Care news

• Worst care homes more likely to have poorest residents, official data shows

  15-10-2021 16:53
  
  Sixty-nine per cent of people in ‘inadequate’ homes in England have their bills paid for by the stateThe worst care homes are more likely to house the poorest residents, according to official data released for the first time on Friday revealing the impact of England’s two-tier social care system.A total of 69% of people who live in care homes in England rated as “inadequate” by Care Quality Commission inspectors have their bills paid by the state because of their li
  
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• Discovery of new role for the brain’s immune cells could have Alzheimer's implications

  15-10-2021 15:48
  The immune cells, known as microglia, also help regulate blood flow and maintain the brain's critical blood vessels, researchers have discovered. The findings may prove important in cognitive decline, dementia and stroke, among other conditions linked to diseases of the brain's small vessels.
  
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• Austerity in England linked to more than 50,000 extra deaths in five years

  15-10-2021 00:30
  
  Researchers looked at 2010-2015 when Cameron cuts to NHS and social care were starting to biteAusterity cuts to the NHS, public health and social care have killed tens of thousands more people in England than expected, according to the largest study of its kind.Researchers who analysed the joint impact of cuts to healthcare, public health and social care since 2010 found that even in just the following four years the spending squeeze was linked with 57,550 more deaths than would have been expect
  
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