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• New research finds link between walking speed and dual tasking after stroke

  21-06-2021 18:37
  Research has found that training stroke survivors to walk at a faster speed during recovery can help improve the brain function that enables people to walk and perform another task simultaneously, known as dual-task walking.
  
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• Sadly, children’s services are not a political priority | Letters

  21-06-2021 18:36
  
  Lucy Peake on the value of kinship care and Steven Walker on politicians’ indifference to the plight of children. Plus letters by June O’Sullivan and Megan JarvieIf the English children’s services system is a “tower of Jenga held together by Sellotape” (Children’s services in England shaky as Jenga tower, says review lead, 17 June), then kinship carers and the children they care for are the blocks that have already toppled off the sides.For too long, kinship c
  
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• Social care to royal yacht: battle looms over UK spending priorities

  21-06-2021 17:10
  
  The economic damage from Covid will make Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak’s decisions even harderCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBattles within government over spending priorities are looming, with the task made harder because of the economic damage from Covid. Here are some of the main fiscal decisions ahead for Boris Johnson and his chancellor, Rishi Sunak: Continue reading...
  
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• Midlands care home boss wins top employee healthcare award

  21-06-2021 14:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  The owner of a Midlands care home group has been recognised for his role in keeping his staff safe and motivated during the Covid-10 pandemic.Huw James, CEO of the Clarendon Care Group and the Redwood Healthcare Group, was awarded the Health Care Employer Award at the 2021 Worcestershire Health and Social Care Awards.Mr James, who has grown the company to include 14 residential care and nursing homes across Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Shropshire and Gloucestershire, was recognised for his &lsq
  
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• Government postpones ‘do or die’ meeting on social care in England

  21-06-2021 11:09
  
  Talks between Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Matt Hancock called off as calls grow for plan to tackle crisisA “do or die” meeting on social care involving Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and Matt Hancock has been postponed, it is understood, as the government came under renewed pressure over delays in setting out a policy for the sector.The meeting between the prime minister, chancellor and health secretary, billed as a chance to set out broad policy objectives for social care, had been s
  
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• Caremark (Redcar & Cleveland) unveils new junior superhero

  21-06-2021 10:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  Is it a bird? is it a plane? no, it’s eight-year-old Poppy from Cleveland, whose mum Gemma Dixon works for in-home care company Caremark (Redcar and Cleveland). Poppy was asked to come to school in a superhero costume to mark Red Nose Day last month along with the rest of the classmates from her local school.With most children turning up to their school day wearing a character outfit from the Marvel Cinematic Universe or a DC character such as Superman or Wonder Woman, Poppy decided she wa
  
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• Berkshire care home residents learn to “bee” more conscious on World Environment Day

  21-06-2021 08:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  To celebrate World Environment Day on the 5th June, residents at RMBI Care Co. Home Lord Harris Court, in Berkshire, learned about bees and why these insects are vital to help preserve nature’s balance. The care home’s staff members, highly committed to protecting the environment, arranged a talk and a fun quiz for the residents.Lord Harris Court’s gardener, Steve Chandler, gave the residents books so they could learn more about how bees pollinate flowers, and Tracey Esteve, on
  
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