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• The safety of children is our paramount concern at Cafcass | Letter

  31-07-2020 17:30
  
  Jacky Tiotto, the chief executive of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, responds to an article about itRe Louise Tickle’s article (Twisted priorities mean Cafcass has failed to protect children from abusive parents, 28 July), the first duty of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service is to safeguard children in family proceedings and to make recommendations to the family court about what is safe and in their best interests. This is complex work, w
  
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• Memory loss reversed or abated in those with cognitive decline

  31-07-2020 16:41
  Researchers sought to determine whether a comprehensive and personalized program, designed to mitigate risk factors of Alzheimer's disease could improve cognitive and metabolic function in individuals experiencing cognitive decline. Findings provided evidence that this approach can improve risk factor scores and stabilize cognitive function.
  
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• Anyone for tennis at Little Weighton care home?

  31-07-2020 15:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Residents at The Manor House Residential home in Little Weighton have been served an ace by home staff who laid on a Wimbledon-themed afternoon.   The home, on White Gap Road, planned an afternoon of Pimms and tennis, not forgetting the iconic strawberries and cream, so residents could still show their ‘love’ for the sport […]
  
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• Handing budgets to the NHS will not save social care from collapse | Bob Hudson

  31-07-2020 09:34
  
  Social care is failing, but as well as proper funding, it desperately needs a new visionThe social care rumour mill is in overdrive. Despite the prime minister assuring the nation that he had a “clear plan”, the sector is now the subject of multiple proposals. While most concentrate on finding a solution to funding long-term care, there are also some fundamental suggestions around service structure and delivery. The most notable of these is that responsibility for social care could b
  
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• People with learning disabilities are living longer but face challenges

  31-07-2020 07:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  People with learning disabilities are generally living longer in the UK, but adults with learning disabilities face challenges in later life such as when a parent dies, new research shows. The research found that the familial, friendship and social relationships many people with learning disabilities rely upon change as they grow older, and the loss […]
  
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• Schoolgirl and care home resident forge touching pen pal friendship

  31-07-2020 07:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  A 10-year-old schoolgirl has struck up a touching friendship with a care home resident under lockdown Sofia Bird, a pupil of St Mary’s Aided School, in Overton-on-Dee, is the new pen pal of Susanne Lewis, 41, who has lived at Pendine Park’s Bryn Bella care home in Wrexham for the past nine years. They regularly […]
  
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