Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres to sell off land Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s Reform cabinet member for social care owns private care company Lancashire’s Reform-run council has been accused of “selling off the family silver” with plans to save £4m a year by closing five council-run care homes and five day centres and selling off the land. One of the care home residents, a 92-year-old woman, said she would leave only by “being forcibly removed or in a box”. Continue reading...

Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres to sell off land

Today we have released the latest size and structure information with up-to-date data about the adult social care sector and workforce in England in 2024/25.

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‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’ Review: Nursing-Home Horror John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush face off in James Ashcroft’s thriller about a man who menaces his fellow elderly residents with a hand puppet.

Review: John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush face off in "The Rule of Jenny Pen," James Ashcroft’s thriller about a man who menaces his fellow elderly residents with a hand puppet

Carers UK is also calling on Government to urgently invest an additional £1.5 billion in breaks and respite services in England (with consequential funding for Devolved Nations) and legislate so that carers have a statutory right to regular and meaningful breaks. www.carersuk.org/reports/stat...

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The average life expectancy of people diagnosed with dementia ranges from 9 years at age 60 to 4.5 years at age 85 for women, and from 6.5 to just over 2 years, respectively, in men, finds this systematic review of the evidence

Includes a visual abstract
www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Alzheimer’s disease: What treatments could be rolled out in the next few years? NICE has said it expects to evaluate dozens of potential treatments for Alzheimer’s disease over the next few years. Elisabeth Mahase examines what we know about these drugs This year the National In...

After rejecting two Alzheimer’s treatments this year, NICE has said it expects to evaluate dozens of potential treatments for Alzheimer’s disease over the next few years.

Here's what we know about these drugs 👇

www.bmj.com/content/387/...

I-Care Doctoral Training Centre - PhD Applicants Information Session YouTube video by Dementia Researcher

If you're thinking of applying for a PhD within the new @alzsocresearch.bsky.social I-Care DTC, applications close on the 22nd January. If you missed the info webinar you can catch-up now with this livestream recording. @profnathandavies.bsky.social

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Facing death differently: revolutionising our approach to death and grief Despite growing public interest in death, support for end-of-life care and bereavement remains inadequate. We urgently need a community centred, public health approach to the social processes of dying...

Death is a natural, human part of life. To truly improve end-of-life and geriatric care, we need to rethink our relationship with death - restoring a perspective that existed before medicalization reshaped our culture.

An important feature article by @lucyselman.bsky.social in @bmj.com

Streeting defends timescale for social care reform - BBC News The first steps to creating a National Care Service are announced - but critics say the pace of the plan "feels far too long".

Important reforms for social care including a national care service but "it'll take time" and another commission www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Oh yeah, there’s that … I can’t recall exactly what I did about that but I do recall that making it a bit uncomfortable. Honestly I think kids are as happy engaging in it as a nice make believe activity that they play out with their parents and everyone rather than needing to believe Santa is real.

Happy solstice ✨

Our paper on the impact of living with multiple long-term conditions on everyday life: a qualitative evidence synthesis. The 'work' is not only around medications and healthcare use, it is also emotional & financial with lots of learning & adaptation
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

City lit literally tells you 'your password doesn't meet our requirements', but doesn't tell you what the requirements are. I tried 25 ones. 'WhatsthefuckingP0licy?' worked.

He died as he lived, clicking “Forgot password,” then checking his inbox for a code, then putting in that code, then setting up two-step verification, and then waiting for the text message that doesn’t come, and then calling the 800 number, and then downloading an authenticator app, and dying.

The Janus Face of Person‐Centred Care Click on the article title to read more.

First bluesky post! My new editorial with Catherine Evans and @proflizsampson.bsky.social calls out the misuse of 'person-centred care' in policy and outcome measurement as vague and oversimplified, especially for those with dementia. Full article on request!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Day 🔟 of #ARCResourceReveal!

Discover our resource on decision-making in end-of-life are for advanced dementia. This tool supports shared decision-making and aims to reduce moral distress for care staff. @adamgordon1978.bsky.social

Download here:
🔗 https://buff.ly/41D4Nhx

Evaluating the impact of a pilot programme for home- and community-based services on long-term care needs among older adults in China Ruru Ping, Bo Hu, Takashi Oshio

NEW ARTICLE: Evaluating the impact of a pilot programme for home- & community-based services on LTC needs in #China 🔍

Ruru Ping, Bo Hu + Takashi Oshio present findings in PLOS ONE.📖

Read the article now:👉
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📢 New paper now out in @palliativemedj.bsky.social - Coproduction in practice: A qualitative study of the development of advance care planning workshops for South Asian elders

doi.org/10.1177/0269...
@capcbristol.bsky.social
@peolcsw.bsky.social
@arc-west.bsky.social
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Same. I just couldn’t do it. But we said it was a nice pretend story and then just carried on as if. She seemed fine with that.

Sian Gregory, research funding manager @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social gives an overview of funding themes. Also acknowledges vital role of 350 volunteers who shape decisions on research funding #DemComm

Transforming Healthy Ageing: Insights from the Pioneers Leading the Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing - Barts Life Sciences Welcome to this special interview with two of the three distinguished professors who have been appointed as Professorial Chairs for the newly established Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing (ACHA) at B...

An interview by Bart’s Life Sciences with @proflizsampson.bsky.social
and me about our proposed work at the Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing bartslifesciences.org/transforming...

Medicalising grief results in waiting lists for talking therapy, the use of medication & healthcare resources. A compassionate community, workplace or school that is grief friendly can make a difference.
To be part of a compassionate movement see the link:
tinyurl.com/4wrrv8rr
#GriefAwarenessWeek

Hospice leaders warn hundreds of beds out of use A lack of funding and staff are blamed as hospices close beds permanently or take them out of use.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Wearable tech can monitor our health but why are doctors so sceptical? Wearable tech claims to help monitor our health, but many doctors remain sceptical.

this from @bbcnews.bsky.social Zoe Kleinman

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I have recently started using this app - the approach to pacing and the early warning when at risk of overdoing it are proving really useful. Good to see research findings being published based on users’ collective data.

Testing and Masking Policies and Hospital-Onset Respiratory Viral Infections This cohort study examines the ratio between hospital- and community-onset respiratory viral infections at different levels of testing and masking from 2020 to 2024.

New: Universal masking&testing reduce hospital infections, so does staff masking

Stopping universal masking&testing led to 25% increase in respiratory viral infections
Restarting staff masking led to 33% decrease

8 out of 100 (random sample) died in the hospital
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Prioritizing Research on Social Determinants of Health This Viewpoint discusses the critical importance of prioritizing social determinants of health in reducing health disparities and advancing health equity.

The evidence that social determinants impact health is overwhelming. Excellent viewpoint makes compelling call for fully integrating social determinants into the US Health research priorities.
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Blueprint drawn up to deliver ‘unprecedented transformation’ of end of life care Palliative care commission set up to provide high-quality, holistic support to 100,000 people in England and Wales * Assisted dying bill brings critical state of palliative care into government’s focus MPs, doctors and charities have drawn up a…

Blueprint drawn up to deliver ‘unprecedented transformation’ of end of life care

Important plea from @doctoroxford.bsky.social for the funding palliative care so urgently needs. Extra important if we don't want doctors to be put in position where they can't give people the end-of-life care they need but prescribing lethal drugs is an option.

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And then, because this is arguably the most preposterous country on earth, Speaker Lindsay Hoyle says: "Right, thank you everybody. We're going to move on to the ferrets bill if people wish to leave."