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• Community healthcare in line for £3.5bn annual funding boost

  21-11-2018 23:30
  Theresa May unveils plans for real-terms boost to help reduce pressure on hospitalsPrimary and community healthcare in England will benefit from a real-terms boost of £3.5bn a year by 2023/24, the government has announced.The spending, part of the NHS long term plan backed by £20.5bn over the next five years, is intended to improve care in the home, and thereby avoid patients unnecessarily going to – or staying in – hospital. Continue reading...
  
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• Care home group raise more than £5000 for Children in Need

  21-11-2018 14:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  Colten Care’s “Strictly Come Tea Dance” for Children in Need at Lymington Community Centre. Glitterball champions Kingfishers Care Home pictured with Pudsey Bear.
  Residents and staff at Colten Care’s 20 homes in the South have raised more than £5,000 for Children in Need.
  A Strictly Come Tea Dancing competition, a pyjama walkathon, a teddy bear picnic and a car wash were among the provider’s fundraising initiatives.Other events included coffee mornings, bingo
  
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• Slowed brainwaves linked to early signs of brain cells going haywire due to dementia

  21-11-2018 13:32
  To turn back the clock on Alzheimer's disease, many researchers are seeking ways to effectively diagnose the neurodegenerative disorder earlier. One potential way to do this is by tracking a person's brainwave activity, which slows down in certain brain regions that are likely to be affected by the disease next, according to recent findings.
  
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• New Managing Director appointed by Surrey Choices

  21-11-2018 11:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Surrey Choices is pleased to announce the appointment of Mette Le Jakobsen to the role of Managing Director at the company.  
   
  Surrey Choices provide support services for people with a range of disabilities and support needs, whatever their age, in their local community. These include activities in day and community services and home and living, plus Short Breaks respite and Shared Lives, employment and learning.
   
  Mette brings with her wealth of knowledge and skills in social ca
  
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• Care worker celebrates 15th anniversary with disability charity

  21-11-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  “When I first started working in a home with people who all had learning disabilities, it was a nerve-racking and daunting experience,” said Joanne Hall, a team manager who has been caring for some of society’s most vulnerable people for over a decade. 
  “One of the challenges I faced immediately was that everyone I began working with was non-verbal in their communication. 
  “But you quickly learn in this job that that you don’t have to be verbal to co
  
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• Radical action is needed in adult social care

  21-11-2018 10:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  A social care spokesman is to write to every single MP calling for emergency measures to end the crisis in the welfare of our oldest and most vulnerable adults.Mike Padgham, Chair of the Independent Care Group (ICG), says radical action is needed before the 1.4m people currently not getting the care they need grows to even more.
  He will tell ICG members meeting at their conference in Harrogate today (Wednesday): “A phrase used recently suggested the Government was in denial about poverty &
  
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• Supported Living provider accolade at esteemed LaingBuisson awards

  21-11-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A national supported living provider has won the Supported Living accolade at the prestigious LaingBuisson Awards 2018 ceremony.
   
  Eden Futures was up against nine other supported living providers but impressed the awards judges with their organisational attitude, approach and goals and their key accomplishments over the past 12 months.
   
  One of these key accomplishments is achieving a 100% good CQC rating in every service and in every Key Line of Enquiry, a result of their continual d
  
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• New partnership between CareTech and EY Foundation offers bright future for care leavers

  21-11-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  In a first for the care sector, the CareTech Foundation is partnering with social mobility charity EY Foundation to create programmes which promote careers within the care sector and help care leavers fulfil their potential by moving successfully into further education and employment.
  Only 6% of young people in care go on to further education and care leavers are three times as likely as other young people to end up without employment or do not go into further education (NEET). Tackling the barr
  
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