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• Over 1 million childless people over 65 are 'dangerously unsupported'

  28-03-2019 18:36
  Older people without children at greater risk of isolation, poor health and inability to access formal care, says reportOver 1 million people aged over 65 without children are “dangerously unsupported”, and at acute risk of isolation, loneliness, poor health, poverty and being unable to access formal care, according to a new report.The number of childless older people in the UK is expected to double by 2030, putting huge pressure on a health and social care system that is already str
  
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• More than 1m childless people over 65 are 'dangerously unsupported'

  28-03-2019 18:36
  Older people without children at greater risk of isolation, poor health and inability to access formal care – reportMore than 1 million people aged over 65 without children are “dangerously unsupported”, and at acute risk of isolation, loneliness, poor health, poverty and being unable to access formal care, according to a report.The number of childless older people in the UK is expected to double by 2030, putting huge pressure on a health and social care system that is already
  
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• Parents of Mendip House resident say they were misled over abuse

  28-03-2019 13:16
  National Autistic Society downplayed allegations against staff in meeting with relatives, says familyThe parents of a vulnerable autistic woman staying at a flagship care home where residents were taunted, bullied and humiliated, claim they were misled by the charity running it over the scale of abuse.The couple say they met with the National Autistic Society’s chief executive, and a senior staff member at Mendip House, in Somerset, but the allegations of abuse against staff were downplaye
  
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• Brexit has ganged up with Alzheimer’s against my mother | Anne Penketh

  28-03-2019 12:30
  With politics utterly gridlocked, the most vulnerable people in society are floundering in a policy vacuumIt’s tempting to think that the sudden deterioration of my mother’s mental health could be linked to Brexit and our country’s collective nervous breakdown. I know it’s just a coincidence. But I believe that she and many others with Alzheimer’s disease are Brexit victims because the government’s focus on leaving the EU has created a policy vacuum that has c
  
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• Unpaid carers suffer loneliness and isolation

  28-03-2019 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  One in three unpaid carers (32 per cent)[1] looking after a loved one who is older, disabled or seriously ill has felt lonely or isolated because they are uncomfortable talking to friends about their caring role. A further third (32 per cent)[2] say they feel socially isolated at work because of their caring responsibilities. Despite […]
  
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• Log my Care launches new premium module for carers

  28-03-2019 09:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  Log my Care, the care home software provider, has announced the launch of a new premium module. Log my Care – Pro is the first optional premium module for its free care planning software, designed to help care homes streamline their record keeping. Through Log my Care, carers can record care notes as they go […]
  
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• Residents at Chester care home hit the right note with local Brass Band

  28-03-2019 09:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  Residents at New Care’s Grosvenor Manor care centre on Heath Lane in Chester are hitting all the right notes following an uplifting visit from the City of Chester Brass Band. The 28-piece band, Chester’s longest established brass group, visited the state-of-the-art care home to play a series of uplifting tunes for residents and their loved […]
  
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• Homes for older people as charity opens £56m Stoke Gifford Retirement Village

  28-03-2019 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A new retirement village officially opened in Stoke Gifford on  Thursday 14th March, marking a milestone for the residents and the area. The village, part of a £56m development programme between retirement charity The ExtraCare Charitable Trust and with South Gloucestershire Council and Bristol City Council, with a contribution of £2.4m from Homes England through […]
  
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