Sessions give the elderly a boost - 20 June 2010

A THIRD of Swindon’s elderly people suffer a fall each year.

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Care home brews up to help abuse charity - 23 June 2010

RESIDENTS at a Swindon care home held a coffee morning to raise money for an elderly abuse charity.

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Sports centre to host carers event this weekend - 10 June 2010

Castle Place Leisure Centre in Trowbridge will host an event specifically for carers in Wiltshire on Sunday.

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Jamie is all ready to row for Alzheimer’s - 11 June 2010

ALTHOUGH the onset of Alzheimer’s disease has turned Jamie Graham’s world upside down, he is still smiling.

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Putting their hearts into darts - 02 June 2010

Residents from a care home took part in a 24-hour dart-a-thon.

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Plans submitted for £5 million primary care centre - 02 June 2010

The realisation of a new £5 million Primary Care Centre in Westbury will move one step closer this week with the submission of a planning application.

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Prospect chief’s looking forward - 07 June 2010

SHE may have only been in the job five days but new Prospect Hospice chief executive Angela Jordan is already looking forward to what she calls “the hands-on job ahead”.

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Melksham hotel to host dementia awareness course - 13 May 2010

A course to help carers of relatives with dementia will be held in a Melksham hotel next month.

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Tourism 'downturn' leads to care home plan - 13 May 2010

SALISBURY’S tourism industry is suffering so badly in the recession that the owners of a well-known guest house want permission to turn it into a care home.

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Bid to save Devizes sheltered housing - 15 May 2010

Devizes Town Council has thrown its weight behind the campaign by elderly residents of Stanford Court to stop the removal of its sheltered status, which would allow people of all ages and backgrounds to live there.

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