The prison healthcare staff were aware that psychosocial activities and supports to promote health and well-being available to many people living with dementia in the community were not available to those in prison. Often with poor mobility they were reported to spend most of their time on their...
it was a referendum on the Scottish Government, and a condemnatory verdict was delivered. Few of the people, and it is they who matter, have any faith that the ones who have run a
The referendum was one of the most historic votes ever to take place in the U.K. The United Kingdom consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It would have been a dramatic moment had Scotland broken away. Pro-independence campaigners claimed Scottish people would have been b...
At present, social care is funded by government for people assessed as having significant care needs and limited financial means (assets below £14,250). People with assets of more than £23,250 pay for all their social care – and there is no limit to what they might pay. Every part...
The term ‘social distancing’ is used within this paper to reflect the terminology first used by the Scottish Government during the pandemic but refers to the need to physically distance from people. Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies have demonstrated the negative impacts of loneliness, social...
Namely, he acquired significant footholds through the purchase of land in Mahurangi/Warkworth, and later a Government Life Insurance policy in 1885, wealth which in both cases helped cushion the family upon his sudden death by ensuring they were not left destitute by the loss of their ...
Unfortunately, too many of these rosy projections—from “pandemic over by Christmas” to “oven-ready” solutions to social care turned out to be founded on groundless optimism. Only a weak parliamentary opposition allowed the UK government to posit a stream of spurious assertions to reassure busi...
employability, and well-being. The diversity and nature of these themes indicates that DTPs have considerable potential to engage and benefit those individuals with multiple needs, such as young offenders, and ultimately to achieve positive long-term outcomes with significant social, health, and econom...