Family and Medical Leave means a leave of absence for the birth, adoption or foster care of a child, or for the care of your child, spouse or parent or for your own serious health condition as those terms are defined by the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) and any...
This study focused on carers of those detained in inpatient settings under the Mental Health Act 1983 who maintain relationships via Section 17 (s.17) leave. Semi-structured telephone interviews with five carers were analysed thematically and identified that carers: struggled with the emotional impact...
flexible working hours and leave arrangements for carers. Background There are close to 2.6 million carers, and nearly 500,000 primary carers in Australia, 2 providing close to 1.2 billion hours of care annually. 3 Estimates suggest that carers provide 76% of all services to people needing care...
In return for their participation, participants were invited to leave an email address and be entered into a draw to win one of ten $100 AUD gift vouchers, which were drawn and issued at random. The follow-up semi-structured interviews with car- ers were scheduled in September through to ...
I always leave the discharge note on her table where she also has her ventilator and everything is there. So if she struggles to breathe and presses the button[on her alarm]and the ambulance comes and she says “oh, my back is so sore,”[but]it isn’t that, that’s not why she ...
31 When my young person is struggling with their emotions: (a) I help them process their emotion and explore helpful ways of coping, or (b) I leave them alone, and let them learn for themselves 0.24 0.06 −3.28 53.09 33 When my young person misbehaves: (a) I never call them names...
Section 17 of the Mental Health Act (1983) in England and Wales allows for temporary leave from hospital, from an hour in the hospital grounds to going home for a few days. However, carers are not always involved in decisions around statutory s.17 leave, even where th...