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• Solutions for Care supports you on reducing costs without compromising quality of care

  01-04-2020 21:54 via feedproxy.google.com
              Solutions for Care are aware that in this current, uncertain climate, some care providers, that usually conduct their food purchasing via supermarkets, have started to experience difficulties with stock availability.  Others are having challenges securing delivery slots. Here is just one testimony of how we can help you: “As […]
  
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• We can’t go back to the status quo | Letters

  01-04-2020 20:51
  
  Dr Anthony Carew asks how our sense of solidarity and collective responsibility can be preserved after the Covid-19 crisis, while Norman McCandlish suggests establishing a National Care Service. Plus letters from Jill Mannion-Brunt and Graham MyttonCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageI have lost count of the people I’ve heard say there must be no return to business as usual after the coronavirus crisis. Between them, Polly Toynbee (I’ve lived through ple
  
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• We can’t go back to the status quo

  01-04-2020 20:51
  
  Dr Anthony Carew asks how our sense of solidarity and collective responsibility can be preserved after the Covid-19 crisis, while Norman McCandlish suggests establishing a National Care Service. Plus letters from Jill Mannion-Brunt and Graham MyttonCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageI have lost count of the people I’ve heard say there must be no return to business as usual after the coronavirus crisis. Between them, Polly Toynbee (I’ve lived through ple
  
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• UK healthcare regulator brands resuscitation strategy unacceptable

  01-04-2020 19:47
  
  Care home residents in Hove, East Sussex and Wales had ‘do not attempt resuscitation’ notices appliedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageElderly care home residents have been categorised “en masse” as not requiring resuscitation, in a strategy branded unacceptable by the healthcare regulator.People in care homes in Hove, East Sussex, and in south Wales are among those who have had “do not attempt resuscitation” (DNAR) notices appl
  
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• Coronavirus threatens the safety net I've built around my at-risk parents

  01-04-2020 08:00
  
  My 93-year old mum is in a care home, but Dad relies on care workers and a home help visiting him three times a day. What happens if they get sick?Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSupporting two very old parents, especially when you live some distance away, brings challenges at the best of times.For the last couple of years, I’ve been ordering Mum and Dad’s weekly online shopping from Sainsbury’s, making sure the pharmacy has delivered their med
  
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• Jewish Care redeploy staff and volunteers to support older members of the community

  01-04-2020 07:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Whilst care staff are working hard to protect, care for and keep residents safe across Jewish Care homes and independent living apartments, central office staff and volunteers are being redeployed to support older, isolated and housebound members of the community. Jewish Care Senior Marketing Coordinator, Natalie Jones, has a new role as a telephone befriender […]
  
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• Heavy drinking into older age adds 4 cm to waistline

  01-04-2020 01:44
  More than half of drinkers aged 59 and over have been heavy drinkers and this is linked to a significantly larger waistline and increased stroke risk, according to a new study.
  
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