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The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) has published Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, a report reflecting on the experience of older people and the healthcare professionals
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A new survey of carers from across the UK provides a bleak appraisal of how many of the UK’s seven million unpaid family carers have
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New research funded by Marie Curie has found that terminally ill people are struggling to access essential care at home during evenings and weekends, which
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More than 9 in 10 (94%) adult social services directors in England do not believe there is the ‘funding’ or ‘workforce’ to meet care costs
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A team of teenagers have been spending their autumn doing their bit to create positive change with NCS (National Citizen Service), the country’s flagship youth
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Nearly half (49%) of care workers report they have had at least one patient whose only regular social contact is them according to a shocking
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Local care home Kings Park in Ferndown will be opening its doors to a number of people from the area to help tackle loneliness in
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Ageing Better and Independent Age are campaigning for the creation of an Older People’s Commissioner for England. The position would have official powers to investigate
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