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Unlike a generation ago the elderly and the infirmed no longer have to be uncomfortable with their armchair or restricted to the ground floor of the house. There has been a revolution in disability products, not least of all in devices aimed at assisting people so that they can move freely between one floor of [...]  According to Diabetes UK, about 80% of diabetes foot amputations are avoidable if there was better care. Many patients suffer because a lot of places are not equipped with the proper services to efficiently handle infections and foot ulcers. It is estimated that by 2015, there will be 7,000 more amputations due to diabetes. Type I [...] There are currently twenty one new projects that are government funded researching dementia, and two of then are being led at the University of Hertfordshire. These aim to boost the diagnosis rates of dementia, as well as trialling ground breaking treatments and offering help and support to those living with the condition. The two projects, which [...] People who require an external oxygen supply to breathe have for many years been dependent on oxygen tanks that need refilling on a regular basis, this in turn, requiring frequent visits to a source or from the supplying company to the patient’s home. The introduction of oxygen concentrators is a great boon to many patients, [...] Selecting a nursing home for a loved one is important and you want to be certain that you take the decision seriously because you are in essence choosing care that will help see them through their final years of life the ways that you will not be able to. A nursing home is about providing more [...] A county councillor for the Labour Party in Nottinghamshire has recently stated that more inspections need to be conducted at care homes in the area. These comments were made by the politician after a care home was shut down in the area after concerns were raised about it, and the safety of the residents residing [...] |
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