Older and frail patients will be given “health MOTs” at the entrance of emergency departments to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions. The approach could be a “lifeline” for many patients, according
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Adverts for the Alzheimer’s Society which detailed a woman’s death “again and again and again” have been cleared following 235 complaints that they were irresponsible and caused “unjustifiable distress”. The
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Day-to-day care for adults in need, including the elderly and disabled, would be free under a Liberal Democrat government, the party has pledged. Leader Sir Ed Davey described the issue
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Artificial intelligence (AI) linked to household devices such as kettles and electric showers is being used to alert family or neighbours if an elderly or vulnerable person does not follow
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A care home provider has been fined £24,981 for failing to protect an elderly resident who had 10 falls before he died from a traumatic head injury. Claremont Care Services
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More than 20,000 people have volunteered to be part of a study aimed at speeding up the development of dementia drugs. The group will enable scientists to involve healthy people
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A Hunger Games-obsessed ex-prisoner has been locked up indefinitely for the “senseless” killing of an elderly mobility scooter rider five days after his release. Lee Byer (pictured) was psychotic when
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A musical “lifeline” for people with dementia could improve lives and reduce pressure on the NHS, according to organisers of a project which will analyse the effects of the therapy.
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Leaders from a number of end-of-life charities have joined forces to demand a new funding model for palliative care from the next government to ensure the sector is able to
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Northern Ireland’s commissioner for older people has blasted cases during the pandemic where people were discharged to care homes without being tested for Covid-19 as “reckless”. Eddie Lynch said it
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