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Parental worry: The hidden productivity cost of teenagers’ poor mental health
Have you ever thought about how employees’ issues at home are quietly undermining their performance at work? With so many teenagers struggling with their mental health (20-25% of young people) business feels it, even if they do not recognise it. Many employers regard young people’s mental health as a matter for their families and hesitate to intrude on their employees’ private lives. The reality is poor mental health in families is a business issue too.
The family transition experience when living with childhood neuromuscular disease: A grounded theory study
ORIGINAL RESEARCH: EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ‐ QUALITATIVE Veronika Waldboth Corresponding Author veronika.waldboth@zhaw.ch orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2785-3241 Institute of Nursing, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kings College London, London, UK Correspondence Veronika Waldboth, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Nursing, Winterthur, Switzerland.
Avoidant conversations about death by clinicians cause delays in reporting of neutropenic sepsis: Grounded theory study
PAPER Catherine Oakley Corresponding Author E-mail address: catherine.oakley@gstt.nhs.uk Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Guy's Hospital, London, UK Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London, London, UK Correspondence Catherine Oakley, Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Guy's Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 9RT, UK Email: catherine.oakley@gstt.nhs.uk Search for more papers by this author Abstract Background Evidence suggests that...
The Fight for Fife
Scotland: Proposed Local Government Map (Edinburgh: HMSO, 1971) Guest Blog Post by Matthew Fellion As a volunteer in Archives and Manuscript Collections, Matthew Fellion has been listing the records of the North East Fife Conservative and Unionist Association (NEFCUA), which the Library acquired in autumn 2017. Acc.13853 is part of the Library’s modern political manuscript holdings, which include records of Scottish political parties, politicians, and trade unions.
Scottish Review of Books Funding – Scottish Review of Books
It is with the greatest regret that the Board of Scottish Review of Books Limited announce a break in regular publication of the PRINT edition of the quarterly magazine. Our latest funding application has been turned down by Creative Scotland, part-funder of the magazine for the last 15 years.
COME SPRING BUS TOUR TICKETS ON SALE
Tickets are now on sale for Union Historical Society’s popular Come Spring Bus Tours, offered as part of Union’s Founders Day celebrations on July 15 and 16. The tours of local historical sites will depart from the Old Town House on Town House Road at 5:30 p.m. on Friday July 15 and at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday July 16. Tickets are priced at $12.00 and the tour takes place rain or shine. Ticket-holders must claim their seats at least 15 minutes prior to departure time.
The Maine Home Front During World War I
Union Historical Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday May 4, in the Old Town House, Town House Road, just off Union Common. This will be the first meeting held in the 1840 building since extensive interior renovations were completed last fall, with assistance from a Belvedere Fund grant. After a short business session, State Historian Earle Shettleworth will give an illustrated presentation on “The Maine Home Front During World War I”.
Pen Bay Chapter of Maine Maritime Academy Alumni to meet
The Penobscot Bay Chapter of Maine Maritime Academy Alumni Association will hold its Spring Dinner Meeting on Thursday, May 19, at the Offshore Restaurant, 770 Commercial Street (Route 1), Rockport. Social time starts at 1730, dinner at 1815, followed by a brief business meeting and the guest speaker’s presentation. Captain Charles Weeks, Class of ‘64D and retired Maine Maritime Academy Nautical Science Professor, will give a talk on marine firefighting.
VOSE TO HOME Free Book Delivery Service for Shut-Ins
Starting April 14, Union’s Vose Library will offer a free book delivery service to town residents who hold a Vose Library patron card and are unable to visit the library in person because of lack of mobility, lack of access to a vehicle, visual impairment, or because of a short-term disability such as late or post-term pregnancy or recovery from surgery, injury or illness. Applications are being accepted now.
ROCKLAND CITY COUNCIL APPROVES $5000 MATCHING FUNDS GRANT FOR DAR RESTORATION OF TOLMAN CEMETERY
On Monday, March 14, Rockland City Council voted unanimously to support a project team involving Lady Knox Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR members from California and Nevada and a local Vietnam-era veteran in a comprehensive project to restore headstones at Tolman Cemetery on Lake Avenue. The Chapter is serving as agent for necessary funds and was awarded a $5000 matching funds grant by the City of Rockland.
NINE YEARS OF GOOD NEIGHBORS
Union Historical Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday April 6 at People’s United Methodist Church, located at 21 Depot Street behind the Post Office. After a short business session, the Society’s Assistant Curator Marion Gray will give an illustrated talk on the nine-year life of Good Neighbors, the newspaper which served the Union community from 1991 to 1999.
Tour of Union’s Historic Sites
Union Historical Society will offer its annual narrated bus tour of early historic sites during the town’s Founders Day weekend. Tours depart from the Old Town House on Town House Road, just off Union Common, at 5:30 p.m. on Friday July 15 and at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday July 16.
17th CENTURY TRADING POSTS ON THE KENNEBEC
Union Historical Society will hold its first meeting of the year at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday March 2 at People’s United Methodist Church, located at 21 Depot Street behind the Post Office. Incoming President Dan Day will conduct a short business session, after which Leon Cranmer of Jefferson will give an illustrated presentation on 17th Century Trading Posts on the Kennebec River.
The Forth Bridge: Building an Icon
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND - Alison Metcalfe, curator in the Manuscript and Archive Collections department, presents the library's collection of photographs recording the construction of the Forth Bridge, the first major structure in Britain to be made of steel and a milestone in civil engineering. Scroll through the whole page to download all images before printing.
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