Given the concerns over the quality of care home provision in the UK, it is essential that we invest in research that will improve care-giving in these settings for the future.

The Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network (DeNDRoN) have just launched a new toolkit (website) entitled ‘Enabling Research in Care Homes (ENRICH)‘ to help promote and facilitate research in care homes.  The website shows how everyone from researchers to residents and their families can take part.  And although the primary focus is on dementia, the guide has been designed in such a way so as to be applicable to other conditions too.

Apologies for the slow-blog week.  Four days out and about made it difficult to put pen to paper…