Our focus is on care from the perspective of families and individuals, communities and workers and the care practices, services and systems that affect them. We actively engage with people with lived experience.
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The idea that theory matters is foundational to the Centre for Care. Theory provides the essential architecture for organising knowledge, explaining phenomena and guiding effective policy and practice.
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Just as we aim to make advances in theory, we also strive to develop better and more complete ways to enhance our understanding of care and caring.
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There are currently major gaps in the available data about care across the UK. To address this, we are focused on making care data more comprehensive and accessible and this page offers a few examples of how we do this.
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The Quantitative Analysis and Research Network for Care (QAR-Net Care) is an innovative initiative designed to address the existing gap in care research by emphasising quantitative methodologies.
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