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 are pleased to virtually welcome Dr Yanan Zhang from the Oxford Institute of Population 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.
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New 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.
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Continuing ‘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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Read more about Transition into invisibilityPodcast- The EU Care Strategy: a watershed moment for unpaid carers and care workers across Europe?
In this episode of the podcast we’re discussing the new EU Care Strategy, which was formally adopted by the European Commission in December 2022. Becky Driscoll, one of our Research Associates, is joined by guests Stecy Yghemonos (Eurocarers) and Zoe Hughes (Care Alliance Ireland).
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