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A team of medics has been formed to support those with intellectual disabilities and their families at home. The Community Intellectual Disabilities Team consists of nurses and therapists who work together to meet the needs of the clients and their f...

Residents on BHB’s Gordon Ward have access to an electric scooter, thanks to a donation from Bermuda Red Cross. The donated scooter will be used by various residents who have mobility issues, to help them within and outside the hospital building. ...

Dementia patients in Bermuda have benefited from an international therapy course to improve memory and mood. Four of the seven participants showed better thought processes, four saw an improvement in their mood and three said they had a better qualit...

Disabled people will need more protection in the workplace in the wake of a Budget sweetener to boost their employment prospects, a leading campaigner warned yesterday. LaKiesha Wolffe welcomed the Budget announcement that the employer portion of pa...

More supervised community treatment could provide much needed aftercare for patients with mental health problems, a support group founder said yesterday. Mental health advocate Chelsea Nicholson said community treatment orders would help patients who...

With more than a third of Alzheimer’s cases potentially preventable, people are being urged to take their health into their own hands. According to Jo-Ann Cousins-Simpson, of The Family Practice, research has shown that exercise can cut the risk of d...

Empty for years and in danger of falling into disrepair, a house at the back of Portland Lane in Sandys is soon to become a home. Members of the Bermuda Mental Health Foundation gathered there yesterday with friends to celebrate the building’s reviva...

Reducing rates of chronic, non-communicable diseases while achieving affordable healthcare cover are priorities of the Bermuda Goverment’s Health Action Plan, an industry symposium heard at the weekend. Members of the health insurance and medical com...

Ethical issues that arise over long-term care are being discussed by medical staff as part of Ethics Awareness Week. Expert Christy Simpson, the head of the bioethics department at Dalhousie University, is working with staff from King Edward VII Memo...

Mental Health Awareness Week officially started today, with an opening ceremony at the Mid Atlantic Wellness Institute. Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin launched the annual event which this year will focus on the mental health of older adults....