The Blog

All residents and staff at all nine Coate Water Care homes have had their COVID-19 vaccines and the homes are a safe environment for new residents.

Despite statistics from the World Health Organisation stating that more than 5% of the global population over the age of 60 have some form of dementia, making it a fairly common disease, it is a condition that has a considerable stigma attached.

Women, but not men, who regularly read a newspaper are 35 per cent less at risk of dementia than the rest of the population. Men however, are 36 per cent less at risk of dementia if they regularly use a mobile phone. The same protection was not seen for women.

For Dementia Action Week 2021, Dementia Friendly Swindon/Swindon Dementia Action Alliance is collaborating with a campaign called #think5 comprising 5 key messages, 5 statistics to consider, 5 days of online content and 5 days on Swindon 105.5 community radio, broadcasting at 9.30 am every morning.

Regulators in the US are set to approve Aducanumab – developed by multi-national biotech firm Biogen – in the coming days. The drug helps untangle clusters of plaque in the brain, suggesting it could stop the progression of the disease

It is fair to say that carehome.co.uk is the go-to website in the UK for reviews of residential care homes. The website gets a staggering 16 million visits a year and has more than 200,000 care home reviews.

Scotland and Manchester United legend Denis Law has been diagnosed with dementia. Law, 81, who says he has Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia, is the latest former player to reveal he is suffering from the degenerative brain disease.

Family-run care providers Coate Water Care provides expert respite care in our nine highly-rated residential care homes in Swindon, Wiltshire, Devizes, Gloucester, Hampshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire.

After its recent £4 million renovation Mockley Manor Care Home in Warwickshire really does have the wow factor, but one thing has not changed. Five minutes into a conversation with anybody connected with Mockley Manor and the word ‘home’ inevitably crops up.

Managed by family-run providers Coate Water Care since July 2020, Avebury House Care Centre offers exceptional residential, day care and respite care, including 24-hour care for people living with dementia. Our qualified nurses and experienced carers also provide specialist care for residents with palliative care needs.