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• Terrifying truth about how care homes are run | Letters

  26-11-2018 17:36
  Readers share their views on how for-profit social care is failing the most vulnerable in societyYour report of the serious neglect of residents in several private care homes (Scandal of UK’s worst care homes revealed, 24 November) raises the fundamental question of whether looking after some of our most vulnerable individuals should be left largely in the hands of the market.The privatisation of the care sector was one of the most profound and nakedly ideological changes of the Thatcher/M
  
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• Springhill Care Group get training with an equine touch

  26-11-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Senior members of staff from Springhill Care Group went on an equine-inspired team building exercise to help them learn how to connect and communicate more effectively with staff.
  Three employees from Springhill went on the training session provided for Diamond Ambassador members of the East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce and praised the benefits of using horses for powerful learning experiences.
  Shirley Waling, Associate Director of Finance and Development, Vicky Sudworth, General Manager at Bi
  
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• Select Lifestyle staff raise funds for Children in Need

  26-11-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Whenever and wherever possible the dedicated team behind Select Lifestyles make sure that they are always doing their part in helping those in need, by participating in special events and fundraising at all given chances throughout the year.So, it goes without saying that they wouldn’t miss the opportunity to give a little more and raise some money to go toward this year’s BBC’s Children in Need.As you are all aware, Children in Need 2018 fell on Friday last week. What better w
  
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• Ivybridge resident celebrates International Men’s Day

  26-11-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Sanctuary Care resident in Ivybridge is one of the oldest surviving world speedway finalists and his life was celebrated for International Men’s Day with a very special trip.
   
  88-year-old Jack Geran, who lives in Ivydene Residential and Nursing Home in Staniforth Drive enjoyed a visit down memory lane when he went to his local speedway track, where he used to race.
   
  Settling for a ringside seat, Jack, in his heyday was a well-known speedway bike (a bike with no brakes and jus
  
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