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• Toddler murders highlight critical state of social services

  05-06-2019 19:55
  Staff shortages and funding cuts mean children failing to get attention they need
  The circumstances surrounding the horrific killings of Dylan Tiffin-Brown, two, and Evelyn-Rose Muggleton, one, throw the spotlight not just on “systemic weaknesses” at Northamptonshire county council but the critical state of children’s social services across England.The serious case review reports said mistakes were made during events leading up to the children’s deaths over a four-month p
  
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• Officials failed toddlers killed by violent men, inquiry finds

  05-06-2019 14:00
  Social workers and police had chances to help Dylan Tiffin-Brown and Evelyn-Rose Muggleton
  Child protection workers, police and other professionals missed crucial opportunities to intervene before two toddlers known to social services were murdered by men with histories of domestic violence, crime and drug use, an inquiry has found.Separate reports examined the deaths of Dylan Tiffin-Brown, who was two when he died of cardiac failure after his father assaulted him in December 2017, and Evelyn-Ro
  
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• Borough Care marks Dementia Action Week with a list of activities

  05-06-2019 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Borough Care, the largest not-for-profit provider of care for older people in Stockport, marked Dementia Action Week (20-26 May) with a range of activities at its eleven homes across Stockport. Organised by Alzheimer’s Society, Dementia Action Week unites people to take action and improve the lives of people living with dementia. Borough Care has over […]
  
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• Relatives of military veterans gathered to see their loved ones celebrated at High Wycombe care home

  05-06-2019 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Relatives of local military veterans have gathered to see their loved ones celebrated at The Royal Star & Garter Home in High Wycombe. The Charity named floors after four heroes from the High Wycombe and surrounding areas and held a special ceremony on 23 May 2019. Frank Adams, Anthony ‘Bugs’ Bendell AFC OBE, Edward Brooks […]
  
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• The Fremantle Trust launches debut ‘dementia friendly cafe’ during Dementia Action Week

  05-06-2019 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Care provider and charity, The Fremantle Trust, launched its debut dementia friendly café at Fremantle Court, Stoke Mandeville, as well as engaging with shoppers in Aylesbury to mark Dementia Action Week (20th-26th May). The awareness week, set up by Alzheimer’s Society, was established to unite people, workplaces, schools and communities to take action and improve […]
  
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• Why aren’t new homes fully accessible for older and disabled people? | David Brindle

  05-06-2019 08:00
  Cuts to planning services have helped ensure that only 7% of England’s housing stock is even ‘visitable’ by a disabled personSix years ago a House of Lords inquiry concluded that the UK government and society were “woefully under-prepared” for the needs of the ageing population. It was meant to be a wake-up call, a prompt for action, but new evidence shows that we continue to drift negligently on the crucial issue of housing.If older people are going to live longer
  
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