News tagged with social care


Pre-proceedings process fails to reduce length of care proceedings, but can help divert cases from court

A major new report on a procedure that aims to reduce the duration of care proceedings for children has found it made no significant difference to what happened in court, and cases lasted just as long regardless of whether ...

Health created May 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women with chronic physical disabilities are no less likely to bear children

Like the general public, health care professionals may hold certain stereotypes regarding sexual activity and childbearing among women with disabilities. But a new study finds that women with chronic physical disabilities ...

Health created May 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cultural understanding can support a feeling of security for Greenlandic families

Greenlandic families expecting a baby, often feel safest when care supports cultural elements such as being near to family, home environment and local traditions. Culturally sensitive maternity care, lessens the risk of non-compliance ...

Health created May 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Putting the humanity back into healthcare

An innovative study led by The University of Nottingham is to investigate whether arts and humanities can help improve the mental health and well-being of patients and carers alike.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exercise proves to be ineffective against care home depression

Researchers at the University of Warwick and Queen Mary, University of London have shown that exercise is not effective in reducing burden of depression among elderly care home residents.

Health created May 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Risk of depression influenced by quality of relationships, research says

The mantra that quality is more important than quantity is true when considering how social relationships influence depression, say U-M researchers in a new study.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Smoking prevention in schools: Does it work?

Smoking prevention in schools reduces the number of young people who will later become smokers, according to a new systematic review published in The Cochrane Library. For young people who have never smoked, these progra ...

Health created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Physicians debate whether patients need to know they're dying

In the days when American physicians dispensed oracular commands and their judgments were rarely questioned, a doctor could take it upon himself with few ethical qualms to keep from a patient the bad news of a terminal diagnosis.

Health created Apr 28, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US hospitals send hundreds of immigrants back home (Update)

Days after they were badly hurt in a car accident, Jacinto Cruz and Jose Rodriguez-Saldana lay unconscious in an Iowa hospital while the American health care system weighed what to do with the two immigrants ...

Health created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Teen type 1 diabetes outcomes up with internet interventions

(HealthDay)—Internet-based psycho-educational programs are beneficial for young patients with type 1 diabetes as they transition into adolescence, according to a study published online April 11 in Diabetes Ca ...

Diabetes created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study suggests federal guidelines for treating teen PID need clarification

A Johns Hopkins Children's Center survey of 102 clinicians who treat teenage girls with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) has found that official guidelines designed to inform decisions about hospitalization versus outpatient ...

Inflammatory disorders created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Feeling sick makes us less social online too

(Medical Xpress)—When it comes to posting on social media, there are few areas of our lives that are off limits.

Health created Mar 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers to investigate how satisfied caretakers of stroke survivors are with social care support

Experts from Kingston University and St George's, University of London, have launched a study to examine whether people caring for family members who have had a stroke feel the social care services designed to support them, ...

Health created Mar 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Neck injuries linked to high costs for patients and spouses

Patients with neck injuries incur increased health and social costs—which also affect their spouses and may begin years before the initial injury, reports a study in the March 1 issue of Spine.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research calls for better guidance about HIV transmission and the law

Support services for people living with HIV will benefit from better information about prosecutions for the sexual transmission of HIV, according to a report released today by researchers from Sigma Research at the London ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0