From the Connect Project Team Introduction As the new Labour government rolled out policy directions for different aspects of the UK society, there was an increasing urgency for a dialogue about the well-being of different population groups and the role of the welfare state in an ageing society. People aged 65 and older constitute the… Continue Reading Conversations on Living Well in Old Age: Community Perspectives on Health, Care, and Pensions| PSSRU
The shocking evidence heard in the Scottish Covid Inquiry about how people in care homes were denied dignity, love and ultimately life through withdrawal of healthcare during covid has now been echoed in England. Together held a panel discussion including the voices of whistleblowers who have not been heard and addressing fears that the inquiry will not join the dots on the evidence and that damaging new law will embed these practices if any kind of emergency is announced in future... The pos...| HART
Module 6 of the UK C-19 Inquiry has just completed taking evidence, and much of it has been very harrowing. The overwhelming impression is of numerous unnecessary deaths, not from covid-19 but from loneliness, neglect, dehydration, denial of access to basic medical care, and most seriously the blanket application of DNAR notices across care homes for the elderly and even for young adult with disabilities, often without the patient’s consent or the family’s knowledge. Read this and tell me...| HART
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The alternative CARE module people's inquiry; GMC not fit for purpose: Where did AstraZeneca go? Update from legal challenge in Netherlands... The post Pick of the Week – 1st August appeared first on HART.| HART
The Friday Report is our regular update with a summary of the key papers, analyses and data that we’ve looked at recently. This is our last regular Friday Report. In Issue 74, we look at: And finally, how we’ve used Borgesian AI to summarise our recent ‘ARG AGM’ … The post The Friday Report – Issue 74 appeared first on COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group.| COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group
Your Back Yard is a Leeds based social enterprise who work with local communities to support healthy lifestyles. Over the last nine months the organisation has delivered digital skills sessions across six care homes in Leeds. When working with care settings 100% Digital Leeds identified a gap in digital skills support provision. The team partnered with Your Back Yard to address this issues, supporting the organisation to apply for Awards For All funding to improve outcomes for residents thr...| 100% Digital Leeds
