Staff sacking and suspensions over poor elderly care
One staff member has been sacked and seven suspended from one of England’s largest care homes after an undercover probe by BBC Panorama found poor care.
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Dementia Facebook app to raise awareness of the illness
Facebook users are being invited to experience what it is like to live with dementia in a bid to raise greater awareness about the disease.
Half of cancer sufferers ‘live a decade or more’
Half of people in England and Wales now being diagnosed with cancer will survive at least a decade – double the rate in the early 1970s, figures show.
Dotsa Bitove Wellness Academy takes artful approach to fighting dementia
The Dotsa Bitove Wellness Academy offeres day programs for people with dementia. Its aim is to tap into peoples continuing abilities to have relationships, to care about each other and help them grow through creative expression
Regular exercise can keep dementia at bay – even if it’s in your genes
Regular exercise may keep Alzheimers at bay even in those whose genes put them in the dementia danger zone.
Dementia services must not culturally discriminate
Dementia does not discriminate based on country of origin, but services to improve the lives of people with the condition can unintentionally do so.
Cancer teenager’s fundraising total hits £3m (three times his original target) as comedian Jason Manford holds last-minute sell-out gig
Inspirational cancer sufferer Stephen Sutton received a massive boost last night after his charity fund neared £3million almost three times his target of £1million.
One third of people struggle to cope at work because of depression, stress or burn out
A third of people struggle to cope at work because of depression, stress or burn out, according to a survey published today.
Staff shortages blamed for hundreds of baby deaths each year on NHS labour wards
Hundreds of babies may be dying on NHS labour wards every year due to a severe lack of staff, a top doctor has warned.
Asthma inhalers could go into schools
Plans to allow schools to keep spare asthma inhalers could reduce the risk of emergency hospital admission or even death for more than a million pupils, according to campaigners.