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...adult child is a major gap in health and social care. This is also reflected in the literature and what has been reported in other projects (Tilley et al., 2023). This is an area of practice that requires urgent attention. However, some of the family carers we spoke to, particularly those whose relative had made the move out of the family home, did have some useful tips...

...An Emerging Evidence Base for Adult Social Care Transformation (researchgate.net). Ostrom, V. and Ostrom, E (1977) ‘Public Goods and Public Choices’ in E. S. Savas (ed.) Alternatives for Delivering Public Services: Toward Improved Performance. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. Social Care Institute for Excellence (SVI) (2022) Co-production, what it is and how to do it....

...care of your mental health. There is also advice on how you can support a friend that may be having a difficult time. studentminds.org.uk Students Against Depression Students Against Depression offers comprehensive information and resources to help you identify low mood or depression and then find a way forward. studentsagainstdepression.org Togetherall Current students...

...care establishments, and how grief was reported in UK newspapers. ...The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedent disruption to our daily lives, changing the way we educate, the way we work and the way in which we care for the dying and ultimately say goodbye to our loved ones. COVID-19 is not only a public health crisis, but a psychological one, provoking death anxiety,...

...care Everyone puts things off, or as we have already discussed, prioritises other items first, in turn delaying something else. Procrastinators can avoid difficult tasks and deliberately look for distractions which can severely inhibit their time management. If you find yourself saying yes to these statements, you might be a procrastinator: You often find yourself doing...

...care needs...[An older patient in a hospital bed] Being delayed in hospital isn't fun for anyone... The term 'bed blocker' has yet again become commonplace in the media. It seems to be becoming a regular feature of discussion of the failings of the NHS. Yet what exactly is a 'bed blocker' and is it a symptom of a failing NHS? A 'bed blocker' is shorthand for someone who...