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  A Positive approach to Christmas and the New Year I have been working out.  I was hoping to live on the meal ticket of youth, but it seems to…

Part of the discussion around the current review of the Mental Health Act has been about how we can empower services users in a law which can be very disempowering.…

  It’s that time of year. Festive preparations are well under way and I can feel my stress levels rising already! There’s so much to do to make Christmas special…

Christmas parties can be a great way to reward your employees after a year of hard work, but can sometimes be a nightmare for the employer. Employers ought to be…

Recent press reports have highlighted data that in the last 5 years 1,463 died in Care Homes from malnutrition, dehydration or bedsores. To highlight the importance of nutrition and hydration…

National Hate Crime Awareness Week takes place every year in October. This year, at the beginning of National Hate Crime Awareness week, it was reported that disability hate crimes have…

  The verbal reminder (often referred to as prompting) is a commonly used medication support intervention for Service Users who can self-manage taking their medicines but may occasionally forget to…

  “Music evokes emotion, and emotion can bring with it memory… it brings back the feeling of life when nothing else can.” Oliver Sacks I love being involved in activities involving…