Care as a Complex, Adaptive Ecosystem
Charlie Grosset explores the recent UK welfare reforms focusing on the emotional, social and financial impact on disabled people.
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Developing a National Care Service: Learning from Scotland’s experience
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.
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A powerful insight into the difficult transitions this author has faced, navigating life as a Young Adult carer.
Read more about Navigating Life as a Young Adult carerDr 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.
Read more about Care, Social Care and Sociology – a short filmSeminar: Understanding suicide and homicide risk in unpaid carers, Dr Siobhan O’Dwyer
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.
Read more about Seminar: Understanding suicide and homicide risk in unpaid carers, Dr Siobhan O’DwyerA research summary report of ‘The Transitions that Matter’ project, by Hayrunisa Pelge and Catherine Needham.
Read more about Summary Report: The Transitions that Matter ProjectWe 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”
Read more about Seminar: 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.
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