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Six million carers in the UK dedicate their time providing unpaid care to a relative or friend who is ill, frail or disabled.

A Carer's Story

 

For families with disabled children, even a short break is sweet

Short breaks for families with disabled children are an essential – and long-overdue – lifeline, as the government has finally recognised...

Understanding men's mental health

Read more on what can be done to help men in this little studied area of wellbeing.

Call for 'granny leave' and tax credits to reward child carers

Charity says Britain's 14 million grandparents are helping to keep families afloat by providing childcare worth £3.9bn a year

Mind over matter

For many mental illness sufferers, workplace prejudice and discrimination is commonplace.  Why should that still be?

The long game

People in the UK are living to an older age than ever, and more and more of us are set to join them. But before you celebrate, consider the implications.

It's not just boys who are autistic

When it was first discovered more than 60 years ago, Asperger's syndrome was thought to be a male-only condition. But now that more and more girls are being diagnosed with it, why do we hear so little about them, wonders Joanna Moorhead

Poverty worries make elderly ill, says report

One in four older people in the UK are so worried about the future that it is making them ill, according to a report which finds that poverty and loneliness are endemic among pensioners.

 

 

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