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Paw-some visits at Edinburgh housing development

AN EDINBURGH housing development has organised pet therapy sessions for elderly customers to help combat loneliness, following initial success throughout lockdown. Cocker spaniel, Caly, has...

Pensioners enjoy a summer of horticulture

GREEN-fingered pensioners at an Edinburgh care home are being treated to a summer full of activities designed to get them interacting with nature. As an...

Care residents enjoy their favourite sarnies at old fashioned picnic weekend

RESIDENTS at a care home in Melrose enjoyed the sunshine with their loved ones with an old fashioned picnic weekend.  The 1940s and 50s inspired picnic was organised by staff members...

Care home residents’ lives transformed with specialised dementia activity programme

RESIDENTS with dementia living at an Edinburgh care home are benefitting from a tailored activity programme which is transforming their quality of life and...

Scottish hospitals fail to care for elderly patients

A TOP Government health spokesman has accused Scottish hospitals of failing to care for elderly patients. Duncan McNeil, convener of the Scottish Parliament’s health committee....

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