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Elderly struggling to cope with social care cuts
Annual budgets allocated to help the over-65s have fallen by £1.3bn since 2010, a cut of nearly a fifth A crisis in social care funding since the coalition government came to power has left many elderly people in greater hardship, struggling with higher charges and less specialist support. Government figures show that councils’ annual budgets for help for the over-65s have fallen by £1.3bn since 2010, with cuts hitting nursing homes and support for the most vulnerable
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Scale of cuts has ‘no bearing’ on services for disabled people
Knowsley has come out top in a study that reveals some local authorities are managing budget reductions much better than others. Mary O’Hara reports Knowsley council in Merseyside is a shining example of how, with a few “creative steps”, some local authorities are defying assumptions that budget cuts inevitably lead to worse services for disabled people. Its recently opened Centre for Independent Living was developed as part of the council’s health and wellbeing initiative and establishes direct partnerships between the NHS and social care services
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Scale of cuts has ‘no bearing’ on services for disabled people
Rwanda makes gains in all-inclusive education
Mainstream schools are opening up to pupils with disabilities Claude Uwihanganye, 12, lives in Muhanga district in the southern province of Rwanda, a hilly area west of the capital, Kigali.
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Not all deaf people want to be ‘fixed’ | Charlie Swinbourne
Cochlear implants work for many deaf people, but the surgery involves big changes – those who reject it should not be judged As a deaf person, there’s a few standard things you expect to happen during an audiology appointment . These include: having your hearing checked and your ears piped with warm plasticine to make new ear moulds for your hearing aids (I’ve always secretly loved this bit), and being gently chided for not cleaning your ear moulds more regularly (I’m a lifetime offender).
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Myelin Repair a Reality, says MS Society Research
Groundbreaking MS Society research has shown that damage to myelin can be reversed using stem cells.
The results come from the Cambridge Centre for Myelin Repair and the Edinburgh Centre for Translational Research, two of the Society’s major investments. The charity hopes that these results will lead to clinical trials in people with MS in the next five years and the possibility of treatment within 15 years.
Chief Executive Simon Gillespie said: “For people with MS this is one of the most exciting developments in recent years. It’s hard to put into words how revolutionary this discovery could be and how critical it is to continue research into MS. We’re delighted to have funded the first stage of this work and we’re now considering funding it further.” (more…)
MS Frontiers 2009 – Nerve Damage, Repairs and Protection
Professor Robin Franklin, from the University of Cambridge, discusses the subject of Myeline repair in 2009.
