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Terminal illness and wellbeing: supporting people in the workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Terminal illness and wellbeing: supporting people in the workplace

...wellbeing. People often presume and create a separation between their work life and their private life. However, life events like having a terminal diagnosis, which may be considered private, can impact a person’s work. In this article, we provide several tips for supporting people with a terminal illness in the workplace...Once someone has a terminal illness, they are...
What can I do about my mental health when I don’t have the support I need?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What can I do about my mental health when I don’t have the support I need?

...Wellbeing and Mental Health Collection' created by the Open University in Wales. You can learn more and find courses, articles and other activities on the collection's homepage. Try a FREE course Additional support Mind's information and support pages Call the Samaritans on 116 123, for free or look at the other ways of contacting them. The NHS Mental health - live......
Your Health in Your Hands - PHBs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Your Health in Your Hands - PHBs

...wellbeing needs... The impact of Personal Health Budgets In this discussion three people involved in implementing Personal Health Budgets, or PHBs, explain what they’re going to mean for healthcare in England. PHBs are the next major step towards personalising healthcare. They’ve been designed to allow people more choice and control over the money spent on meeting...
Ageing, health inequalities and an integrated approach
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ageing, health inequalities and an integrated approach

...wellbeing of individuals and at a population level.]Four components that interact to affect the health and wellbeing of individuals and at a population level: wider determinants of health; psycho-social factors; health behaviours; and physiological impacts.Show descriptionFour components that interact to affect the health and ......
Kickstart your health and fitness with OpenLearn
Health, Sports & Psychology

Kickstart your health and fitness with OpenLearn

...to improve our health and fitness but sometimes we need a bit of help and inspiration. It's easy to put off making changes in lifestyle when you don't know how to take those important first steps to a better diet and exercise. So we've compiled some free courses and articles to inform and motivate you. ...Find out about The Open University's Health and Wellbeing courses....
Introducing Health Sciences: The Pain Clinic
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Introducing Health Sciences: The Pain Clinic

...mental and physical strength. The 7 video tracks in this album introduce patients and doctors at the Royal Free Hospital's Pain Clinic and the Real Health Institute in London. They explore the causes of pain, the changes it brings to the lives of sufferers and the ways in which drugs, surgery, physiotherapy and cognitive therapies can help control it. This material forms...
The caring manager in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

The caring manager in health and social care

...health and wellbeing. People working in health and social care often care for highly vulnerable people. Good time management, therefore, is crucial to help ensure safety for yourself, the people you manage, recipients of care and those for whom you have caring responsibilities. Time management is about more than writing a list of tasks; the keys to effective time...
Population ageing: a global health crisis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Population ageing: a global health crisis?

...health as ‘a complete state of physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’ (WHO, 2006, p. 1). This definition therefore goes beyond ‘scientific’ biological conceptions of health, and emphasises the wide range of contributing factors, such as social and environmental influences on health. This emphasis on the...