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• Ex-inmate calls for inquiry into alleged abuse at UK detention centre

  25-07-2018 19:04
  Home secretary told current inquiry won’t hear Medomsley evidence because of age cut-off Former inmates of a detention centre who claim they were sexually or physically abused have asked the home secretary, Sajid Javid, for their own public inquiry.John McCabe, a former inmate of Medomsley detention centre, recently told Javid in a private meeting at the House of Commons that the victims he represented had been failed by the ongoing independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (IICSA). Cont
  
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• The care home residents proving it's never too late to learn a new language

  25-07-2018 12:02
  French and Italian classes are improving self-confidence and wellbeing as well as cognition – even for those with dementiaWhen a notice appeared advertising French classes in Dundonald House care home in Ayrshire, Mari Dougan was surprised her parents were interested in attending.Dougan’s mum, Patricia, has lived at the home for two years, and has had dementia for the past nine, losing most of her speech. Despite this, the course was something she and her husband, Eric, could do toge
  
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• Mansfield Care agree take over of Bield care homes

  25-07-2018 11:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A deal has been agreed which saw residents and staff at three Bield care homes transfer to a new provider earlier this month.
  Since announcing last year that it would be closing 12 of its care homes, staff at Bield have been working tirelessly to find other providers to take them over.
  Following progressive discussions, the housing and care provider announced that two of its homes in Edinburgh and one in Jedburgh will be transferred to Mansfield Care. These transfers follow on from the transfer
  
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• A golden afternoon is wonderful back drop for care awards

  25-07-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
   
   
  It was a golden afternoon on the 22nd June 2018 when the Excelcare & Guildmore annual award winners, guests and colleagues were welcomed into Wonderland by Alice aka Sam Manning and the 3 Mad Hatters – Ozzie, Engin and Sami Ertosun.
  Sam Manning, COO Excelcare said ‘Every adventure requires a first step and lucky for us, we have a fabulous team that took the step of compassion and commitment to providing engaging high standards of care and a quality of life to our r
  
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• Community Integrated Care explores The Future Of Work

  25-07-2018 09:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  Community Integrated Care has teamed up with Britain’s leading arts and technology institution, FACT (Foundation for Arts and Creative Technologies), to explore the future of work.
  FACT has commissioned eight international artists to collaborate with businesses across several sectors, using artistic insight to investigate how employment may change in the decades ahead. With estimates suggesting that 50% of all current jobs in Liverpool will no longer exist within the next 20 years, this pr
  
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• Esk Valley Camphill Community co-workers attend National Learning Disabilities and Autism awards

  25-07-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Left to right –
  (Back row) Ned Forbes, Emilija Legzdina, Jonathan Reid, Christopher Oldfield.
  (Front row) – Clare Burge, Christine Reid.
  Two Esk Valley Camphill Community members and Avalon Shared Lives Carers were finalists at this year’s National Disabilities and Autism awards ceremony at the ICC, Birmingham. They were nominated by Avalon in the category ‘Positive Behaviour Support’ in recognition of their support of a long term resident of Botton Village who has
  
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• The UK is failing to plan housing for a rapidly-ageing population

  25-07-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Lichfields’ Senior Planner Jennifer Nye
  THE country is failing to plan enough homes for the UK’s rapidly-ageing population, new research reveals.
  ‘Solutions to an age old problem’ from national planning and development consultancy Lichfields finds only 16 out of the 149 Local Plans it reviewed have identified a specific requirement for older people’s housing.
  Out of these, only six have specifically allocated land for this purpose.
  However, the research finds that w
  
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