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• Helping surgical patients taper off opioids safely and successfully

  20-08-2018 16:42
  A unique pain program is helping complex surgical patients wean off opioids safely and effectively, while offering alternative ways to cope with their pain and improve how they function.
  
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• Chagas disease has spread outside of Latin America and carries high risk of heart disease

  20-08-2018 14:52
  Chagas disease is caused by a parasite, transmitted by a blood-sucking insect -- Trypanosoma cruzi -- and less frequently, from mother to fetus or by contaminated food or drink. About one third of infected individuals develop chronic heart disease. Though mostly found in Central and South America, Chagas disease has become more common worldwide, including an estimated 300,000 infected persons in the United States.
  
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• The only way is ethics: a new approach to outsourcing social care | Bob Hudson

  20-08-2018 10:20
  Private companies provide the bulk of social care – but commissioners must be sure they have a clear ethical strategy
  Outsourcing public services, especially to the private sector, has been the model of choice in the UK for around 30 years. Nowhere has this been more the case than in adult social care, where private companies account for the vast majority of provision in both the care home and homecare market. Related: Transparent and fair: what England can learn from Japan's social care r
  
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• Chester-le-Street care home staff raise over £200 for the Stroke Association

  20-08-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  CARE home workers have been helping Chester-le-Street supermarket shoppers to raise funds for charity. 
  Pelton Grange Care Home collected almost £200 in donations from generous shoppers after helping to pack their bags at the town’s Tesco store.
   
  The money adds to the £55 raised at the home’s coffee morning for the Stroke Association in May – taking the home’s total to £251 for the charity so far this year.
   
  Chris Hogan-Hind, home manage
  
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• Oxford care home celebrates a ‘Good’ CQC rating

  20-08-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Newland House in Witney, part of the Hartford Care family, has proudly received an overall ‘Good’ rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
  The residents, family carers and staff team at Newland House along with the Hartford Care family, are delighted with the outcome. During the inspection held in June, the impressive 28-bed family home, registered to care for older people and those living with dementia, was awarded 5 ‘Good’ stars and highly praised in all areas inc
  
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• Skelmersdale family fun day draws the crowds

  20-08-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Mildred Johnson and Edna Gregory selling raffle tickets.
  A Skelmersdale care home threw opened its doors to the local community by inviting them to enjoy its annual family fun day.
  Residents, their family and friends, staff and members of the local community joined together to enjoy Birch Green’s 2018 summer fayre.Despite less than perfect weather conditions, the event had a fantastic turn out which saw people enjoying games, stalls, the ever-popular tombola and a delicious sweets and trea
  
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