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Caring for adults
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Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Frances Doran (Operations Training Supervisor at Leonard Cheshire Disability) and John Rowe (Lecturer for The Open University).

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Activity 3: Video transcript: courtesy https://www.buzzfeed.com/

Activity 6: Video and transcript: courtesy of Jonathon Carley. With thanks to the staff and residents at Merlin Court Care Home and Avery Healthcare for their help and assistance in the making of this video.

Activity 8: TED video and transcript: Katie Owens and Active Listening https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=WER63AY8zB8 made available in http://www.ted.com/ # under http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-nc-nd/ 3.0/