Researcher Nadia Brookes explores what innovation in social care looks like, and how it can be one way of fixing a ‘broken system’.
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“Am I a carer?” Why self- and social identification of carers are becoming unavoidable topics
Drawing on research by Carers UK and the Centre for Care, Serena Vicario explores the process and importance of self and social identification for unpaid carers, and what systems in place, or in development, can help do this.
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Reflections on ‘A “gloriously ordinary life’’: spotlight on adult social care’
Kate Hamblin writes about her experience giving evidence to the House of Lords Adult Social Care Committee’s inquiry on adult social care and comments on the subsequent report published in December ’22.
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Reasons to be cheerful? Young people within the present and future adult social care workforce
The Centre for Care’s Duncan Fisher and Rosie Mockett from The Care Workers’ Charity reflect on the attracting, recruiting and retaining younger care workers session at the recent Care Show
Read more about Reasons to be cheerful? Young people within the present and future adult social care workforceHarriet Ann Patrick shares research findings from a recent project with the ONS, and what these findings mean for the future of researching unpaid care.
Read more about Home ownership and unpaid care in England and Wales: a project with the Office for National Statistics.Juggling work and care: the impact of reducing work on financial wellbeing
To coincide with the Talk Money Week campaign, Louise Overton, Rachael Black and Becky Driscoll explore the impact that reducing, or stopping, paid work to care for a friend or family member can have on a person’s immediate and long-term financial wellbeing. Plus the knock on effects for long term savings and pensions.
Read more about Juggling work and care: the impact of reducing work on financial wellbeingIn the first commentary in ‘The Transitions that Matter’ series, Katy Evans writes about the experience of recruiting a new Personal Assistant.
Read more about Emotional Labour: Transitioning to a new PAProfessor Catherine Needham and Dr Chloe Alexander introduce a new commentary series, ‘The Transitions that Matter’, which features commentaries written by members of the University of Birmingham’s Lived Experience Panel.
Read more about The Transitions that Matter: commentary series launchKeith Clements summarises the findings of the recently published evaluation by the National Children’s Bureau of support for young people leaving state care with insecure immigration status in England.
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