Can helping others improve your health? The benefits of giving rather than receiving are more than just spiritual. Altruism and blood pressure A research team from the University of British Columbia gave a group of older participants with high blood pressure money to spend. On three consecutive weeks they...
Being a care-giver can be exceptionally challenging. As it is care givers week 2020 I felt it important to draw attention to this excellent article written by Melinda Smith MA. In this article Melinda does a fantastic job of covering the subject of care giver stress,...
Here are some eye opening statistics on unpaid carers in the UK. These are from the website https://www.carersuk.org/ 1 in 8 adults (around 6.5 million people) are carers Every day another 6,000 people take on a caring responsibility – that equals over 2 million people each year. ...