Extracts from the Telegraph The Chatty Café Scheme is the brainchild of 35-year-old Alex Hoskyn, who launched it in 2017. What is a chatty cafe? Her concept was simple: to create a welcoming environment in cafés with a “Chatter and Natter” table – not necessarily as a way of making friends, but just to inspire […]
Extracts from an article by Sam Meadows-The Daily Telegraph Families whose relatives have been ripped off or mistreated by care homes are struggling to get their complaints taken seriously. The Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman is the main body responsible but is little known and has no power to enforce rulings. In 2017-18 it
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If someone becomes unable to make decisions about their own affairs due to illness, old age or some other reason such as mental incapacity, they will need someone else to do this for them. Beware that there is no automatic right for a next of kin to have authority over their affairs. If nothing is
Exercise is necessary for a healthy life and Aquarobics is the one activity that can be done safely by anyone with any condition. It is very useful in rehabilitation after various forms of surgery such as after Hip, Knee and Shoulder replacement. Exercises performed in water are much kinder to the body as your weight
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All photos taken courtesy of Herongate Leisure centre Hungerford Exercise programs written by Victoria Kerr Davies Photography Cayford Media Early Pool exercises following Total hip Replacement or other Hip surgery WARM UP: Walk forwards, backwards and sideways across the pool with even size steps x 2 in each direction Do not use your hands. Then
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All photos taken courtesy of Herongate Leisure centre Hungerford Exercise programs written by Victoria Kerr Davies Photography Cayford Media Maintain good posture and stand up tall throughout all these exercises. Exercises to be performed slowly, smoothly and evenly with control. Warm up by Walking backwards and forwards across the pool hands out of water. Then
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All photos taken courtesy of Herongate Leisure centre Hungerford Exercise programs written by Victoria Kerr Davies Photography Cayford Media All exercises to be performed smoothly and slowly without pain. Walking: Repeat each exercise x2 Forwards and backwards with tummy tightened and hands on or out of the water stretch up tall. Walk from side to
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Early Knee Exercise Regime for Pool All exercises are to be performed smoothly and ONLY up to discomfort NOT pain. Remember to maintain a good posture throughout all exercises. All exercises to be repeated 10-20 times. To increase resistance for standing, lying and floating exercises use a woggle/(noodle) or float under foot or wrap ankle
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Rotator Cuff Syndrome, Bursitis or Impingement All of these describe a painful shoulder and they all mean that the tendons are inflamed. The Rotator Cuff is comprised of 3 tendons of 3 muscles and the main one that causes problems is usually the Supraspinatus. If you have symptoms of intermittent catching pains on certain movements
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How do I know if I have a tear? As with many other conditions in the shoulder these are often misdiagnosed and people are told they have cuff tears without any evidence that they do. Normally a tear would involve some event that happens suddenly such as a fall. In order to tear the tendons
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