10/05/15
The most difficult topic to discuss with families is where the injured person has a spouse or a partner. At first they may hope for, and expect, full recovery, or at least major improvement...
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02/05/15
One particular area which deserves better attention than it currently receives is where a family member gives up his or her job to look after the injured person...
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10/04/15
When valuing family care it may be a sensible precaution to make allowances for the possibility that family carers will become unable to care due to ill health or death...
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01/04/14
Once a decision has been made on the care that is required, it is easy to instruct an expert who will visit the home and assess the requirement for care and the cost...
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30/03/14
In the immediate period following an accident, the starting point for many families is to look after the injured person themselves for as long is necessary...
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24/01/14
Whatever the injury, professionals must never make the mistake of assuming that people with the same, or similar, injuries have the same requirements or desires...
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