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• One type of brain cell may invite Alzheimer's

  17-12-2018 17:57
  Researchers found that excitatory neurons -- those that are more likely to trigger an action (as opposed to inhibitory neurons, which are less likely to prompt neural activity) -- are more vulnerable to accumulations of abnormal tau protein, which is increasingly being implicated in Alzheimer's disease.
  
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• Specialist healthcare business agents comment on another successful year

  17-12-2018 17:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  With another successful year at an end and 2019 dawning, the closing stages of 2018 saw a flurry of activity for DC Care. Many care businesses we are instructed to sell saw offers being accepted on them by our respective vendors or entered the formal legal due diligence process following a successful valuation. Additionally, we […]
  
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• Five ways of creating a dementia friendly Christmas

  17-12-2018 16:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  People with dementia have penned a special Christmas poem to tackle the issue of isolation facing those living with the condition – especially during the festive season. Alzheimer’s Society has turned the heartfelt words into a short animation designed to challenge misunderstanding and give people with dementia a platform to show how they can still […]
  
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• New man at the helm for Bootle-based adult social care provider New Directions

  17-12-2018 15:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  The leading adult social care provider in the borough of Sefton on Merseyside has a new man at the helm. Mark Fox has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Bootle-based New Directions. Mark joins the organisation from Knowsley Council where he was Head of Service in Adult Social Care, a position in which […]
  
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• GDPR regulator begins action against care homes for failure to pay new fee

  17-12-2018 14:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has begun formal enforcement action against care homes that have failed to pay the data protection fee. The data protection regulator has sent notices of its intent to fine the businesses unless they pay, those that don’t could face a maximum fine of £600. The ICO recently sent out the […]
  
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• Festive celebrations kick off at Kent care home

  17-12-2018 13:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  With festivities under way across the nation, residents and staff at High View Oast care home in Ash, Kent were in for an early Christmas treat as festive celebrations took over the home. To get everyone in the merry mood, residents enjoyed performances by children from St Faith’s Primary School at a Christmas Carol Concert […]
  
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• Cheshire seniors treated to festive mince pies!

  17-12-2018 11:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  Carefound Home Care in Wilmslow has delivered almost 100 mince pies and Christmas cards to local elderly people and their carers to help tackle the growing issue of loneliness and social isolation. Across Cheshire, there are over 9,000 people who are currently affected by loneliness with the majority being over 65. Research shows that many […]
  
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• Chichester Festival Youth Theatre brings seasonal cheer to local care home residents

  17-12-2018 11:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Teen actors brought seasonal cheer to care home residents in Chichester with a sneak preview of action from classic fairy tale Sleeping Beauty. Ten cast members from Chichester Festival Youth Theatre’s Christmas production walked over to nearby Wellington Grange to sing and act in an intimate performance in the residents’ lounge. The visit was the […]
  
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• £15.7 million Chester state-of-the-art dementia care village to create 140 care jobs

  17-12-2018 10:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Chester is to get a state-of-the-art dementia care village, and the build contract has been awarded to North West construction and property specialist, Pochin’s by care village operator, Belong. The £15.7 million development on Chester’s City Road will create in excess of 140 new jobs and provide world-leading dementia and nursing care, together with a […]
  
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• Skelmersdale care home staff lead the way in nursing qualifications

  17-12-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Four members of staff at a Skelmersdale care home are leading the way in seeking their qualifications in nursing.   The members of staff, all currently team leaders at Birch Green Care Home, Marie Stitt, Jess Mooney, Stephanie Williams and Tayla Neeley, have all enrolled on the Assistant Practitioner Apprenticeship at the University of Central […]
  
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• Exercise keeps care home residents healthy and active!

  17-12-2018 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Life’s fab for hundreds of residents of Hull-based Hica Group care homes, following the company’s investment in a new health and wellbeing programme. More than 20 staff have completed nationally recognised flexibility, aerobic, balance and strength (FABS) exercise training in a move by the care group to enable residents to become more active. Now, the […]
  
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• Sale resident gets an early Christmas treat with an exclusive behind the scenes tour at Old Trafford

  17-12-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Christmas came early this year for William Jakeman, a resident at New Care’s Ashlands Manor Care Centre in Sale, who was treated to an exclusive behind the scenes tour at Old Trafford. A life long Red, 98 year old William has visited the Theatre of Dreams many times, watching games in Stretford End and enjoying […]
  
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