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It’s national Self Care Week and Health Shield wants to help by providing you with some more information on what self-care is and how it can benefit you.
Self Care Week happens annually and aims to help put a focus on getting support to everyone across all communities and generations. Being self-aware is about being able to identify what you and your body needs and taking steps to meet those needs. Looking after yourself is one of the most important things you can do, but it’s also easily forgotten about, especially if you are a full-time carer for a friend or family member. Anyone can be a carer, whether you are a 40-year-old caring for your partner or a child that takes care of a parent. There are more than 6.5 million people in the UK that are carers – that’s a lot of people who might be forgetting to take care of themselves!
Self-care can be simple, and the effects can be seen in the short term as well as the long term – something to...