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...care impact on a carer’s experience? Let's look at how attention to detail can make a huge difference...Find out about The Open University's Health and Social Care courses and qualifications. While feedback can inform service improvement, many sites do not have the processes in place to engage bereaved carers in how to improve such spaces. Claire Henry MBE, and Marie...

...Care courses and qualifications. Walking the Walk is an experienced-based approach to quality improvement. It has previously been successfully utilised in acute hospitals, care homes, and GP surgeries. It draws on people’s lived experiences to provide settings with feedback and recommendations about the care environment. It involves three stages: scene setting, the...

...adults do not ‘hijack’ their play and experiences (Fisher, 2016). Careful observation is a key skill for those working with young children and it is important to know what the learning needs of the child are and then how the environment could be enhanced to meet these. The uniqueness of each child and how they develop at their own pace is essential, yet careful...

...care at The Open University, spoke to five foster carers to gain their insights and reflections on their experiences. Transcript For foster carers, ensuring their voices are listened to, and that they are adequately supported, is essential not only for their own well-being but also for the quality and continuity of care provided to children. When foster carers advocate...

...care you’d like to receive to how your funeral may be. It does not mean planning to end your life, but rather understanding that dying and death are processes. And because they are processes, there is the possibility of influencing how those processes happen and are experienced. For some, it is easiest to think about it as a parallel to a birth plan or other major life...

...adults are already apprehensive about the amount of time kids spend online, with a lot of parents not wanting to encourage any further computer use. People can also be reluctant to try something that is perceived to be very new or untested. However, self-help utilizing modern technology for mental health problems is not a new thing, in the past mediums such as cassette...