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• Peter Leviné obituary

  13-07-2021 18:27
  
  My friend Peter Leviné, who has died aged 78, was a psychotherapist of great compassion, who valued independent judgment over orthodoxy.Peter’s commitment to a progressive and rational humanism was deeply influenced by his mother, Doreen Byrne (known as Bill), who at one stage ran a children’s home for teenage girls, and his father, Eugene (Genia) Leviné, a refugee from 1930s Germany who settled as a biology lecturer in London, where Peter was born. His Russian Communis
  
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• Recent study identifies 11 candidate genetic variants for Alzheimer's disease

  13-07-2021 17:08
  A recently published study identifies 11 rare candidate variants for Alzheimer's disease. Researchers found 19 different families in Utah that suffered from Alzheimer's disease more frequently than what is considered normal.
  
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• ‘Paul’s story – from hospital to home

  13-07-2021 11:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  ‘Paul’ was just eighteen when he moved into Whorlton Hall, a now closed-down hospital in County Durham which treated adults with severe learning disabilities or autism until 2019. Whorlton Hall was one of two private hospitals brought into sharp focus during the 2010s thanks to two harrowing but landmark BBC Panorama documentaries.Winterbourne View – 10 years onOn 31 May 2011, Panorama revealed inhumane practices found at an Assessment and Treatment Unit (known as ATUs) called
  
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• BT announces national rollout of Care Home Companions service

  13-07-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  BT is announcing the national rollout of its employee led initiative, Care Home Companions to over 300 care homes across the UK. Since 2020, BT, EE and Plusnet contact centre colleagues have been volunteering to regularly chat with care home residents to keep their spirits up during the pandemic. Following a successful launch in the North East, BT is expanding Care Home Companions to over 300 care homes nationwide with their partner HC-One, with the ambition to have 1,600 volunteers making 15,00
  
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