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A single care home for older people in Bedfordshire has been reported to have lost 15 residents to #COVIDー19 . The storm of this disease in care homes is just beginning and its horrific. Thoughts are with staff and residents everywhere.
Yes, the numbers exclude the large numbers of people dying at home. A bigger question is why are people avoiding the hospitals? Valid concerns about medical bills? Unwilling to have elder family member die alone? That’s the real story. #coronavirus
What are potential long-term impacts on elders of the isolation, restrictions & lifestyle changes due to COVID-19?
How can a whole person approach to care alleviate some of these effects?
Join us for a special webinar Wed, April 15 at 2 pm CT
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MA Gov Baker: nurses and medical professionals from other states will be able to get licensed in MA in one day - just happenwd today. Will make it easier for hospitals with staffing
#CoronavirusPandemic#wbz
Holy shit. Katie Porter holds the CDC Director's feet to the fire and gets him to commit to FREE TESTING for coronavirus for ALL AMERICANS.
Watch every second of this.
What a great way to integrate the generations and help children engage with current issues and concerns! Well done @Immediate_T, we need to see more initiatives like this across the UK!
'I don't trust dragons!': drama of the ages unfolds on London estates theguardian.com/stage/2019/j…
Why are we odd about toilets in the UK? Lack of toilets on South Wales Metro trains 'dehumanising' - OK so many trams/metros/undergorunds don’t have toilets but some of the routes are long here... bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-4974…
"Developing a model of mobility capital for an ageing population", our @charliemuss new paper on barriers and enablers to mobility in later life after driving cessation, using Bourdieu's theory of capitals res.mdpi.com/d_attachment/ij…
In the next 10 years there'll be 13 million job vacancies and only 7 million school and college leavers to fill them.
Retraining Over 50s via apprenticeships and other qualifications is going to be essential to maintaining your workforce.
More info: socsi.in/hignX