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Memory Failing? Check the Alcohol Consumption…

Gary Direnfeld

There is a condition that can look like dementia called Korsakoff Syndrome. It affects memory. It is mostly the result of vitamin B1 deficiency and that is typically associated with high levels of alcohol consumption over the course of many years. For men, the level of consumption is about 35 standard alcoholic beverages weekly for some 18 to 22 years.

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Steve Barclay refuses to say NHS in England is functioning properly

The Guardian

Health secretary defends two-year delay to social care reforms, saying he is focused on backlogs The health secretary has twice refused to say that the NHS is functioning properly, as he defended delays to capping the cost of social care, stressing he was focusing on the “immediate issue” of an operations backlog and ambulance delays. Steve Barclay said it had been a difficult decision to push back by two years plans put in place by Boris Johnson to “ fix social care ”, and admitted the health s

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Separating: It really is harder these days….

Gary Direnfeld

It’s a different world these days for separating parents. Besides taking both persons working, and at that sometimes multiple jobs, there just isn’t any affordable housing. That has people still living under one roof when all they want is escape from the other. The challenge is to come up with some “as if” solutions. It’s like you have to pretend you are in separate homes each with their own time for responsibility of the kids.

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Third Season Episode 28: A conversation with Amy Wright GlennThird Season Episode 28:

Hospice Chaplaincy

In Today’s episode, Saul talks to Amy Wright Glenn about her two books, “Birth, Breath, and Death ~ Meditations on Motherhood, Chaplaincy, and Life as a Doula.” And “Holding Space: On Loving, Dying, and Letting Go.” Glenn is a Kripalu Yoga teacher, a DONA certified birth doula, a hospital chaplain, and founder of the Institute […].

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5 Must Haves for Case Management

Thousands of nonprofits rely on case management software to help collect data, manage programs, coordinate with agencies, and provide life-changing health and human services. Adopting a cloud-based case management platform is essential for nonprofits and government agencies to operate more efficiently and make better use of their funding and budget.