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• Alzheimer’s Society and Sport England launch first Dementia-Friendly Sport and Physical Activity Guide

  15-02-2019 18:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  Alzheimer’s Society and Sport England have joined forces to call on the sport and physical activity sector to commit to becoming dementia friendly and reduce the barriers that prevent many people affected by dementia from taking part in sport and physical activity. The appeal was issued as Alzheimer’s Society  launched its first Dementia-Friendly Sport and […]
  
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• Beauty and the Beast visit proves age is no barrier to making friends

  15-02-2019 17:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  Children performing a classic fairy tale on a New Forest stage have used the occasion to strengthen their friendship with residents at a nearby nursing home. A party from Colten Care’s Brook View in West Moors, Dorset, were the guests of honour at a dress rehearsal of Moyles Court School’s Beauty and the Beast. The […]
  
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• Riser recliner? Here’s the toilet equivalent…

  15-02-2019 17:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  One of the most common areas where people need help is to get on and off the toilet. Often, a means of support eg a grab rail is not adequate: the person has trouble with upper or lower body strength.   There is a solution, that obviates the need to physically ensure another person around […]
  
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• Blood clot discovery could pave way for treatment of blood diseases

  15-02-2019 15:28
  Scientists have discovered new ways in which the body regulates blood clots, in a discovery which could one day lead to the development of better treatments that could help prevent and treat conditions including heart diseases, stroke and vascular dementia.
  
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• With councils and the NHS at loggerheads, vital services are at risk | Richard Vize

  15-02-2019 12:02
  As with Brexit negotiations, some people prefer to walk away or refuse to budge, rather than work together to find solutionsWho should run local health and care services, especially public health services, is becoming an increasingly tense battleground between the NHS and local government, with serious potential consequences. The NHS long-term plan, unveiled in January, aims to deliver the “triple integration” of primary and hospital care, physical and mental health services and heal
  
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• Livingston nursery offers tenants chance to interact with youngsters

  15-02-2019 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A RETIREMENT development in Livingston has teamed up with its local nursery to offer tenants the chance to interact with younger members of the community. Tenants at Bield’s Pentland View Court partnered up with Carmondean Nursery to take part in an afternoon of crafts – inspired by the heart-warming Channel 4 show, Old People’s Home […]
  
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• Isle of Wight care home welcomes new manager

  15-02-2019 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Hartford Care is delighted to announce that Lesley Wise has been appointed as the new General Manager at The Elms Nursing Home, in Bembridge, on the Isle of Wight. In this exciting role, Lesley will be taking full responsibility for the coordination and day-to-day running of the Nursing Home, that provides a warm and comfortable […]
  
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• Social care sector unites in criticising careless Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill

  15-02-2019 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Human rights reform outrage – social care sector unites in open letter to Ministers criticising careless Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill Over 100 social care sector organisations have come together to unite and sign an open letter to the Minister of State for Social Care, Caroline Dinenage MP, and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Lords), […]
  
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