Self Care Week is an annual UK-wide national awareness week that focuses on embedding support for self care across communities, families and generations.
Practise Self Care for Life is the theme for 2021
The Self Care Forum has been organising Self Care Week since 2011
Renee McGregor is a leading Sports dietitian, specialising in Eating Disorders, REDs, The Female Athlete, Athlete health and performance.
Her practice and knowledge is supported by extensive experience of working in both clinical and performance nutrition, including Olympic (London, 2012), Paralympic (Rio, 2016) and Commonwealth (Queensland, 2018) teams.
She is presently working with a number of national governing bodies including Scottish Gymnastics, The GB 24 hour Running squad, Scottish Ballet, Women’s Reading Football and England National Ballet. She has also provided CPD to The Welsh Institute of Sport and Sports Institute, Northern Ireland.
On top of this Renee is the Diet Lead for global ultra-marathon events series Ultra X, part of the Stylist Strong Women series and an ambassador for Bath MIND Charity.
She is regularly asked to work directly with high performing and professional athletes that have developed a dysfunctional relationship with food that is impacting their performance, health and career.
Source: The Reading Ramble podcast, Lancashire Libraries
This episode of The Reading Ramble podcast features an interview with bestselling author TM Logan, author of The Catch, The Holiday, 29 Seconds and Lies.
SAM is an app to help you understand and manage anxiety. The app has been developed in collaboration with a research team from UWE, Bristol.
SAM will help you to understand what causes your anxiety, monitor your anxious thoughts and behaviour over time and manage your anxiety through self-help exercises and private reflection.
Implementing lateral flow devices in long-term care facilities: experiences from the Liverpool COVID-19 community testing pilot in care homes- a qualitative study.[Abstract] Kierkegaard P. BMC Health Services Research 2021;21(1):1153. [Our study demonstrates that the real-world implementation of LFDs to test visitors and staff faces significant challenges as a result of several contextual factors negatively affecting the work practice and environment. More comprehensive studies are needed to identify and inform effective implementation strategies to ensure that LFDs can be adopted in an agile way that better supports an already exhausted and morally depleted workforce.]
Urgent need to develop evidence-based COVID-19 recommendations for primary schools. Patel S. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2021;106(11):1039-1040. [Implementation of evidence-based recommendations for primary school is a priority for all governments to avoid young children unnecessarily missing significant quantities of schooling this winter, along with a knock-on effect on their families. Parents and teachers need to understand that new evidence and transmission rates will continually be reviewed and recommendations will change if required.]
Influenza season 2021–22: what healthcare managers need to know. Clough I. British Journal of Healthcare Management 2021;27(10):1-4. [With the influenza season approaching and COVID-19 case numbers remaining high, this article highlights key points for healthcare managers and leaders going into this potentially challenging period.]
The vicious cycle of tobacco use and mental illness – a double burden on health. World Health Organization (WHO); 2021. [This new factsheet examines the intricate connections between tobacco use and mental illness. 2 in 3 people with severe mental health conditions are current smokers, which has an enormous impact on health. Reducing smoking among people with mental illness is identified as the single most effective action for reducing the gap in life expectancy.]
Sexual and Reproductive Health Services, England (Contraception) 2020/21. NHS Digital; 2021. [This publication primarily covers contraceptive activity taking place at dedicated Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services in England, as recorded in the Sexual and Reproductive Health Activity Dataset (SRHAD), a mandated collection for all providers of NHS SRH services. The main focus of this report is contraception.]
Overlooked: why we should be doing more to support families and friends affected by someone else’s drinking, drug use or gambling. Adfam; 2021. [This report examines Adfam’s latest research with YouGov on the prevalence of people currently negatively affected by the drinking, drug use or gambling of a family member or friend in 2021, and the different challenges and impacts these families currently face. The report’s findings highlight the need for more recognition of the impacts on families and friends, and it includes recommendations on how to better support this overlooked group.]
Online resources – Master the Mind Master Anything podcast – Kids’ Mental Health Special
Source: Mindset by Dave podcast
Today’s resource is the Master the Mind Master Anything podcast presented by Dave Cottrell (Mindset by Dave). In this episode Dave talks, from one parent to another, about some of the things he has learned as a parent and how these can be applied in your relationships with your own kids.