Social care
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alcohol, alcoholism, Autobiography and memoir, Biography books, Books, Child protection, Children, Health, Mental health, mind and body books, Rape and sexual assault, Social care, SocietyI was abused as a child – and thought I had healed. Then I began drinking in lockdown
Not so long ago, Frank Spinelli seemed to have sorted out his…
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Andy Burnham, Carers, Children’s health, Disability, family, Labour, Mental health, Parents and parenting, Politics, Social care, Society, UK newsThe care system fails to care for parents | Letters
Matilda Davis’s story should force us to confront an uncomfortable truth and…
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Cambridgeshire, Digital media, Gardens, Health, Life and style, loneliness, Mental health, Social care, Social media, Society, UK news, Volunteering‘I’m giving people a happy space’: the man clearing gardens for free – and letting light into strangers’ lives
Anita Thursby had been dreading the gas engineer coming to service her…
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Carers, Children’s health, Disability, Mental health, Parents and parenting, Social care, Society, UK newsMatilda in pieces: what one mother’s suicide reveals about the carers broken by the system
Parent-carers of disabled children are exposed to chronic levels of extreme stress…
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The Guardian view on disability rights: the removal of legal safeguards brings risks | Editorial
The UK supreme court has ended a system of safeguards around the…
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Children, Education, Fostering, Homelessness, Labour, loneliness, Mental health, Politics, Prisons and probation, Social care, Society, UK news, Young peopleThe Guardian view on the care system: support for teens must go beyond reunions with old friends | Editorial
It might sound obvious that – as Benjamin Zephaniah wrote – “People…
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Older people risk mental decline if they do long hours of caring, UK study shows
The stresses and strains of caring for someone for 50 hours or…
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Casey’s review of adult social care offers hope | Letters
Louise Casey may have the power of words behind her (The blistering…
