Care news

• How hormones may alleviate side-specific movement difficulties after brain injury

  10-08-2021 16:46
  Hormones released after a brain injury contribute to movement problems on the left and right sides of the body, scientists from Uppsala University and elsewhere can now show in a new study in rats. The results also suggest that hormone-blocking treatments may help counteract these effects, a finding that has implications for treating people with traumatic brain injuries or stroke.
  
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• Predatory financial tactics are putting the very survival of the UK care system at risk | Christine Corlet Walker

  10-08-2021 11:00
  
  The competitive, for-profit model means investor returns have become more important than quality care and worker payThe crisis in social care in the UK does not have just one cause, nor one simple solution. Chronic underfunding, an ageing population, the Brexit-induced labour shortage and the devastation wreaked by Covid-19 have all played a part. But the problems forcing the care system to the brink of collapse don’t just come from a series of exogenous shocks – they are internal to
  
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• Carers call out to the next generation

  10-08-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A GROUP of long-serving members of the Church Farm Care team have been championing careers in the care sector as part of its latest recruitment drive.The group – which has more than 230 years’ experience working for Church Farm Care between them – has been sharing its experiences of working in care with the hope of encouraging more young people to consider a career in the sector.With the Covid-19 pandemic bringing the plight of care homes to the forefront of national
  
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