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Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role
Physical activity for health and wellbeing in the caring role

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Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Nichola Kentzer and Martin Penson. It was first published in September 2021.

Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] ), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence.

The material acknowledged below and within the course is Proprietary and used under licence (not subject to Creative Commons Licence).

Images and documents

Introduction: Mallika Home Studio; Shutterstock

Section 4: Goldsithney; Shutterstock.com

Section 4: ‘Sleeping Well’; Amy Gallagher and Jo Byfleet, BUPA; https://www.bupa.co.uk/ health-information/ mental-health/ sleeping-well

Section 4.1, Figure 6: Background: FWStudio; Pexelstop left: Alex Green; Pexels; top right: Kindel Media; Pexels; middle left: cottonbro; Pexels; middle right: Andrea Piacquadio; Pexels; bottom: Karolina Grabowska; Pexels

Section 5: Prostock-studio; Shutterstock

Section 6: AlessandroBiascioli; Shutterstock

Videos

Video 2: courtesy of Carers Trust

Video 3: courtesy of Maudsley Learning

Video 4: courtesy of Carers UK and British Gas

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