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Dementia Care: The Three Tier Prosthetic Environment
May 23, 2014
To recap from last week’s blog and to summarise thoughts expressed over the last three environment specific blogs: If each area of the care environment is designed to compensate for…
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Are GP Receptionists Really Such ‘Dragons’?
May 23, 2014
Grumpy, grouchy and other labels. It seems GP Receptionists are still labelled as ‘dragons’ and perceived by patients as grumpy ‘gatekeepers’ with a penchant to be unpleasant and unhelpful. There…
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Periodontal Disease and the NHS
May 23, 2014
This is a Government Information Broadcast! How many people remember those black and white info-commercials from the 50s and 60’s? I hope I’m not the only one! If they still…
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Could you Really Spot a Fake Reference?
May 20, 2014
Fake Britain Having watched a recent episode of ‘Fake Britain’, I was amazed to see just how easy it is to obtain a ‘fake reference’ and to observe how this…
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Dementia Care: Principles of Design for Dementia
May 19, 2014
The Dementia Development Centre at Stirling University has suggested 10 basic principles of design to aid persons with dementia cope in their living environment, but there has been guidance on…
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GPs Under Pressure
May 16, 2014
Your GP Cares The first thing I think of when I read the words ‘under pressure’ is the Queen and David Bowie hit record and I know, you won’t be…
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Smoothies 1 Laxatives 0
May 15, 2014
Constipation is a common problem in the elderly population, especially in care homes, and laxatives are usually the first line treatment. The cause of constipation in this population group is…
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A Bit of Luxury?
May 15, 2014
Bentley Motors reported better sales results for the first quarter of 2014, building on the record sales for 2013 of 10,120 cars, a 19% increase on the previous year. These…
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