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• Autonomy Project survey explores human rights in care homes- Do the survey here

  07-04-2021 10:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  An ongoing Essex-led survey of care professionals will shed further light on concerns raised by the Care Quality Commission last week that Do Not Attempt CPR (DNACPR) orders in care homes have breached the human rights of residents.The Survey of Care Home Professionals has so far surveyed more than 220 medical, social care, legal and advocacy staff working in or with care homes, and researchers in the School of Philosophy and Art History are hoping more will complete the survey before
  
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• Vera Lynn remembered in Hampshire care home’s musical tribute

  07-04-2021 08:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Iconic forces sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn has been fondly remembered during a tribute afternoon at a New Forest care home.Residents at Colten Care’s Outstanding-rated Woodpeckers in Brockenhurst wanted to mark what would have been the late singer’s 104th birthday.It was an opportunity to sing along to some of Dame Vera’s famous songs, share memories of life during and after the Second World War and wave Union Jacks.Resident Barbara St John Frost had special reason to reminisce as
  
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