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• Child abuse scandal and next steps for Catholic church | Letters

  27-02-2019 19:03
  Readers respond to a Joanna Moorhead article in which she claimed lay Catholics who stayed silent were complicit in the church’s failure on abuse, and to a letter and editorial on the scandal engulfing the churchI agree with Joanna Moorhead (Lay Catholics are complicit in this crisis, 26 February) that all Catholics – like all adults – should take responsibility for child protection. I believe they should act as critical friends in supporting the pope’s attempts to preven
  
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• MP describes horror at her father's treatment in care facility – video

  27-02-2019 18:42
  Rosena Allin-Khan tells the House of Commons how her elderly father was left bloodied, bruised and unconscious at a care facility, and claims a senior council official told her he 'had asked for it'MP tells of how she found father 'bruised and bleeding' in care facilityContinue reading...
  
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• Working in social care isn't all dancing and days out | Karolina Gerlich

  27-02-2019 13:51
  A new recruitment drive is welcome, but the campaign sugar-coats the sometimes brutal reality of the roleGuardian Jobs: see the latest vacancies in social care
  Care work is extremely rewarding and fulfilling, but also often back-breaking, poorly paid, mentally, emotionally and physically draining, and undertrained. It is a job in a sector desperate for more funding at every level of provision, as well as better training standards, pay and working conditions.A Department of Health and Social Care
  
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• Acton Burnell students learn from engaging with nursing home residents

  27-02-2019 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Students have swapped the classroom to learn about compassion and engaging with older people thanks to a partnership with leading provider, Morris Care. A dozen teenagers from Concord College in Acton Burnell are enjoying work experience with a difference at four Shropshire nursing homes. During their weekly visits they spend an afternoon getting to know […]
  
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• North London domiciliary care service rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC

  27-02-2019 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A domiciliary care service based in Enfield, north London, has been rated Outstanding overall by the Care Quality Commission. Edenvale Care Limited was rated Outstanding for being caring, responsive and well-led. It was rated Good for being safe and effective, following the inspection in December 2018. Edenvale Care Limited provides care and support to approximately […]
  
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• Sherborne care home resident celebrates 100th birthday

  27-02-2019 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A resident at The Old Vicarage care home in Leigh, Sherborne, has celebrated her 100th birthday. Ada Fraser marked the milestone occasion earlier this month, and celebrated with family and friends. Ada was born in 1919 in Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan, which is the westernmost point of the British mainland. She was the youngest of four; having […]
  
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• MP tells of how she found father 'bruised and bleeding' in care facility

  27-02-2019 00:00
  Rosena Allin-Khan claims he was left with unexplained injuries on several occasionsAn MP has told the Commons how her elderly father was left bloodied, bruised and unconscious at a care facility, claiming a senior council official subsequently told her “he had asked for it”.Dr Rosena Allin-Khan said her father, who has dementia, suffered an appalling catalogue of injuries while staying at an extra care facility last year. Continue reading...
  
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