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• Kinship carers feel invisible in debate about looked-after children | Letters

  29-01-2020 19:17
  
  We get minimal support, writes Janet Kay, while Lucy Peake says that if kinship carers can’t continue, that risks a lot of children entering the care systemWhy is it that none of the recent articles about the potential crisis in numbers of children in care mention the many children who have narrowly avoided the care system because they have been diverted from one “broken system” to another (Looked-after children are falling through the cracks of a broken system, 24 January)? Th
  
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• Hope for enhanced UTI treatments to minimize bladder pain

  29-01-2020 19:15
  The fight against Urinary Tract Infection pain, discomfort and a constant urge to urinate has taken a step forward with scientists identifying how the immune systems defence against bladder infection causes nerves to magnify sensations felt by patients. Flinders University researchers at SAHMRI in collaboration with Griffith University on the Gold Coast, have analysed how the immune system responds to urinary tract infections and the direct link this response has to magnifying bladder pain.
  
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• Beverley residents see the light as interactive system helps those with dementia interact and relax

  29-01-2020 18:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Beverley care home has taken ownership of an OMi Motion Activated Projection Mobile System. Delighted staff and residents joined the senior management of Burlington Care for the presentation of the interactive mobile sensory table to residents at Figham House. Care staff at the care home on Figham Road have been fund-raising for many months, […]
  
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• New way to treat stroke using an already FDA-approved drug

  29-01-2020 15:15
  Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF) is currently used to treat neutropenia due to chemotherapy and has been successfully used for patients who require bone marrow transplants. The study is the first to report on the neuroprotective effect of GCSF in vivo and showed that it improved neurological deficits that occur in the first few days following cerebral ischemia. GCSF improved long-term behavioral outcomes while also stimulating a neural progenitor recovery response in a mouse model.
  
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• Child cruelty case triggers call for home schooling review

  29-01-2020 12:10
  
  Northamptonshire parents jailed for neglect and abuse of ‘home educated’ sonChild protection experts have called for a national review of home schooling following an inquiry into a case in which a violent stepfather and his partner subjected their young son to extreme neglect and abuse.The boy – known as Child Ab – endured four years of cruelty including being beaten, locked in his room and forced to defecate on the floor, fed stale food and banned from speaking to his si
  
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• Wellington care home residents chase away the winter blues

  29-01-2020 10:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Residents at a Wellington care home have had a taste of sunshine to chase away the winter blues with some authentic Italian cuisine, prepared for them by the staff of Taunton restaurant ‘Ciao Amore.’ The activities team at Camelot House and Lodge organised the Italian Day as the latest in a series of international cultural […]
  
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• 'Hard truths told in a gentle way': how life story books help adopted children

  29-01-2020 09:45
  
  Life story books can help adopted children understand their past, but are often not prioritised by social workersBaby Charlie* was unable to live with his birth family, but they were determined that he would know where he came from. Although it was sometimes painful, Charlie’s birth mother and his maternal birth grandparents all spent time sharing memories and anecdotes, and explaining what happened in their own words.Charlie’s mum also pointed out where his cot used to be (the glow
  
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• Child sexual exploitation: ‘Everything we said was viewed with suspicion’

  29-01-2020 08:30
  
  Parents of children sexually exploited by criminal gangs can be blamed for not preventing abuse, report findsWhen Jess Brookes’ teenage daughter started running away in the night, it was terrifying. But in 2016, when she arrived home with knife cuts to her face, “we got the shock of our life”, says Brookes. It took a week of careful probing to find out what was going on: 13-year-old Charlotte was being raped and threatened by a criminal gang in the south-coast town where they l
  
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