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Lack of child care is keeping record number of parents out of work

The data underscores how important child care is to a functioning economy, especially at a time — like this triple-demic fall — when more people are getting sick.

Axios

Mother tells how vital a Balloch charity's staff were in her new-born's final days

A mother who's new-born spent his days in Robin House in Balloch has thanked their staff and tells of how grateful she is of the care her son received.

Daily Record

Girl, 10, tragically dies after collapsing in school from 'brain haemorrhage'

Rai-Lèyah Parveen Jayne Saddique, 10, was rushed to Pinderfields Hospital after the incident. She was then transferred to Leeds General Infirmary, where she died in the early hours of Monday morning

Irish Mirror

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Kathua gangrape: SC holds accused adult, not to be tried as juvenile

The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that one of the accused in the sensational gang-rape and murder case of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua was not a juvenile at the time of the offence and now can be tried afresh as an adult. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Scottish nurse uses CPR for the first time to save dad's life after cardiac arrest

Stewart, who is a nurse at NHS Forth Valley, immediately began CPR while his father's wife Elaine McGinlay rang 999 and spoke to call hander Hayley Meldrum until an ambulance arrived

Edinburgh Live

French police launch searches in disgraced Orpea Group nursing homes

Several searches were launched on Tuesday in establishments belonging to France's Orpea nursing home group, as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations of "institutional abuse".

Radio France Internationale

Special Report: Riding the age wave

To make the most of the global wave of young people, young nations will have to learn from surfers and paddle hard.

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Up to 14 residents in one room: how Hunter nursing home is coping with COVID wave

RSL Life Care denies resident's claims that up to 14 people with COVID-19 are in one room sharing one toilet, no shower

Newcastle Herald

Southern Cross Care's overhaul of Tasmanian homes dismissed by union as 'diabolical'

Tasmania's largest aged care provider plans to train food preparation staff to also directly care for residents as part of an operational overhaul, but the union representing many of its workers has labelled it "diabolical".

ABC News

'I want to die, living on the streets is hell. Honestly now, I’d rather die than live on the streets of Cardiff'

"The way people treat you, the way they look at you, they spit at you, the looks, people treat you like dirt"

Wales Online

Best Place to live in Liverpool if you want to reach 100

There are more centenarians in one neighbourhood than anywhere else in Liverpool

Liverpool Echo

Covid-19 case numbers exploding across Australia as fourth wave takes off

Chief health officers urge people to take up protective measures as Covid hospitalisations double in some states

The Guardian - AU

Successful labour agreement in Bega aged care facility could be solution to workforce shortages

A NSW aged care organisation is bringing 25 migrant staff on board every year and says labour agreements could be used by businesses across Australia.

ABC News

Aged care workers are getting a 15 per cent pay rise – but is it enough?

Aged care workers are set for a 15 per cent wage rise, but who gets it, and will it be enough to keep people in the industry?

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AAP

Aged care unions welcome pay bump

Unions have welcomed a 15 per cent pay rise for some aged care workers but say the wage increases should be bigger and broader.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s aged care workers win 15% pay rise and minister says it’s the ‘first step’

Fair Work Commission accepts that ‘feminised industries’ such as care work have been ‘historically undervalued’

AAP

Umpire delivers 15pct aged care wage rise

Aged care workers have been awarded an interim 15 per cent pay rise by the Fair Work Commission, but unions say it is only the first step.

AAP

Aged care homes to provide 24/7 nurses

Around-the-clock nurses will now be required in aged care homes across the country after the Albanese government's reforms passed in the Senate.

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Glasgow Live

Glasgow’s 40-year-olds have the 'shortest life expectancy in UK'

The worrying result of new research from Guardian Carers suggests that at 40 Glaswegian women can expect to live 9.3 years less in the city then their counterparts in affluent Kensington and Chelsea.

AAP

Billions set aside for aged care reforms

The government will spend billions in the federal budget overhauling the aged care sector, while COVID-19 response measures are also being extended.

The Independent UK

Adrenaline loving 90-year-old wants older generation to not see age as a barrier

Mercy Baggs has teamed up with Wiltshire Farm Foods to offer thrill-seeking over 55s the chance to fulfil wishes on their bucket lists.

Newcastle Herald

Problems continue to emerge in aged care long after the royal commission

Systemic problems across aged care

Newcastle Herald

'So lonely they could cry': nursing home apologises, put 'on notice'

Bupa Waratah is on notice for having too few skilled staff to deliver and manage safe, quality care.

Newsroom.co.nz

Cuts in new beds a hit to equitable access to aged care

New Zealand’s largest retirement operators are cutting back on building new capacity as the sector moves deeper into crisis.

Daily Mirror

World's oldest practising doctor, 100, who works 9 hour days reveals secret to long life

Guinness World Record holder Howard Tucker, who continues to see patients twice a week as well as being a TikTok star, never followed a strict diet and had some near misses

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