Care as a Complex, Adaptive Ecosystem

Emily Burn and Catherine Needham reflect on their previous research with the Local Government Information Unit on Scotland’s proposed National Care Service and outline four areas of key learning for the Government in Westminster.

A powerful insight into the difficult transitions this author has faced, navigating life as a Young Adult carer.

Dr Duncan Fisher presents a film for the British Sociological Association, produced for A-level students, aiming to raise awareness of, and give context to, care and care work in relation to sociology.

We virtually welcomed Dr Siobhan O’Dwyer from the University of Birmingham, to present Understanding suicide and homicide risk in unpaid carers. A recording of the presentation is now available to watch.

A research summary report of ‘The Transitions that Matter’ project, by Hayrunisa Pelge and Catherine Needham.

We welcomed Dr Sophie Rutter from the Information School, University of Sheffield, to present Community care workers’ access to hygiene facilities: the right to working conditions which “respect health, safety and dignity”

We welcomed Dr Yanan Zhang to present ‘Health inequalities across older adults cared for by daughters and sons in modernising China’ on 28th May 2024. A recording of the presentation is now available to watch.

As part of our ‘Transitions that Matter’ commentary series, Catherine Needham and members of the Centre for Care Voice Forum and the University of Birmingham Lived Experience Panel explore why so few people continue to transition to direct payments.