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• Clare in the community: it's a dog's life

  18-09-2018 16:00
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• Lancashire care home celebrates first anniversary

  18-09-2018 10:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Resident Muriel Eastham with Jo Drake ( Dapper Donkeys ), Donkey, Betty Manger, Lorraine Disley and Senior Care Assistant, Clare Slavin
  To celebrate its first anniversary, The Hamptons Care Centre, located off Heyhouses Lane in Lytham St Annes, hosted a spectacular party for residents and their relatives, as well as staff.
   
  While team members dressed up as superheroes, the star guests on the day were a trio of farm animals, including a donkey, goat and lamb.  
  Unique, educational
  
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• Concern for care homes over NHS Continuing Healthcare funding

  18-09-2018 10:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has expressed continued concern over developments related to the funding of NHS Continuing Healthcare for care home residents.
   
  Professor Martin Green OBE, Chief Executive of Care England says:
  “NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) is an essential means of ensuring the primary health needs of individuals within community settings are met and much of this care is provided in independent nursing ho
  
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• MS Society calls on Government to end catastrophic care costs

  18-09-2018 09:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  In the same survey:
  · 19% people with MS said they couldn’t afford the care they need.
  · 44% said they only get some or none of the care they need.
  · 52% said they had to rely on family and friends more as a result of lacking support.
  New analysis from the MS Society suggests a person with multiple sclerosis (MS) could face costs of £110,000 for social care over the course of their lifetime[1]. The charity has also discovered that two in three local authorities i
  
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• Belong expands Admiral Nurse as part of Dementia UK partnership

  18-09-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  State-of-the-art dementia care village operator Belong has appointed mental health nurse Claire Mallon as its second Admiral Nurse, as part of an ongoing partnership with Dementia UK. The appointment will enhance the organisation’s dementia care provision as it continues to grow and increase the number of villages it operates.
   
  Claire, who lives in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, will support Belong residents and customers at Belong villages in Atherton, Wigan, Didsbury and Macclesf
  
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• Rise in young people seeking help over peer-on-peer abuse in UK

  18-09-2018 01:01
  Childline reports 29% increase, with many callers not clear about what consent meansChildren and young people are increasingly seeking help over peer-on-peer sexual abuse, with a 29% jump in demand for counselling sessions in the last year, according to a leading UK helpline.Childline, a counselling service for young people up to the age of 19, warns the scale of the problem could be much greater than current figures suggest, as many children and teenagers do not understand that what has happene
  
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