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• Isolated elderly people failed by the system | Letter

  30-12-2020 18:49 via theguardian.com
  
  One reader’s neighbour is without internet access and struggles to use a mobile phone. He has been forgotten in 2020 BritainI read your article on loneliness, and the communities secretary’s encouragement to “connect with our older neighbours” (Government announces £7.5m fund to fight loneliness in England, 29 December). My wife and I (retired, IT-savvy and still fit professionals) recently did that, and were shocked to realise how profoundly many old people have be
  
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• Potential new RX strategy for stroke

  30-12-2020 17:43
  
  new research reports that a combination of a new drug and selected DHA derivatives is more effective in protecting brain cells and increasing recovery after stroke than a single drug.
  
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• Prince of Wales sends a Christmas message of support to Whiteley Village

  30-12-2020 10:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Patron of the Whiteley Homes Trust, HRH The Prince of Wales celebrates Whiteley’s “indomitable spirit” during the pandemic in Christmas message to villagers and staff. His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, Patron of The Whiteley Homes Trust, has sent a Christmas video message of support to Whiteley Village congratulating villagers and staff on their “resilience” and “indomitable spirit” during the pandemic which he said had, “shone through e
  
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• Excelcare’s Cambridgeshire region create a Christmas Nativity

  30-12-2020 09:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  Those living and working in Cambridgeshire based Excelcare homes decided to spread some extra festive cheer this year and create a Christmas nativity performance.After a year full of continued challenges, the region wanted to ensure their Christmas plans could remain enjoyable for all, even if family members couldn’t celebrate with their loved ones as they usually would.They aimed to create a Christmas nativity, with each home in the region filming a different part of the story to give rel
  
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• Primary school pupils perform festive play for Sandbach care home residents

  30-12-2020 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Residents at Elworth Grange care home in Sandbach were delighted to receive a surprise visit from pupils of Rode Heath Primary School as they performed a nativity play and sang festive carols.  The young students aged between 7 and 8, had dressed up as Mary, Joseph, the Angel Gabrielle and the three Kings to bring festive cheer to everyone and they had even arranged for ‘Jesus the donkey’ to be present for the show!The children remained outside throughout the performance and san
  
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