Spotlight on the Life Cycle of Acrylamide-Based Polymers Supporting Reductions in Environmental Footprint: Review and Recent Advances.

Humankind is facing a climate and energy crisis which demands global and prompt actions to minimize the negative impacts on the environment and on the lives of millions of people. Among all the disciplines which have an important role to play, chemistry has a chance to rethink the way molecules are made and find innovations to decrease the overall anthropic footprint on the environment. In this paper, we will provide a review of the existing knowledge but also recent advances on the manufacturing and end uses of acrylamide-based polymers following the "green chemistry" concept and 100 years after the revolutionary publication of Staudinger on macromolecules.

[Caregivers of people with neurodegenerative diseases: from help to delegation].

Being a caregiver is difficult, even more so when it comes to helping people with a neurodegenerative disease. These caregivers, either family members or close friends, are confronted with an unexpected delegation which can prove to be highly complex as the pitfalls can indeed be significant. Moreover, the support the caregivers can provide depends on the support they can get for themselves.

[Family help for frail elderly: challenges and perspectives].

The current support available for frail elderly people, meaning those facing a number of physical and psychological dependencies, is the fruit of relatively recent and diverse transformations. The reconstitution of social relations over the last fifty years, the development of social policies and those relating to risk prevention, notably in the area of public health, and the enactment of new lifestyle standards have resulted in a significant increase in life expectancy.

[From one generation to another, the threats of the disintegration of social ties].

In our modern societies, social ties are reflected in three forms of social relationships which merge with each other: social norms, local social networks and relationships within families. In times of abundance these three forms tend to lead to the same ethical attitude towards elderly and dependent people. Each agrees on the importance of providing a level of care which guarantees elderly people a state of well-being which we would all like to enjoy ourselves.