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Council staff go the extra mile to get to home care clients
Council care at home staff throughout the Highlands are going the extra mile to maintain services to clients in rural areas.
An example of the effo...
[11/01/2010 ]
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Council life-savers work through Christmas
Council staff are working throughout Christmas and the New Year as part of efforts to prevent 40,000 needless deaths this winter, council leaders at t...
[04/01/2010 ]
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Free homecare plans should be fully funded, say London Councils
The government’s Personal Care at Home Bill could damage the capital’s already over-stretched social care services, have London Councils warned.
Th...
[30/11/2009 ]
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Think, look and act
The lives of more than 40,000 people could be needlessly lost this winter as a direct result of the cold and snow, council bosses have warned.
With...
[09/02/2009 ]
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Keeping out the killer cold - councils protect people as the big freeze bites
With the country gripped by one of the harshest cold snaps for years and predictions of the worst outbreak of flu for nearly a decade, councils are st...
[12/01/2009 ]
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Ageing society must spur policy changes that support older people, says Help the Aged
Responding to the news that the latest population statistics show that the over 60's now outnumber the under 18's, Mervyn Kohler, Special Adviser at H...
[01/09/2008 ]
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New research shows Government risks losing the grey vote over treatment of older people
Help the Aged warns the Government would be ‘short-sighted’ not to introduce legislation against age discrimination
New research shows the current ...
[02/06/2008 ]
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Older people need a ticket to ride on all public transport
Two fifths of older people in the UK are not within walking distance of a bank, friends and family or health and social services according to new rese...
[14/01/2008 ]
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Joined up services for older people
Mid Sussex District Council has joined forces with local partners to take positive action to safeguard the welfare of its residents over the age of 60...
[Jan/Feb 07 ]
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Two new Extra Care housing schemes, offering a real housing alternative for Birmingham’s older people have been given the go-ahead.
Two new Extra Care housing schemes, offering a real housing alternative for Birmingham’s older people have been given the go-ahead.
Cabinet formerl...
[August 2006 ]
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