The birth of a child with a disability or chronic illness, or the discovery that a child has a disability, has a profound effect on a family.

When parents learn that their child has a disability or special health care need, they begin the process of continuous, lifelong adjustment. Adjustment can include periods of stress, grief, frustration, and isolation. Coping with uncertainty about the child's development may interfere with the parents' ability to provide support for each other and to other family members. Even performing the basic necessities of daily life, such as grocery shopping, or cleaning the house can become difficult to impossible.

Read more: Respite Care for Disabled Children

• 22 December 2015

End of life care must be tailored to the individual according to new NICE guidelines released today. The guidelines aim to put the dying person at the heart of decisions about their care, so that they can be supported in their final days in accordance with their wishes.

Read more: New NICE Guidelines for End of Life Care

• 16 December 2015

A training scheme that was set to create a career ladder for care workers and address the acute shortage of nurses in care homes, and care workers, has been axed as a direct result of chancellor George Osborne’s spending review.

Read more: Care worker training scheme axed

• 16 December 2015

Fewer than 1 in 10 people have the skills to save a life according to St Johns Ambulance, and 2 in 5 of us say that it would take the death of a loved one for them to pay serious attention to First Aid. 1 in 2 parents say they feel helpless in an emergency situation and only 1 in 5 of us know any basic First Aid skills.

Read more: Fewer than 1 in 10 people have the skills to save a life

• 10 December 2015