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• Social care review must address a decade of cuts | Letters

  20-01-2021 18:04
  
  Readers respond to the government’s planned review of services for vulnerable and disadvantaged young peopleThe government’s review of children’s social care will provide an opportunity to reflect on an accumulated mass of research evidence, earlier reviews, and the views of care-experienced children, young people and families (Children’s social care: ‘wide-ranging’ review launched in England, 15 January).However, to succeed, it will also have to address why e
  
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• Knight Frank launches fifth edition of prestigious annual UK Luxury Care Home Guide

  20-01-2021 15:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Global property adviser Knight Frank has launched the fifth edition of its prestigious annual UK Luxury Care Home Guide which this year saw a record number of entries and recognised three winners in the sector.Knight Frank’s 2021 Luxury Care Home Guide comprises the UK’s Top 100 Luxury Care Homes and three overall winners of the Luxury Care Home Guide Awards who are each judged on numerous criteria including architecture, interior design and care quality.This year’s winners of
  
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• Age influences sex-related outcomes after heart attack

  20-01-2021 14:51
  
  Approximately 1.5 million heart attacks and strokes occur every year in men and women in the US. Sex and age play a large part in who experiences a heart attack, the methods used to treat these heart attacks, and the eventual post hospital outcomes of the people who experience heart attacks.
  
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• Care home lockdown constraints strengthen staff teams

  20-01-2021 11:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Managers of a group of 21 care homes in the south with up to 1,000 residents have said responding to lockdown constraints has strengthened their staff teams.Respondents to a survey of Colten Care Home Managers and Clinical Leads said having to manage the impact of Covid-19 has made staff work ‘even better as a team’.They said they had been able to offer support and reassurance to residents at the same time as ensuring staff have the help they need too.There was praise from all respon
  
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• Care provider expands Essex presence with launch of new branch

  20-01-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In Home Care’s Chelmsford branch will be officially launched in January.Home care franchise, In Home Care, is continuing its recent rapid growth with the unveiling of its new Chelmsford branch, officially, in January.The branch will provide hourly, overnight, and live-in care services for individuals with physical disabilities and learning difficulties. These services also include tailored dementia care and companionship, as well as elderly care.Natasha Shillingford, director at In Home Ca
  
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