sustainability, and integrity (meaning: regulation). According to the index, the Netherlands has the best system, while the U.S. ranks among the bottom half of countries.1
We can’t offer them a trip to the Chesapeake Bay model. It’s been gone since the 1980s but perhaps a visit to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Dorchester County where American bald eagles fly over tidal marshes so shallow you could not paddle a boat across them but teaming with ...
We are always looking for new fosterers so that we can help more cats and kittens. Anyone can apply to be a foster carer after which a volunteer will come round and give a quick homecheck and chat about what is involved, the pros and cons etc. Hopefully you will still want to help ...
with her cat and she described her as ‘family’ and a ‘best friend’ ([38], pp.1973–4). In some cases, residents spoke of animals as being almost superior to humans, praising their care for their young, their kindness, love and loyalty, and how they could teach humans to care an...
Reviewers were realistic about how much they could achieve and acknowledged limitations: They all tell me they're on a healthy diet but I don't believe it … they'll be overweight or … they're diabetic and they've got chocolate on the side … you get to know whether they're ...
If your offended that someone else uses the title mother because you don’t think they have done enough to earn it, just remember, there’s always someone else who’s earn’t it more than you, has more children, carried a few at a time, has struggled more, kids who have be...
you can’t do nothing about it” ([41], p.32). Visiting animals could prompt residents to talk about these pets and tell stories of how they came to live in the care home. These stories could be a mixture of regret about having to give up a pet and gratitude for the person taking...
Introducing a carer’s pension credit for those caring for young children Providing greater protection of member’s accrued benefits 2. Iceland Iceland ranked second with an overall index value of 83.4 in 2024. Its rating decreased slightly from 84.8 in 2023 as a result of the decrease in the...
The authors concluded that, within palliative care, the intervention with the potential to have the greatest ‘reach’, and available to a wide population of carers, is the one that adopts a comprehensive, person-centred approach to carer assessment in routine practice, ensuring that carers have ...