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• Neck scan predicts cognitive decline- Alzheimer’s Society comments

  11-11-2018 23:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  A five minute scan of blood vessels in the neck during mid-life predicts cognitive decline ten years before symptoms appear, according to new research presented today at the AHA Scientific Sessions conference in Chicago.
  Dr James Pickett, Head of Research at Alzheimer’s Society, said:“Vascular dementia affects more than 150,000 people in the UK, and with no way to treat the condition, prevention is key. These results support what we know well – that what’s good for t
  
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• Poppy wall unveiling by 107 year old Wiltshire resident

  11-11-2018 12:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  Avonbourne Care Centre in Wiltshire, operated by The Orders of St John Care Trust, hosted the unveiling of a poppy wall on its premises on the 9th of November after a 2-minute silence. The unveiling ribbon was cut by 107-year-old resident, Phyllis Hayley, who has lived through two world wars. She said: “We must never forget.”
   
  The poppies had all been handmade (from paper, clay to knitting) with over 500 created. They were displayed in the shape of 100 and the remaining poppies
  
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• Kirkcaldy nursing home residents recreate Remembrance Day memorial

  11-11-2018 11:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  This beautiful poppy display was created by the residents and activities team of Methven House Nursing Home in Kirkcaldy. Made from recycled plastic bottles, an idea that was picked up from Facebook, the display copies the Tower of London art installation which was created to mark the centenary of World War 1.  
   
  The residents at Methven House  have spent the last few weeks making each individual poppy by hand, with the assembly of the display taking 1 ½ days to create.&nb
  
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• Remembrance Day memories for Winchester care home resident

  11-11-2018 10:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  Molly just after joining the Army, aged 17
  Molly Allen was waiting for a bus when she decided to “pop in” to the recruitment office of the Army. After answering a few questions, she left and went home. A few days later her call up papers arrived!  Molly was only 17 when she joined the Army in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), slightly under age, but she “lied” about her age. She had always wanted to join the Army as her brother was already serving.
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• We’re told 84% of grooming gangs are Asian. But where’s the evidence? | Kenan Malik

  11-11-2018 10:00
  Bickering over a disputed report shows how little we know about the perpetratorsFew debates about academic methodology result in a researcher being labelled a “posh socialist ‘activdemic’” or another being told that her work is akin to a BNP leaflet. But this is no ordinary academic debate. It’s about Asian “grooming gangs” and a report on the issue published last year by the anti-extremism thinktank the Quilliam Foundation.Thanks to a series of high-pro
  
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• Ripon care home residents mark WW1 centenary

  11-11-2018 09:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  RIPON care home residents have been creating poppy displays to commemorate 100 years since the end of the First World War.
   
  Residents at Sycamore Hall Care Home, on Kearsley Road, have also taken a trip to Ripon Cathedral to see The Remembrance Day exhibits.
   
  The activities brought back memories for many of the residents, who had relatives and friends who fought and died in the war.
   
  Doreen Ainsley and Ellen Knowles were among those painting poppies for displays in the care hom
  
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• Stowmarket care home residents and staff pull out all the stops for Remembrance Sunday

  11-11-2018 09:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  This is the view across the pond to Care UK’s Cedrus House care home in Stowmarket.The waterfalls of poppies off the balconies and in the garden were knitted by residents, colleagues and local people in memory of all armed forces servicemen and women. In addition, clay and plastic plate  poppies on display in the garden have made by residents and members of the day club and people have  the opportunity to put the names of loved ones they would like to remember against each h
  
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• Care home residents contribute to community remembrance

  11-11-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Residents of Meadow House nursing home in Swaffham, Norfolk have contributed to a local restaurant’s poppy collection for a community remembrance display.
   
  This weekend marks the centenary of the end of the First World War, and remembrance services and poppy displays are taking place all over the country. In Swaffham, the owner of the Market Cross Restaurant, Kay Wells, has turned the frontage of the building into a wall of poppies, which have been donated from the community.
   
  
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