given that social media is now integral to the way many young people interact.A good starting point is a basic understanding of childhood development milestones. Broadly,children have a high dependency on carers for security and guidance up to the age of 5,increasing independence and self-care ...
Background Research has found that caring affects carers physically, mentally, and emotionally (Davidson & Gentry, 2013; Carers UK, 2020), with many carers reporting getting no breaks at all (Carers UK, 2021) and often suffering financially and socially (Bruhn, 2016). This has been exacerbated...
Healthcare services are united in facing the coronavirus pandemic, with many thousands of vital workers and carers at the frontline. Unprecedented measures have been put in place worldwide to meet this challenge – such as recalling retired medical staff and deploying final...
Barnardo’s is one of the leading children’s charities in the UK. Every year, we provide ongoing support for over 380,000 children, young people, parents and carers, through our services and partnerships. We know the reality of children’s lives is constantly shifting – and so are the ...
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Care UK care homes offer warm and safe environments designed to support older people to live as independently as possible and make the most of each day, no matter their care needs. Many of our homes also specialise in nursing and dementia care, so our teams can continue to provide for your...
Who will get the vaccine first? The government's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has confirmed its priority list for the first phase of the UK's mass vaccine rollout as follows: Residents in a care home for older adults and their carers ...
This was also the year she celebrated her Golden Jubilee. "My family and I always knew what she meant for the people of this country and the special place she occupied in the hearts of so many here, in the Commonwealth and in other parts of the world. ...
The Covid-19 pandemic, and in particular the lockdowns and associated changes to many public-facing services, have highlighted the severity of digital exclusion, and acted as a catalyst for conversations around how to tackle it. In the UK, the past few years have seen a proliferation of ini...
Many of our survey items, including our experiment, ask about perceptions of – and spending on – those ‘in their sixties’ rather than those ‘aged 66+’ (the current state retirement age). This makes it inappropriate to include respondents of that age themselves in our sample, for this...