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  • Lura Care celebrates 10 years of social impact

    Lura Care celebrates 10 years of social impact

    Yesterday afternoon and evening, we had the pleasure of bringing together all our teams from Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom, as well as partners, collaborators, suppliers and centres we serve, to celebrate a very special event: our 10th anniversary of driving social impact to improve the well-being and quality of life of thousands of…

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  • Lura Care supports World Alzheimer's Month 2025 promoted by ADI

    Lura Care supports World Alzheimer’s Month 2025 promoted by ADI

    At Lura Care, we are supporting the latest edition of World Alzheimer’s Month, promoted by ADI. Now in its 14th year, this edition focuses on a direct campaign to encourage people to ask questions about dementia, using the hashtags #AskAboutDementia and #AskAboutAlzheimers. Continue Reading Lura Care supports World Alzheimer’s Month 2025 promoted by ADI

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  • Lura Care: 10 years of social impact

    Lura Care: 10 years of social impact

    Lura Care is 10 years old, a decade of effort and dedication to make home health services a reality through our innovative model of mobile healthcare services. It has been an exciting journey which started in Spain and has developed to become a benchmark company in Europe. Continue Reading Lura Care: 10 years of social…

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  • Lura Care, finalist in Advanced Dentistry Awards and SEHTA Healthcare Business Awards

    We were honoured to be finalists at both award ceremonies, which were held simultaneously in Barcelona and London. Although we did not win, being finalists in these competitions has a special meaning for us, demonstrating that something is changing in the dental sector and that home dental care is already a reality. Continue Reading Lura…

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  • The common challenge of oral health in Europe

    Oral health: a major common challenge across Europe

    Figures show that oral health is one of the major public health challenges across Europe, and will become even more so in the face of an ageing population and increasing longevity. The only way to tackle this challenge is to focus on innovative care models that respond to needs that cannot be met by public…

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  • Lura Care privileged

    Lura Care wins the Investment Award in the II Santander SME Award

    We have been privileged to receive the Investment Award from the prestigious II Santander SME Award, which recognises the key role of SMEs in the Spanish and the United Kingdom economies. It is a wonderful recognition of our innovative model of mobile dental care services, which has contributed to improving the health, wellbeing and quality…

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  • Lura Care UK exhibits its residential dental care services at the Care Show Birmingham

    Our residential dental care services at the Care Show Birmingham

    The UK Lura Care team exhibited our pioneering model of residential dental care that breaks the mobility barrier, and allows us to attend to dependent people or those with mobility problems within care homes and day centres. Continue Reading Our residential dental care services at the Care Show Birmingham

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  • Oral health and Alzheimer's disease

    Oral health in the face of Alzheimer’s disease

    Over the last few years, several pieces of evidence have emerged that point to the relationship between gum disease and the development of dementias, including Alzheimer’s disease. Progressive cognitive impairment makes it very difficult to maintain proper oral hygiene habits, so specialised oral health care is essential for all those affected. Continue Reading Oral health…

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  • Geriatric syndromes and oral health

    Geriatric syndromes and oral health

    As we age, our bodies undergo cognitive and physiological changes associated with the natural ageing process, varying from person to person. The term geriatric syndromes includes a whole series of clinical conditions of varying aetiology resulting from the combination of diseases that are highly prevalent among the elderly. In other words, they are multifactorial disorders……

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  • Although there is a natural decrease in the sensation of thirst associated with age, situations of dependence, mobility problems, visual difficulties and cognitive alterations often cause the elderly, especially those living in nursing homes, not to ingest a sufficient amount of water.

    The importance of hydration in the health of older people

    Dehydration is one of the frequent causes of hospitalization in people over 65 years of age. And in the case of people who are dependent or suffer from mobility problems, as well as in cases of visual difficulties and cognitive impairment, insufficient water intake is an added risk factor. Continue Reading The importance of hydration…

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