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• Stroke patients receive different amounts of physical therapy

  24-04-2019 21:36
  Medicare-covered stroke patients receive vastly different amounts of physical and occupational therapy during hospital stays despite evidence that such care is strongly associated with positive health outcomes, a new study found.
  
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• Diamond Wedding celebrations at Somerset care home

  24-04-2019 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Nynehead Court hosted an extra special party for resident Alec Smith and his wife Ann, who were celebrating their Diamond Wedding Anniversary. Alec and Ann were married on 2nd April 1959, and Nynehead Court pulled out all the stops to make their Diamond Anniversary a memorable day. As well as inviting friends to celebrate with […]
  
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• £7.5m sheltered housing scheme opens at Danemore Tenterden

  24-04-2019 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A major landmark in Ashford Borough Council’s multi-million-pound modernisation plan for its sheltered housing schemes has seen the re-opening of the £7.5m Danemore scheme in Tenterden. Located at Beechy Path and a short walk from the town centre, the new-look Danemore provides 34 homes for affordable rent for older people, together with four chalet bungalows […]
  
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• Popular resident celebrates his 103rd birthday in style

  24-04-2019 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A popular resident at a Shropshire care home has celebrated his 103rd birthday in style. Local-born Stanley Saxon celebrated his milestone birthday with a sing-a-long with his family and friends at Myford House Nursing Home in Telford. The great-grandfather of six’s 103rd birthday came nine years after, when at the age of 94, Stanley decided […]
  
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• UK watchdog blocks record number of child abuse webpages

  24-04-2019 07:00
  Internet Watch Foundation wages ‘constant battle against demand for child rape images’More than 100,000 webpages containing child sexual abuse imagery (CSAI) or videos were identified and blocked over the last year by the UK charity tasked with maintaining the nationwide blacklist, an increase of more than a third on the year before.The Internet Watch Foundation, the charity that does much of the groundwork required to populate the anti-CSAI filters operated by internet service provi
  
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• Fewer than one in four homeowners saving for future care – survey

  24-04-2019 01:01
  Government should provide free personal care for everyone, charity recommends in reportFewer than one in four homeowners are saving for their future care needs, despite more than half fearing they could lose their homes to pay for care in later life, research has found.A survey commissioned by the Independent Age charity found more than 143,000 older people – more than one-third of the 421,000 currently in residential care – are likely to face costs of £100,000 or more to pay f
  
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