A 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.
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The 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.
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Continuing our ‘Transitions that Matter’ commentary series, Adrian Murray writes his experiences during the COVID-19 lockdowns and how everyday life has been impacted.
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Podcast- 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.
Read more about Podcast- Reflections on ’A gloriously ordinary life’: In conversation with Baroness AndrewsFor the second commentary in our Transitions that Matter series, Robert Punton writes about his experience of transitioning into ‘invisibility’.
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).
Read more about Podcast- The EU Care Strategy: a watershed moment for unpaid carers and care workers across Europe?Centre for Care Deputy Director Matt Bennett explains why recently released Census data on unpaid carers is so important to our research and the policy landscape.
Read more about Census 2021 statementResearcher Nadia Brookes explores what innovation in social care looks like, and how it can be one way of fixing a ‘broken system’.
Read more about Do we really need innovation in social care?CARE MATTERS podcast- The Invisibilities of Social Care: perspectives from unpaid carers
A new CARE MATTERS podcast episode hosted by Dr Rachael Black, with special guests Liz Naylor and Chris Sterry, exploring the ‘invisibilities’ of Social Care.
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