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...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 ......

...care, available to all...Find out more about The Open University's Health and Wellbeing courses We know that as we grow older, we are at higher risk of having multiple long-term health conditions, which we call multimorbidity, and using multiple medications, which we call polypharmacy. This combination of ageing, multimorbidity and polypharmacy inevitably comes with some...

...adults around them. They also often have a little spending money, and spend more time away from their families. In many countries across Europe they use ‘junk’ food as a way of expressing a teen identity separate from the adult world of healthy eating advice. Of course, these factors don’t apply to all teens – who vary just as adults do. Some focus on health, or...

...care course? Here at OpenLearn we offer a fantastic range of free courses on health and social care. You may also want to take your interest in dementia and health care further by taking an Open University course. Support and information Call the Alzheimer's Society National Dementia Helpline on 0300 222 1122. Visit www.alzheimers.org.uk for more information, advice and...

...Care Assistant A Ann, a Health Care Assistant, describes a typical day for her A day in the life of a hospital ward: Working in Teams The staff of Ward 29 discuss the importance of working as a team to ensure good patient care and sound medical practice A day in the life of a hospital ward: working with patients The staff on ward 29 talk about their involvement with...