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• Yoga and meditation reduce chronic pain

  01-10-2020 19:32
  
  A mindfulness-based stress reduction course was found to benefit patients with chronic pain and depression, leading to significant improvement in participant perceptions of pain, mood and functional capacity, according to a new study. Most of the study respondents (89%) reported the program helped them find ways to better cope with their pain while 11% remained neutral.
  
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• John Woodward obituary

  01-10-2020 18:49
  
  Co-founder of the Busy Bees nursery chain who came up with a pioneering childcare voucher schemeJohn Woodward, who has died aged 65 after suffering from a brain tumour, did much to enable a generation of parents to return to work. Not only did his chain of Busy Bees nurseries fill a gaping hole in the market for early years education when it was founded in 1984, but his pioneering childcare voucher scheme has made pre-school an affordable option for many.Woodward recognised the financial burden
  
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• Bredbury residents enjoy a day of fun!

  01-10-2020 08:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  Staff and residents at Borough Care’s Silverdale home for older people in Bredbury recently enjoyed a carnival day.  There was freshly made candy floss, a sweet grab machine, an egg and spoon race and a hoopla stall.  Everyone got into the carnival spirit by dressing up in brightly coloured wigs.  The day helped bring back lots of happy memories for residents, who remembered enjoying fun times at carnivals and fairs with their families and friends.
  Lindsay Hadfield, Activity
  
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• Need for clarity as care home lockdowns bite again

  01-10-2020 08:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  A care campaigner today called on the Government to allow a single, nominated, and tested visitor to be allowed to visit a family member in care and nursing homes.
  Care providers are becoming increasingly concerned about the mental wellbeing of their residents as lockdown restrictions continue and become more severe.
  The provider organisation the Independent Care Group (ICG) has also called for greater guidance over visiting and questioned where the second round of infection control funding is.
  
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• ‘Making Relational Care Work for Older People’-Leading author to host virtual book launch

  01-10-2020 07:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The way we care for older people, and the value society places on them and their carers, has become an ever-more urgent topic.  A new book from Routledge, Making Relational Care Work for Older People: Exploring innovation and best practice in everyday life, takes a unique approach to the subject. Based on some 150 in-depth interviews over a period of five years, with older people, carers, community project and care home managers and owners around the UK, author Jenny Kartupelis offers insig
  
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• Every Small Step – makes Dementia Carers Count

  01-10-2020 06:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  Dementia Carers Count (DCC) has launched its first ever virtual event; a walking challenge alongside a series of emotive and informative podcasts, that shine a light on the lives and experiences of just some of the family members and friends across the country who are caring for someone with dementia.
  Every Small Step was launched yesterday, on National Dementia Carers Day, and will take place from Sunday 18th October to Thursday 22nd October. Anyone can take part and set their own walking chall
  
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