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When parents separate (and children suffer because of it)

A separation brings many aspects that need to be dealt with. However, when children are also involved, it can become a very special challenge for parents.

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Multiple Sclerosis – My Life with the Disease of 1,000 Faces

Samira Mousa received the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in 2013. In this article, Ms. Mousa gives us insight into her emotional world and writes about how she has fared with the disease in recent years.

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Corporate Care Guides: How to Show Caring Employees a Path Forward!

When a family member becomes in need of care, it often means a major adjustment for the caregiver. How can companies help to support their employees in such situations? For example, with in-company care guides.

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Labour law issues around holidays in times of pandemic

Trixi Hoferichter is a lawyer for labour law and business mediator. Specialises in management conflicts.

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Pandemic and Children's Mental Health: How Our Youngest Are Doing and What You Can Do for Them Now

A year after the first lockdown, it is clear what many had long feared: the coronavirus pandemic has had a massive impact on the mental health of children and adolescents.

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Podcast between KKH Health Insurance & famPlus Topic Multiple Sclerosis

In a new joint podcast episode with the KKH, we talk about the disease multiple sclerosis.

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famPlus Podcast - Burnout: How does it feel to be "burnt out"?

The term burnout has become more familiar in recent years and people are being diagnosed with it more and more often.

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Stop getting in your own way - how to become a good self-manager

Who doesn't know this - unpleasant behaviours or thought patterns that we would so like to get rid of or change. Often we secretly know exactly what makes us feel dissatisfied and what we should theoretically do for more satisfaction.

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Corona & children's media use

How Corona affects media use among children and young people - and what you can do: homework on the tablet, game consoles instead of sports and social contacts via video chat - the Corona crisis has caused a digital shift in many areas of life and thoroughly turned our analogue lives upside down.

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Loneliness - Together you are less alone, but also less lonely?

Loneliness - a topic that is more present than ever before after months of contact restrictions and social isolation. What does loneliness feel like and how is it different from "being alone"? What can you do for yourself if you feel socially isolated from others?

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Driving and dementia: When it's time to put on the brakes!

Dementia patients feel offended and insulted when they are told they are no longer fit to drive. But what is so painful is existential for the safety of the person with dementia as well as for road users. What can relatives do?

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famPLUS care expert as guest on the Audi employee podcast

Audi-employee Tanja and care expert Johannes Winklmair from famPLUS talk to presenters Brigitte Theile and Axel Robert Müller about "Reconciling work and family life" and share their experiences and valuable tips. It's worth listening!

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Bridging care with the pop-up day care centre

Parental leave is over. Returning to work is imminent. Since 2013, parents have had the right to a childcare place for their under-threes. So, where is the challenge?

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Petra Wieschalla: (Over)life tips for parent carers

Anyone who has already experienced what it is like to care for one's own parents in old age knows: it is anything but easy. Petra Wieschalla helps parents to overcome this crisis and regain strength and perspective.

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Digital childcare

Angela Schmidt founded Notfallmamas in 2012. The company is now active in numerous German cities. With her, working parents with sick children have been able to book trained and child-loving emergency care for parents within just two hours.