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...University's Health and Social Care courses. There are currently around 7,000 people on the UK transplant waiting lists and over 420 people died waiting for a transplant last year (2021). The Organ donation law in parts of the UK has recently changed to an ‘opt out’ system. This should increase the numbers of potential organs available for transplant and help save the...

...guided healthier behaviours. Further resources Podcasts The Retirement Café: ‘Ageing Well Under Lockdown’ The Parks Trust and The Open University podcast series Keep Me Walking - researching with people living with dementia and their carers Making the most of a visit to the great outdoors Preventing brain decline while ageing Walking therapy Understanding our memory...

...guide...Chances are that within your lifetime you will experience some form of mental health problem, the most common of these being depression and anxiety. But because most people with a mental health condition will never access any formal types of support or treatment, many of these mental health problems will go undiagnosed. Longitudinal studies (i.e. research...

...guide to help families, formal and informal carers, health, and social care professionals (and anyone else who might have to make decisions about our care). It empowers the family and the team of professionals to make decisions in a timely manner. Research in England indicates that when someone has had an advance care plan in place at the time of death, the bereaved were...