Independent Mental Health Advocacy: A glass half full?
Independent Mental Health Advocacy is all about giving a voice to those whose rights have been compromised. Hot on the heels on the release of…
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Can children be depressed?
It may be hard to believe that children can experience depression at a very young age, but as the NHS explains, “10% of children in Great…
What it means to be a transitions social worker
Jill Hughes and Natalie Lackenby are part of a Young Adults Team in Worcestershire that has a dedicated focus on supporting young people with disabilities…
Music therapy and dementia care – it’s now time to win friends and influence people
Shibley Rahman completed his PhD in frontotemporal dementia at Cambridge University, commencing a lifelong interest in the timely diagnosis of dementia. In this article he argues for…
Twenty years of living with brain injury
Over twenty years ago, Philip Fairclough fell fifteen feet from a ladder onto a concrete patio, causing massive trauma to his head and severe brain injury. Eight years…
Browse our latest collection of new and bestselling titles on Dementia
For more information on any of the books inside, simply click the title or book cover to view the full book page. To receive a…
Thoughts behind ‘The Music of Being’
In The Music of Being, Alison Levinge explains the approaches of key child development theorists and explores how they apply to and inform the practice…
No Shame for Extreme Night Owls
Author of An Occupational Therapist’s Guide to Sleep and Sleep Problems, Andrew Green is an occupational therapist specialising in sleep disorders. In a bid to…
Three Steps to Improving the Safeguarding of Children
Ofsted’s October 2014 report on the outcomes of the first 33 inspections under their new framework showed that over two thirds of children’s services where…
How care becomes corrupted and we lose heart
In a follow-up to his last blog post, John Burton looks at the factors which cause care, and our faith in it, to break down.…