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The government has failed for the sixth time to hit its own deadline to publish details of care system reforms for adults with disabilities and the elderly, because of the Brexit gridlock wracking the Commons.
Charities claimed lives were being put at risk by minsters’ “dithering and delays” and warned vulnerable people denied care, such as those with learning disabilities, were at increased “risk of abuse and neglect”.
Health secretary Matt Hancock told MPs in January that he “intends [to publish] before April” the social care green paper containing the government’s plans to make care safer and financially sustainable.
On Friday the Department of Health and Social Care told the The Independent it had no plans to publish the document before Monday 1 April.
Age UK said this was now the sixth time ministers’ assurances have fallen flat since the originally scheduled publication date of summer 2017 was missed.
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A woodland in the Highlands is the first in Scotland to become dementia friendly.
The area around the woodland cabin has been resurfaced to make it easier to walk around and new dementia friendly signage has been installed on the compost toilet and outdoor sink.
In addition, the areas around benches have been made wheelchair accessible to stimulate conversations and activities and staff and volunteers have been given uniform so people know who to approach for assistance.
Scotland’s walking charity, Paths for All, been working to help make Evanton Community Woodland accessible for people living with dementia.
Ian Findlay, its chief officer said: “Improving outdoor spaces for people living with dementia is important to ensure they can get outside to benefit from sunlight, fresh air and sensory stimulation.
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A couple in their nineties, who both receive live-in care, are still smitten with each other and “wouldn’t be able to cope if they were apart”.
Marie, aged 96, and her husband Ron, 97, are still very much in love, according to their son Nick Murray, who says: “They would be very upset if they were separated. I don’t think they would cope if they were apart from each other. They wouldn’t be able to understand why they weren’t together. That is why we have live-in care for them, so they can stay together in a familiar environment.”
The pair have never been apart, except seven years ago when Marie had a fall and Ron visited her in hospital every other day.
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Britain’s oldest ballerina has pirouetted her way into the record books, after passing the Royal Academy of Dance’s most advanced exam, aged 81.
Barbara Peters, from West Yorkshire, received the Grade eight award with a pass rate of 73 per cent, 79 years after she started dancing at just two-years-old.
The school has run exams since 1924 and it is thought Ms Peters is the oldest person to take any of its tests in Britain.
Barbara’s daughter Claire and founder of babyballet, said: “We are all so immensely proud of her and would like to congratulate her for this incredible achievement. What a true inspiration she is to all our babyballet stars and to all ballet dancers across the world.”
Not long after the grandmother-of-eight was awarded her Grade seven last year, she knew she had to “knuckle down” to get her Grade eight. So she stuck to her usual weekly lessons until six weeks before her exam, when she took on a regime of two hours of ballet a day.
Ms Peters said: “Dancing is a great exercise to keep your strength. I can still do all the powerful dance moves, the leaps, pirouettes and cartwheels but I can’t do them like an 18-year-old can. I haven’t done the splits for the past ten years.
“My fitness is due to how much I have danced throughout my life. Dancing keeps me young and has given me a bit of credibility in my own right.”
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