Girlguides in Manchester have launched a UK first with a new badge to tackle loneliness in old people. Youngsters have been visiting homes for the elderly and sheltered housing centres
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Deaths from Alzheimer’s disease have risen by a third in the last year, with campaigners warning the “alarming” increase is placing a “heavy strain” on the NHS and care services.
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The number of specialist homes for older people across England will need to increase by 400,000 units in less than 20 years due to the ageing population, according to the
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Two thousand nurses are expected to hold a demonstration over pay in Parliament Square today. Beginning immediately after the first Prime Minister’s Questions of the new parliamentary year, the rally
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Councillor Susan Aitken, Leader of Glasgow City Council, has officially opened the latest 120-bedded care home to be completed as part of the council’s £100m Tomorrow’s Residential and Day Care
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A care home for older people south of Glasgow has been told to make urgent improvements in the care provided to vulnerable residents. The Care Inspectorate has served a formal
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An adult care home manager from Prestatyn, has been removed from the Register of Social Care Workers after a Social Care Wales hearing found her fitness to practise was impaired.
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Nine members of staff have been suspended from a private care home in the Swansea area after serious concerns were raised about the safety of residents, BBC Wales reports. It
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The cost of free personal and nursing care for elderly Scots reached a record high of almost £500 million in 2015-16, a new report has revealed. Councils spent £371 million
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A projected rise in the number of nursing and midwifery staff working in Scotland’s NHS is not enough to keep pace with increasing patient demand, a representative body has warned.
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