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• Study uncovers cause of pesticide exposure, Parkinson's link

  23-05-2018 19:31
  Previous studies have found an association between two commonly used agrochemicals (paraquat and maneb) and Parkinson's disease. Now a professor has determined that low-level exposure to the pesticides disrupts cells in a way that mimics the effects of mutations known to cause Parkinson's disease. Adding the effects of the chemicals to a predisposition for Parkinson's disease drastically increases the risk of disease onset.
  
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• Cause of pesticide exposure, Parkinson's link

  23-05-2018 19:31
  Previous studies have found an association between two commonly used agrochemicals (paraquat and maneb) and Parkinson's disease. Now a professor has determined that low-level exposure to the pesticides disrupts cells in a way that mimics the effects of mutations known to cause Parkinson's disease. Adding the effects of the chemicals to a predisposition for Parkinson's disease drastically increases the risk of disease onset.
  
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• How to square the circle of social care funding | Letters

  23-05-2018 18:42
  Readers respond to a Polly Toynbee article and to a supplement on dementiaPolly Toynbee points to the dilemma facing politicians over paying for social care (The social care crisis drags on, thanks to May’s cowardice, 22 May). The legitimate human desire to pass on one’s hard-earned wealth – in the vast majority of cases one’s house – to the next generation clashes with the legitimate need for the state to draw on that wealth to pay for social care.The case often pu
  
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• Liverpool care home should not have banned daughter from visiting her mum without warning

  23-05-2018 18:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  A woman was banned from visiting her mother in a Liverpool care home after she complained about her treatment, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found.
  The woman, whose mother had been placed in a BUPA care home by Liverpool City Council, said she was banned by care staff from seeing her mum after she raised a number of concerns about the way her mother was fed, washed, and looked after.
  And when she complained to the council, instead of investigating, it told her to raise her c
  
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• Are dementia-friendly communities the answer to isolation and stigma? | Claire Goodman

  23-05-2018 11:23
  More than 260 communities in the UK are listed as dementia friendly. A new tool reviews whether they’re meeting their aimsThere are estimated to be 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK. People with dementia, and those who support them, can easily become isolated because of the stigma and anxiety a diagnosis can provoke in themselves and those around them. Related: What makes a dementia-friendly community? Respect, collaboration and support For some, the measure of a successful dem
  
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• Care group named as ‘inspiring’ company

  23-05-2018 11:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  Springhill Care Group has been identified as one of the 1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain in a report by the London Stock Exchange Group.
  The list is the fifth edition of the of the report, which celebrates the UK’s fastest-growing and most dynamic SMEs.
  To be included in the list, companies need to show consistent revenue growth over a minimum of three years, ‘significantly out-performing their industry peers.’
  Springhill Care Group, which operates three care homes in Accring
  
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• Northampton-based brain injury service praised for exceptional leadership

  23-05-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Staff at Abington-based Christchurch Court have been praised by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for their ‘caring and compassionate’ approach in a recently published inspection report.
   
  The service, which provides specialist residential rehabilitation care and support for up to 17 adults with acquired brain injuries, demonstrated ‘an excellent commitment to providing outstanding care’ according to the inspectors, who visited Christchurch Court in November 2017.
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• And they said it wouldn’t last!

  23-05-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Somerset couple Frank and Patricia Baker celebrate 60 years of wedded bliss this month, even though the groom’s mother predicted the match wouldn’t last long.
  The pair met in 1957 at RAF Aldergrove in Northern Ireland where they were both serving in the Royal Air Force, wed on May Day in 1958, and have four children together, nine grandchildren, and great granddaughter Elisabeth (cor) born on May 6.
  Patricia, 79, said “All our anniversaries have been very memorable, but the fir
  
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• Supported Living Service run by The Fremantle Trust secures Outstanding rating

  23-05-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated The Fremantle Trust’s Milton Keynes Supported Living Service as Outstanding.
  The service enables 107 people with learning disabilities to live as independently as possible and was praised by the Regulator for its ‘empowering and empathetic attitude to support people’s personal development.’
  Managed by Lorraine McGinley since 2008, when it was redeveloped under the Trust’s ‘Supported Living’ umbrella of services
  
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