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Gorleston care home named after historic Norfolk boat

Region’s new  £6.9m specialist dementia home

A new care home being built in Gorleston is to be named the Lydia Eva Court. (L TO R) Colleen Walker, Lisa Utting - Care Home Manager, John Russell - Ship Manager and Karen Knight - Managing Director of NORSE Care. Picture: James Bass A new care home being built in Gorleston is to be named the Lydia Eva Court. (L TO R) Colleen Walker, Lisa Utting – Care Home Manager, John Russell – Ship Manager and Karen Knight – Managing Director of NORSE Care. Picture: James Bass

The £6.9m specialist dementia home being built in Gorleston is to be called Lydia Eva Court, after the UK’s last surviving steam drifter.

The Lydia Eva, built in 1930 during the herring industry’s heyday, spends each summer moored at Hall Quay in Great Yarmouth as a floating museum, a tribute to the coast’s rich fishing history.

Yesterday, Lydia Eva supporters, dignitaries and volunteers stepped aboard the boat to celebrate her latest namesake.

Therapeutic singing sessions start at Norfolk hospital

Singing is something we can all enjoy

Heather Edwards singing on Elsing Ward. Heather Edwards singing on Elsing Ward.

Monday, August 12, 2013
3:47 PM

Therapeutic singing sessions have begun at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital to help older patients with dementia.

The sessions are being delivered on Elsing Ward by a hospital volunteer, who is a qualified music teacher and has been specially trained in dementia awareness.

Heather Edwards is part of a local support group called “Come Singing” which provides singing groups for people of all ages living with dementia.

The music teacher, who has donated a keyboard to the ward, said: “Singing is a wonderful way for people to share emotions and memories. It’s good to encourage patients to sing along and choose songs if they are able, but even a tap of the toes or a nod of the head is a wonderful reward.”

£10m for mental health research in East of England

Projects to improve the care of people with mental health conditions in the East of England have been given a boost of nearly £10m.

National Institute of Health Research has awarded the grant to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, which is carrying out the research.

It will support projects that make a “difference to people’s lives”.

Two areas it is looking at are dementia and patient safety.

The trust plans to work with the Universities of Cambridge University and the University of East Anglia in Norwich.