Ageing Better to Deliver New Campaign Against Age-Based Discrimination
The Centre for Ageing Better has launched its new strategy today, which includes a bold new public campaign to tackle ageism. The campaign to tackle…
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Health
Social Isolation Linked to Lower Brain Volume and Higher Dementia Risk
Researchers from China and the UK have found that social isolation, but not loneliness, is linked to lower brain volume in regions associated with cognition…
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Prescription Costs for England Published by the NHS
The annual Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) includes information about the costs and volumes of prescriptions that have been dispensed in England. NHS Business Services Authority…
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Westcliff-on-Sea Physical Rehabilitation Centre Joins the Environmental Fight to Keep Streets Clean
Staff and a resident from a local rehabilitation centre joined the fight to help the environment over the busy bank holiday weekend. Michael, a resident…
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Government Announces Biggest Shake-Up in Health and Social Care Leadership in a Generation
The government has announced what it says is the biggest shakeup in social care leadership for a generation. The groundbreaking review led by General Sir…
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Leadership Review Needs Care Reform Too Says Care Providers
A major shake-up of leadership in health and social care is worthless without a better deal for social care, providers said today. The Government has…
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Report Lays Bare the Impact of Staff Shortages on Patient Care – National Workforce Plan Now Needed
Responding to new findings released today from the Royal College of Nursing on the impact of nursing staff shortages, Dr Layla McCay, director of policy…
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Jubilee Celebrations Fit for a Queen
Excitement has been running high at Ashcombe House in Worting Road where residents and staff have been busy making Jubilee-themed decorations in preparation for a…
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Care Home Group Celebrate the Queens Platinum Jubilee
Residents at Whitebriars Whitecliff, Whitebeach and the Coast Care Centre Residential and Nursing Homes, specialist dementia care based in Bexhill, and St Leonards, East Sussex,…
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Dundee Researcher Receives £235k Funding Boost for Dementia Science
A Scottish researcher based at the University of Dundee has received £235,000 to investigate how changes to the barrier between the blood supply and the…
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Reality TV Star Visits Cheshire Care Home to Combat ‘Empty Nest Syndrome’ Ahead of Global Day of Parents
With Global Day of Parents set for June 1st, a Cheshire care home has welcomed reality TV star and medical student Priya Gopaldas to its…
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Care Home Shows Dementia-Friendly Activities in Café Event
As part of Dementia Action Week, Sir Aubrey Ward House, care home of The Fremantle Trust, put together a specialised café event to highlight lesser-known…
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8% Fall in Number of Care Home Residents Compared to Pre-Pandemic Levels
The number of care home residents has fallen by eight per cent when compared to pre-pandemic levels, leaving care providers in a “precarious” position with…
Read more...Record Staffing Claim from Government Ignores Record Vacancies and Plummeting Numbers in General Practice, says BMA
Responding to the Department of Health and Social Care announcement about record numbers of doctors and nurses in the NHS, Dr David Wrigley, BMA council…
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Older People are Less Likely to Receive Mental Health Support
Age UK has drawn attention to the fact that older people are just as likely to be living with depression and anxiety as younger age…
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