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Out of hospitals and into homes: impacts of planned changes to learning disability care

In a major shift of emphasis from in-patient to community-based services, individuals with learning difficulties are to be offered the chance to own their own home, have access to personal care budgets and to customize services they receive. This will be in tandem with ongoing proximity support from designated care workers who will play a

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Premature Worry: Meeting the Financial Demands of Multiple Births

For most people, having a baby is an event that combines both fear and exhilaration into a whirlwind of new experiences, unfamiliar settings and new responsibilities. Even for uncomplicated deliveries, hospital charges can mount rapidly. A brief stay in the maternity unit of most hospitals is very expensive, but for mothers of twins and triplets

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Providing For Your Premature Baby

Providing For Your Premature Baby

The medical community has made amazing advances in the last several decades in caring for premature babies. Many young adults today are living healthy and happy lives thanks to these advances. Despite these medical successes, premature babies continue to require special treatment while in the hospital as well as when they are brought home. Here

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