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• The Guardian view on funding social care: break the tax taboo | Editorial

  06-02-2019 19:25
  Fear of levelling with the public about the real choices leads to political inaction and costs livesWhen parliament does one day agree on reforms to the system of adult social care in England, there should be a moment of mourning for those who did not live to see the day. For decades this subject has been a focus of independent commissions, parliamentary inquiries, thinktank pamphlets and, last year, a citizens’ assembly – with each report striking a more urgent tone than the last. Y
  
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• Depression increases risk of early death in older adults

  06-02-2019 15:14
  A research team designed a study to investigate the role depression symptoms play in an increased risk of death over time. The team also examined the role heart disease and stroke play in the link between depression symptoms and increased risk of death.
  
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• Absentmindedness points to earlier warning signs of silent strokes among people at risk

  06-02-2019 15:14
  Adults who notice that they frequently lose their train of thought or often become sidetracked may in fact be displaying earlier symptoms of cerebral small vessel disease, otherwise known as a 'silent stroke,' suggests a recent study.
  
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• Churchfields care home residents take armchair travel to the next level

  06-02-2019 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A care home in Oxfordshire is now using virtual reality to transport residents into exciting alternative worlds. Amoy, 91 who lives at Churchfields Care Home in Cassington, went skydiving, but wasn’t wearing a harness or strapped to a parachute. From the comfort of an armchair, and with care workers by her side, Amoy enjoyed a […]
  
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• Specialist dementia unit officially opened in Kelso

  06-02-2019 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A new specialist dementia unit, Murray House, has officially opened in Kelso thanks to a £4 million fundraising campaign and a £2.1 million finance package from Royal Bank of Scotland.   The 18-bed state-of-the-art facility is situated on land adjacent to Queen’s House care home, which owns and operates the purpose-built unit. It is to […]
  
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• Extra Care Housing is Life Changing for Veteran

  06-02-2019 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sixty-one-year-old John Coyle, a resident at Lawson House Extra Care Housing Scheme, has noticed an improvement in his anxiety and mood since moving into his Larkfield apartment. “Before moving into Lawson House, I was living in Eastbourne in a flat. The flat was nice but there were problems with the neighbours and drug use, which […]
  
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• Fine tech companies that fail to protect children, Labour says

  06-02-2019 01:01
  Party would establish new standalone internet regulator if it came to power in next electionLabour would establish a new standalone internet regulator with the power to fine tech companies that fail in their duty of care to children, as part of proposals to be announced on Wednesday by the shadow culture secretary, Tom Watson.If it wins the next election, the party wants penalties for companies that fail to safeguard children to be on a similar scale to those followingdata breaches. Depending on
  
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• Age UK: 50,000 elderly in England have died waiting for social care package

  06-02-2019 01:01
  Ministers accused of being ‘in denial’ about perilous state of local authority finances More than 50,000 people have died waiting for care while ministers dither over long-awaited plans to overhaul the funding of social care, a charity has claimed.Age UK estimated that, in England, 54,000 people – or 77 a day – have died while waiting for a care package in the 700 days since the government first said in March 2017 it would publish its social care green paper, which has si
  
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• Age UK: 50,000 elderly have died waiting for social care package

  06-02-2019 01:01
  Ministers accused of being ‘in denial’ about perilous state of local authority finances More than 50,000 people have died waiting for care while ministers dither over long-awaited plans to overhaul the funding of social care, a charity has claimed.Age UK estimated that 54,000 people – or 77 a day – have died while waiting for a care package in the 700 days since the government first said in March 2017 it would publish its social care green paper, which has since been dela
  
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