Seminar: Understanding suicide and homicide risk in unpaid carers, Dr Siobhan O’Dwyer
Join us for an online seminar as we virtually welcome Dr Siobhan O’Dwyer from the University of Birmingham, to present Understanding suicide and homicide risk in unpaid carers.
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Unpaid Carers: Will the next government acknowledge their value?
Maxine Watkins writes about the invaluable contribution unpaid carers make to society and how crucial it is that the next government prioritises their needs in policymaking and resource allocation.
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We are pleased to virtually welcome 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”
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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.
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Growing unmet care needs? Untangling recent trends among older people in China
This commentary by Jingwen Zhang addresses crucial questions around unmet care needs illustrating them with an ongoing case study in China.
Read more about Growing unmet care needs? Untangling recent trends among older people in ChinaNew report- Unpaid carers saving Northern Ireland’s health service £5.8 billion per year
New research by Centre for Care colleagues Jingwen Zhang, Maria Petrillo & Matt Bennett, in collaboration with Carers NI, estimates the value of unpaid care in Northern Ireland.
Read more about New report- Unpaid carers saving Northern Ireland’s health service £5.8 billion per yearContinuing ‘The Transitions that Matter’ series: Robert Walker writes about transitioning into older age, and the financial risks involved.
Read more about The financial risks of transitioning into older ageWhat can a Computational Approach bring to Social Care Research?
Daniel Valdenegro Ibarra and Charles Rahal outline what is being done at the Centre for Care in this area with the specific objective of reducing inequalities across the social care landscape.
Read more about What can a Computational Approach bring to Social Care Research?Continuing ‘The Transitions that Matter’ series: Terry Blatter shares her experience of caring, through three generations of family, suffering dementia.
Read more about The Three Acts of DementiaA new commentary in our ‘The Transitions that Matter’ series: Anne Pridmore shares her experience of transitioning through a changing care system in England, starting in the 1980s.
Read more about Transitioning through the care systemThe Right to Carer’s Leave Bill is a good start but we need to go further
Christie Butcher outlines the statistics relating to carers in employment and explores the policy in place to support working carers – including the new Right to Carers Leave Bill.
Read more about The Right to Carer’s Leave Bill is a good start but we need to go furtherContinuing our ‘Transitions that Matter’ commentary series, Adrian Murray writes his experiences during the COVID-19 lockdowns and how everyday life has been impacted.
Read more about Transitioning into lockdown and getting stuck therePodcast- Reflections on ’A gloriously ordinary life’: In conversation with Baroness Andrews
This episode is a reflection, in Baroness Andrews’ own words, on the recent report published by the House of Lords Adult Social Care Committee, ‘A “gloriously ordinary life’’: spotlight on adult social care’. The report included evidence submitted by colleagues at the Centre for Care.
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