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Investigating environmental futures through speculative design
Society, Politics & Law

Investigating environmental futures through speculative design

...care for a tree as well as tell stories about its growth over time. The prototype consists of two boxes, one for jewellery and the other for memories. The jewellery contains bio-sensing devices and can be placed anywhere on the body, where it produces haptic and sonic effects based on the signals it receives from sensors attached to the tree, which are in turn responding...
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Introducing social work: a starter kit
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social work: a starter kit

...Adults Assessing and supporting the support and care needs of older people in the community. Assessing and supporting the care needs of adults with physical and/or learning disabilities in the community. Assessing and supporting the care needs of adults with mental health problems in the community. Working in residential care homes ......
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Meet the OU experts behind 'Hospital'
Health, Sports & Psychology

Meet the OU experts behind 'Hospital'

...care interventions at all levels of the organisation. Over six episodes you will see staff working within highly stressed environments – often having to manage resource demands that don’t stretch sufficiently to accommodate all needs; you will meet patients – many with complex care needs who are faced with uncertainty about treatment; you will see staff frustrated...
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Will Brexit force British retirees to return from Spain?
Money & Business

Will Brexit force British retirees to return from Spain?

...care and support. They had been getting by with support from friends or voluntary organisations that operate in Spain. However, since the EU referendum, their lives have become fragile and uncertain. Health and pensions By and large the main concern for these pensioners is healthcare and whether they will still be able to access free healthcare once the UK leaves the EU....
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What should I expect when I am nearing the end of my life?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What should I expect when I am nearing the end of my life?

...Care courses and qualifications. In the UK, many deaths occur in hospital and few people have witnessed someone dying. This article addresses some of the common key questions people have about dying and the end of life, written by a palliative care consultant, Victoria Hedges, as part of The Ageing Well Public Talk (AWPT) Series. In this first of a series of four...
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Will more money for the NHS deliver for midwife services?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will more money for the NHS deliver for midwife services?

...care ultimately leads to greater costs in the long-term.” RCM’s survey found that well over a quarter of HoMs – 29.5 per cent in 2014 and 29.6 per cent in 2015 – reported they did not have enough midwives. As staffing shortages bite, as well inadequate funding, services are also being reduced. A tenth of Midwifery heads reported that they had to reduce services in...
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Three solutions for the nursing staffing crisis in the NHS
Health, Sports & Psychology

Three solutions for the nursing staffing crisis in the NHS

...care sector. Julie Messenger, Senior Lecturer and Nursing Lead at The Open University, is a nurse with more than forty years NHS and educational experiences linked to the education of nurses, looks at the staffing challenges facing the NHS, and some of the solutions...It's no secret that our hospitals are short of staff and do not have enough equipment or sufficient room...
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Should communities be expected to help in death, dying and bereavement?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should communities be expected to help in death, dying and bereavement?

...care at a local level highlights the role of community. Ambition Six, ‘Each community is prepared to help’, focuses on the readiness, willingness and confidence of people to have conversations about living and dying well and to offer support in times of crisis and loss. Recently, Open Thanatology hosted a webinar where a panel of speakers with experience of community...
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