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• Stimulation of nerve cluster during stroke may have beneficial effects

  12-02-2020 14:44
  Promising new stimulation treatment increases blood flow to the brain, improves hand strength in patients with minor stroke and may decrease disability in many patients with stroke. Nerve cluster stimulation could provide a new treatment option to stroke patients who aren't eligible for clot-dissolving drugs or clot removal.
  
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• Optimism linked to lower stroke severity, inflammation

  12-02-2020 14:44
  Optimistic stroke survivors had lower inflammation levels, reduced stroke severity and less initial physical disability after three months compared to less optimistic survivors, according to the findings of a small study. Previous studies have associated optimism with improved health outcomes for other medical conditions, however, no studies previously assessed if this association exists among stroke patient.
  
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• Golfing regularly could be a hole-in-one for older adults' health

  12-02-2020 14:44
  Regularly golfing, at least once per month, was found to lower the risk of death among older adults. While the protective effects of playing golf have not been linked to reduction of heart attack and stroke risk, researchers note the positive effects of exercise and social interaction for older adults unable to participate in more strenuous exercise.
  
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• Derby City Council agrees sale of three care homes to care provider Agincare

  12-02-2020 14:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Derby City Council has agreed on the sale of three of its care homes to the independent care provider, Agincare. The care homes – Merrill House, Raynesway View and Coleridge House – provide residential care to older people within Derby. Derby City Council was advised by Cushman & Wakefield’s Healthcare team which provided strategic advice […]
  
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• Shingles vaccine may also reduce stroke risk

  12-02-2020 13:35
  The shingles vaccine appears to reduce stroke risk by about 16% in older adults. In addition, the shingles vaccine may offer the strongest protection against stroke for people younger than 80.
  
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• Falmouth care home rated ‘Good’ across the board

  12-02-2020 07:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Trevern in Falmouth has been rated ‘Good’ in all aspects of its provision by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following an unannounced inspection in January. The rating means all Cornwall Care homes, domiciliary and supported lifestyle services across the county are ‘Good’, with some areas of provision earning CQC’s ‘Outstanding’ assessment.   In its detailed […]
  
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• Wales care crisis: ‘We’ve been trying to get him home for months

  12-02-2020 07:00
  
  Cash-strapped Welsh councils face bankruptcy over care costs due to huge rise in number of older peopleBryan Jones sips from a steaming mug of tea and glances wistfully out of the window of a care home in the Welsh border town of Chepstow. The 75-year-old is keen to go back to his beloved house near Tintern Abbey, but Monmouthshire county council has been unable to arrange any care for him for five months. “I want to get back to living a normal life … or as normal life as I can,&rdq
  
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