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BROMSGROVE, England, October 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Core Assets has announced Minister for Children and Families, Edward Timpson MP, has officially launched a new and innovative research centre at the University of Oxford that sets out to improve the lives of children and young people in foster care. The Rees Centre for Research in Fostering and Education, based in the Department of Education, is thought to be the only dedicated research centre in the world to examine...

By Gareth Rose EDINBURGH is facing a fresh healthcare timebomb as medical advances mean severely-disabled children begin to outlive their parents. A growing number of people who have looked after children all their lives are now struggling to cope and are fearful about what will happen when they die. An estimated 6000 elderly people in Edinburgh act as carers, although the proportion looking after disabled sons and daughters is unknown. Maggie Macleod, manager of the Edinburgh...