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21/12/2011
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Millions have ditched the traditional ‘thank you’ and replaced it with the less formal ‘cheers’
Although the average person will say ‘thank you’ nearly 5,000 times a year, one in three are more likely to throw in a ‘cheers’ or ‘ta’ where it’s needed, rather than risk sounding old fashioned.Mature Times reader offer - bring light into your life with this brilliant idea
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'Wonderful! Such a neat design you can wear by day without anyone suspecting the hidden magic, which lights up the night!'
Fund to help older patients leave hospital
The government has launched a £170m funding boost for councils to help improve care and support for elderly people leaving hospital.
Each council will be given an average of £1 million to stop elderly patients occupying beds longer than necessary.
Christmas at home?
Elderly patients need more care
Ring any bells?
Charlie came to his first AA meeting when he had just turned 72, three years ago. He had enjoyed growing up in a Kent village and trained to become a chef, which led to a career that was varied and enjoyable. Married in his thirties to a lovely local girl they lived happily together and often enjoyed a bottle of wine with their weekend meals.
iPAD trial for elderly patients
Elderly dementia patients have been handed iPADS - as part of a pioneering study into how the devices can help them communicate.
It is thought that the touchscreen hand-held computers can help pensioners who are not able to use a mouse or a keyboard.
What's different about alcohol for older people?
Last chance to take responsibility to combat loneliness this Christmas

With only days before the last Royal Mail posting date for Christmas, the Campaign to End Loneliness is calling on us all to reach out to older neighbours or family who might be isolated or lonely over Christmas.
Campaigners criticise plans for pensioner funded care
Britain's biggest pensioner organisation, the National Pensioners Convention (NPC) has reacted angrily to the suggestion from health secretary Andrew Lansley that pensioners should be made to fund the care of other pensioners - rather than having the cost shared amongst society as a whole.
Cancer breakthrough
PCTs failing to invest in services which could save NHS billions, report finds
WRVS, the UK’s largest charity delivering preventative care for older people, has released a new report by two senior GPs specialising in the care of older people, showing that the majority of PCTs in England are being slow to address the Government’s priority to support older people to live independently at home.
Modern mums are subconsciously turning into their own mothers
Modern mums are subconsciously turning into their own mothers – by wheeling out a string of phrases they were subjected to when they were young, it emerged recently.Less than half of high risk patients receive good care
Less than half of "high risk" surgical patients receive good care in UK hospitals, a damning investigation has revealed.
The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death charity analysed data from more than 19,000 patients in 300 British hospitals.

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