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  1. Care homes have become of great interest to Private Equity not least of all as they seem to be a sustainable source of income & profits.

    In an excerpt from her new book Hettie O'Brien explores what this actually entails for people in care homes, the staff & those whose loved one are residents.

    Its not a happy tale.

    #CareHomes #PrivateEquity

    theguardian.com/society/2026/m

  2. NHS care report reveals dementia patients sedated and ‘held captive’

    Landmark review of NHS dementia care reveals ‘culture of containment’ where patients are drugged and prevented from leaving…
    #NewsBeep #News #Healthcare #CareHomes #dementia #EuropeanConventiononHumanRights #Health #healthcare #Hospitals #HumanRights #Mentalhealth #NHS #Nursinghomes #Periods #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/478318/

  3. Providing a plant-based option in #CareHomes is beneficial in multiple respects: improving food-related quality of life, enhancing dignity of choice & autonomy, and potentially boosting nutritional intake: doi.org/10.1186/s128... #plantbased #diets #nutrition #qualityoflife

    Plant-based diets for older ad...

  4. Rebel #octogenarian Austrian #nuns win reprieve

    The tumultuous story of #runaway sisters Rita, 82, Regina, 86, and Bernadette, 88, defying the #church hierarchy made headlines across the globe.

    The trio ran away from the care home the #Catholic Church sent them to "against their will" and broke back into their abandoned #convent at #Goldenstein #Castle in #Elsbethen near the city of #Salzburg in September, with the help of supporters.

    rte.ie/news/newslens/2025/1128

    #religion #retirement #CareHomes

  5. Direct #UKHSA to monitor COVID infections that occur in particular settings

    #Petition

    Ensure that the UK #Health #Security Agency (UKHSA) monitors, and reports on, the numbers of #COVID infections that occur in healthcare settings through its routine surveillance programmes, and advises on how to prevent and control infection in establishments such as #hospitals, #CareHomes, #schools

    petition.parliament.uk/petitio

    #Healthcare #SaveOurNHS #transparency #ToxicLabour #InformationMatters #information

  6. Direct #UKHSA to monitor #COVID infections that occur in particular settings - #Petition

    Ensure UK Health Security Agency monitors, and reports on, the numbers of COVID infections that occur in #healthcare settings through its routine surveillance programmes, and …

    Advises on how to prevent and control #infection in establishments such as #hospitals, #CareHomes and #schools.

    petition.parliament.uk/petitio

    #Healthy #ScienceMatters #public #safety #health #medical #protection #Covid19 #LongCovid

  7. "The new results reinforce the findings of previous studies which found that care homes operating on a for-profit basis tend to deliver poorer care than third and public sector providers."

    #SocialCare #CareHomes

    ox.ac.uk/news/2024-03-18-new-a

  8. Private firms ran almost all #CareHomes forced to shut for breaches in #England

    Study finds more than 90% of facilities for children and 98% of those for adults that were closed down were #RunForProfit
    theguardian.com/society/2024/o
    #ToryLegacy

  9. 'The healthcare regulator is so badly run that patients in #England cannot trust the safety ratings it issues for #hospitals, #CareHomes or #GPPractices, the health secretary has said.

    Wes Streeting said on Friday the #CareQualityCommission was in such deep crisis it was not able to do its basic job reliably
    theguardian.com/society/articl
    #ToryLegacy

  10. CW: allusions to death & Tories

    "You don't care if the old ones die
    They're only "dead wood", piling up high
    Callous and careless in what you supplied
    So-called protection with the virus inside"

    #songs #SongWords #Johnson #MattHancock #PPE #CareHomes #covid

  11. #Investors are making a fortune from #UK #healthcare. Why is nobody holding #PrivateEquity to account?

    From #CareHomes to #Cancer treatment, millions in #taxpayer funds are being paid out of the system every year

    Private equity groups collecting millions to run UK government-funded #SexualAssault referral centres
    theguardian.com/commentisfree/
    #ToryPoliciesInAction #Health #ProfitBeforePeople

  12. Great to see Brighton & Sussex Medical School website highlight #scabies work by myself & friends. Our work to control scabies
    in institutions spans #refugee camps to #carehomes. To learn more about this & other impact case studies & emerging impact see: bsms.ac.uk/research/impact-cas

    #publichealth #parasites #microbiology #outbreakcontrol #epidemiology #dermatology

  13. 📕 Chuffed to pick up hardcopy of new @springernature Scabies book. Includes my chapter on managing institutional #scabies outbreaks from care homes to refugee camps: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1. Abstract + more info➡️

    Middleton et al. Scabies Management in Institutions

    Abstract
    Scabies is a particular problem in semi-closed institutions such as residential settings for elderly people, children and those with learning disabilities; refugee camps and other settings for displaced persons; prisons; schools; hospitals and hostels. What many of these diverse places have in common is a range of transmission drivers which enable scabies to reach very high prevalence including: high densities of potential hosts, social behaviours involving prolonged contact, bed and clothes sharing, manual handling, reduced access to laundry facilities and immunocompromise. We describe the epidemiology of institutional scabies outbreaks across settings, and based primarily on recent and longstanding evidence from adult health care, we draw out general strategic priorities for case management and outbreak control. The tools and information necessary to carry out an epidemiological assessment of an institutional scabies outbreak are provided, along with guidance on control measures. A summary checklist of the key steps to take in responding to an institutional outbreak concludes the chapter.

    Thank you to @nihrresearch for funding support.

    This is part of the first comprehensive book on scabies, written by experts from across the world. You can order the full 31 chapter ebook and hardback for your uni/clinical library here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007

    #NTDs #Scabies #Refugeehealth #carehomes #outbreakcontrol #epidemiology #publichealth #medicalacarology #acarology #prisonhealth #parisitology #globalhealth #parasites