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New BGS Standards for Older Peoples’ Healthcare
Yesterday the BGS published ‘Effective healthcare for older people; Principles and Standards‘, with a particular focus on those living with frailty.Health care for older people is the core business for...
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First of all my heart goes out to everyone caught up in last nights tragedy in Barcelona, a city which I visited for the first time very recently. There are no words to express the shock and horror...
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Dementia Awareness Month Begins
It’s the 1st of September, so as always this is the commencement of World Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. World Alzheimer’s Month has been observed in September every year since its launch in September...
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Sláinte: Alcohol Consumption and Older People
Well, it was food last week so this week let’s turn our attention to drink. NHS Scotland this week released a new report, Hospital Admissions, Deaths & Overall Burden of Disease Attributable to...
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@LuminateScotland and@MH_Arts Are on Now! Go to Both and be Inspired!
I’ve missed a week again Had to spend some time dealing with a death in my family so my weekly postings seemed a lot less important than usual. However, back to Blogging and at a very good time if...
View ArticleOne in Five UK Hospital Patients are Harmful Drinkers
A team mainly from Kings College in London conducted as part of the first author’s MRC Addiction Research Clinical (MARC) Fellowship, has found that 1 in 5 in-patients in the UK hospital system uses...
View Article#WorldMentalHealthDay Mental #HealthforAll
Today, Saturday 10th of October is World Mental Health Day. This day was created as a programme for the World Federation for Mental Health and was observed for the first time on 10 October 1992. Prior...
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