provided unpaid care to an adult or a child with special needs in the previous year. That's around 18 percent of the total population. The figure doesn't include typical parenting – it focuses on people who have a medical, behavioral or other condition that needs c...
I look at all the new housing going up in my area (Essex) and yet no new hospitals are being built. It’s a travesty and I worry for the future of the UK for many reasons, but particularly the dire situation of our health and social care system. What can we do? First and foremos...
Background: The aim of this article is to provide an evidence-based literature review and assessment of the quality of literature regarding operative inter... D Mcneil,J Baumhauer,M Glazebrook - 《Foot & Ankle International》 被引量: 47发表: 2013年 Unpaid carers' access to and use of primar...
“As a lot of us know, it’s illegal for people to house sit in the U.S. unless they are citizens, have permanent residency or are entering on a work visa.” She said it is also illegal for tourists to engage in unpaid house and pet sitting in the U.K., for example. S...
Kea (2013) suggests that, as a result of Women in Development Initiatives encouraging female farmers to grow vegetable on a wider scale to generate increased income, female labour – paid and unpaid – has intensified. In terms of household structure, it is characteristic for all ethnic groups ...
support. This disruption exposed the assumptions of social and political constructs that determine whose care needs should be met and by whom. The unpaid work of housework, household management, and caring for children, elderly, sick and family members living with disability increased in Australia, ...
We wouldn’t be able to look after virtually anyone with dementia in the country if it wasn’t for the unpaid workforce we have in carers.” How to create a connection with home for a patient with dementia in hospital After establishing this, Jo believes the best way to help someone with...
Labour xchange ensures that workers are paid a living wage for their work within 24 hours, meaning people aren’t left in the lurch like we know many self-employed workers are, unpaid and unable to predict and manage their finances. This innovative system has led to increased wages and more...
Unfortunately, the industry is also sensitive to market conditions. In situations like today’spost-Brexit UK, where there are a lot of uncertainties and dumps in the stock market, the industry will shrink. Outsourcing lawn care is seen as a luxury item, and many may decide to do it themse...
Informal carers, who are usually unpaid relatives and friends of a person with dementia, meet much of the caring costs themselves; however, there has been a greater focus more recently on improving the care and services for people with dementia living in the UK [13]. One such service ...