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Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments
Health, Sports & Psychology

Keep me walking: People living with dementia and outdoor environments

...study please visit www.keepmewalking.info​​ website. We know that sustained benefits come from regular engagement with activities (see more in Five Pillars of Ageing Well) but this is challenging at many levels for people living with dementia and their families and carers. This is even more difficult in the tomes of COVID-9. The Parks Trust is an independent charity...
Young carers, COVID-19 and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Young carers, COVID-19 and physical activity

...study on self-isolation, caring and lack of physical activity, we aim to be able to offer appropriate interventions, through which their physical and mental and emotional health and wellbeing could be best supported. Authors: Jitka Vseteckova, Nichola Kentzer, Jo Horne, Martin Penson, Martin Robb, Mary Larkin, Alex Berry, Melinda Spencer, Abigail Methley, Phil Taverner...
Birth of the Welfare State
History & The Arts

Birth of the Welfare State

...Observed: Mass Observation and the Beveridge Report' by J. Jacobs, from Beveridge 1942- 1992: Papers to Mark the 50th Anniversary of the Beveridge Report edited by J Jacobs, J, Whiting and Birch Books About this extract This article is adapted from the study material from the Open University course Understanding Health & Social Care. Read articles on personal finance...
Exercising at 50
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercising at 50

...Accessed 19 March 2019). Read the other articles in this collection Now take a free related course Discover more about exercising Study with the OU...
Systems explained: Sir Geoffrey Vickers
Money & Business

Systems explained: Sir Geoffrey Vickers

...studied Classics at Oxford in 1923, and later became a lawyer where he became involved in international affairs. Vickers is regarded as a systems practitioner rather than an academic. He introduced many of the basic systems thinking terms, and derived the concept of appreciative systems to describe human activity. He recognized that appreciation of systems requires the...
Women have heart attacks too - but why do they often go misdiagnosed?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Women have heart attacks too - but why do they often go misdiagnosed?

...study also found women from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are 25% more likely to suffer a heart attack than their male counterparts. For many years, the importance of women’s heart health has been invisible. It has only come to be recognised in the last decade. In 1997, only 30% of American women surveyed were aware cardiovascular disease (which includes heart disease...
Life After Death
History & The Arts

Life After Death

...Studies at The Open University. Today, I would like to draw your attention to a series of public talks titled ‘Ageing Well’. These 6 lectures are presented on a monthly basis and aim to facilitate your learning about agerelated changes and things we need to be mindful of, as we grow older. All the way through the ‘Ageing Well’ series we discuss how important it is...
Grief during COVID-19: supporting our colleagues to return to work and thrive following loss
Health, Sports & Psychology

Grief during COVID-19: supporting our colleagues to return to work and thrive following loss

...Study of Sudden Infant Death) Child death helpline: for anyone affected by the death of a child Child Funeral Charity: Financial Support for Families Child Bereavement UK FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE Hope Again Winston's Wish Childline Childhood Bereavement Network Child Bereavement UK Papyrus - Prevention of Young Suicide Co-operative Funeralcare animated short films...