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• Trouble sleeping? Insomnia symptoms linked to increased risk of stroke, heart attack

  06-11-2019 22:25
  People who have trouble sleeping may be more likely to have a stroke, heart attack or other cerebrovascular or cardiovascular diseases, according to a new study.
  
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• Belong Wigan participants made the UK top 10 in the ‘Road Worlds for Seniors’

  06-11-2019 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Cycling a gran total of 500km in an international indoor cycling competition is cause for celebration for 15 Belong Wigan care village residents, but seeing their physical mobility and wellbeing dramatically improve, thanks to their participation, is the real cherry on the cake. Belong Wigan participants made the UK top 10 in the ‘Road Worlds […]
  
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• Avery Healthcare embraces ‘Going the Extra Mile’ raising over £10,000 for The Care Workers Charity

  06-11-2019 09:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Care provider Avery Healthcare embraced ‘Going the Extra Mile’ this year at their events, where they raised over £10,000 for The Care Workers Charity. Avery Healthcare operates residential, dementia and nursing care homes throughout the UK, providing the highest possible standards of care for their residents and are a gold sponsor for the charity.  This […]
  
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• No age limits to enjoying music at Chester care centre

  06-11-2019 09:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Pupils from The King’s School joined residents at Grosvenor Manor Care Centre on Heath Lane in Chester recently to show that there are no age limits to enjoying music. Inspired by BBC Music Day which takes place annually, the old and the young came together at the care home to celebrate the power of music […]
  
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• Alzheimer’s Society chief Jeremy Hughes: ‘Dementia can be a winner from this general election’

  06-11-2019 08:00
  As the Alzheimer’s Society celebrates its 40th anniversary, the outgoing head is confident social care reform will happenWhen he recently stayed in a care home to experience life as a resident, Jeremy Hughes witnessed the admission of an elderly woman from hospital. Before she was even shown her room, she and her daughter were taken to the manager’s office and asked how they intended to meet the difference between the home’s fees and what the council was prepared to pay on her
  
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• Care homes accused of being too quick to call police on children

  06-11-2019 07:00
  Vulnerable children are being criminalised over minor incidents despite guidelinesThe children who go from care home to courtVulnerable children in care homes across the country are still being taken to court for damaging residential facilities or assaulting care staff, Guardian research shows – a sign the state has failed, according to one prominent MP.Government guidelines say police should not be used for low-level behaviour management or matters a “reasonable parent” would
  
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• The Duchess of Cornwall joins young and old for inaugural Poetry Together initiative

  06-11-2019 06:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Duchess of Cornwall joined school pupils and care home residents over tea and a shared love of poetry, in celebration of the inaugural Poetry Together initiative. Poetry Together, led by author and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth and backed by Dukes Education, brings young and old together to recite poems they have learned by heart. A […]
  
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