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• Low cholesterol linked to higher risk of bleeding stroke in women

  10-04-2019 22:30
  Lowering low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol reduces the risk of heart attacks and stroke, with an ideal value below 100 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL). But can it be too low? A new study finds that women who have levels of LDL cholesterol 70 mg/dL or lower may be more than twice as likely to have a hemorrhagic stroke than women with LDL cholesterol levels from 100 to 130 mg/dL.
  
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• Paying a premium for agency social workers | Letters

  10-04-2019 19:07
  Alec Baseley says agencies know local authorities need social workers and rates reflect that market, while Michael Cross breaks down the numbers furtherYour article (Councils spend millions on social work agencies, 8 April) throws new light on an issue that has been around for many years. As a former senior social work manager in children’s services and recruiter of permanent, agency and foreign staff, I believe there are many underlying reasons for staffing shortages. Pay is one factor fo
  
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• Caregiving not as bad for your health as once thought, study says

  10-04-2019 17:27
  For decades, articles in research journals and the popular press alike have reported that being a family caregiver takes a toll on a person's health, boosting levels of inflammation and weakening the function of the immune system. Now, after analyzing 30 papers on the levels of immune and inflammatory molecules in caregivers, researchers say the link has been overstated and the association is extremely small.
  
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• While the UK dithers over social care, China is starting to deliver

  10-04-2019 12:10
  China – a country getting old before it gets rich – has much to teach the UK with its rapid rollout of a network of care hubsThe truth is that no one wants to foot the bill for long-term care in an ageing society. A mere handful of nations have grasped the nettle and set about comprehensively redesigning the way they deliver and pay for care. Germany and Japan are two countries that have implemented social insurance schemes. Both can teach the UK lessons. But if we are looking for a
  
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• Scrap-Book Circles Help Christopher Keep In Touch

  10-04-2019 11:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A man with learning difficulties who lives at a residential service in Plymouth is enjoying easier access to family news via a new supported social network developed especially for vulnerable people wishing to stay in touch with loved ones who live far afield.   Christopher Collins of Victoria House in the city centre, a service […]
  
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• Duo keep care in the family

  10-04-2019 10:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  For Darlington mother and daughter duo Lynette and Amy, caring was certainly in the family on Mother’s Day. Mum Lynette Lownsbrough, 71, joined Home Instead Senior Care Darlington and just three months later her daughter Amy, 34, followed suit to the home care company. “I love being a caregiver and everything Home Instead is about […]
  
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• Social care provider launches poetry project for staff and customers

  10-04-2019 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A social care provider has introduced a poetry project to encourage staff and customers to discover and share life experiences through poetry.   The project was launched on World Poetry Day (21 March) across Optalis’ Older Peoples’ Services in Windsor and Wokingham and poems will be submitted until mid-August.   World Poetry Day is a […]
  
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