s preferences is so important…
Nurse consultant Vicki Leah is overseeing a trial of our Care Charts in Jubilee Ward, a post-acute UCLH service at St Pancras Hospital. We were chatting about the benefits of…
Kate Granger’s two books should be required reading…
Most people reading this will have heard of Dr Kate Granger, and of her struggle to live as normal a life as possible under the shadow of a terminal cancer…