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...change and improve social care. Activity 1 Weighing up the news The news article, ‘Can technology fix the social care crisis?’, reports on why technology is being introduced to transform social care. Read the article and make notes in the text box below about the key pros and cons of transforming social care with technology. Discussion Here are some pros and cons you...

...changes to lifestyle caused by COVID have prevented this way of coping, and forced people to live with changes in routine, uncertainty and worry. For more research about Covid-19 pandemic and carers see our current research study. Many people routinely manage stress by problem-solving in a very active way, but this has not been possible, with many factors being outside...

...changes and can be due to the whole reorganisational process causing confusion and disorientation. There can also be a lack of closure when workplace friends and colleagues are let go, with those left behind losing office friends and close working partners. The time following these layoffs can be very depressing. The survivor guilt is a confused feeling of relief that it...

...changed from the second world war to the modern day...Find out more about The Open University's Health and Wellbeing courses and qualifications. There is still a great deal we don’t know about the history of sex education. The research that has been done is largely about school sex education during the 20th century. School sex education is important, yet most of us...

...changes associated with ageing and polypharmacy increase the risk of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and worsening of chronic conditions. For example, reflex tachycardia is a mechanism to increase heart rate and blood pressure when changing from a sitting to standing position. This is blunted in older people which means that drugs that lower blood pressure – whether that...