Podcast- Elevating home care: a new provider challenges perceptions
Duncan Fisher and Suliyat O’Balogun explore established perceptions of home care provision, and how these perceptions inspired Suliyat to start her own home care business in 2023 with a different model.
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Contributions to committees and inquiries (April- November 2023)
Centre for Care researcher Becky Driscoll provides an update on our recent contributions to government inquiries and committees relevant to social care.
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Podcast- Ending the Social Care Crisis: In conversation with Richard Humphries
We are delighted to welcome Richard Humphries to Care Matters to discuss his recent book, ‘Ending the Social Care Crisis: A New Road to Reform’. Hosted by Dr Duncan Fisher.
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Read about our new visual representation of a care ecosystem, drawn by artist Laura Brodrick.
Read more about A flourishing social care ecosystemNew 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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Dr Emily Burn and Professor Catherine Needham have worked with the LGIU to produce a new report entitled ‘What role for local government in Scotland’s National Care Service?’, launching on 1st December with an online event.
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Recording now available. We welcomed Professor Mary Larkin, Jenny Kartupelis MBE and Dr Manik Gopinath from the Open University to present an online seminar on Tuesday 23rd January 2024.
Read more about Seminar: ‘The value and practice of relational care with older people’We are delighted to welcome to Care Matters; Nancy Folbre, Naomi Lightman and Shereen Hussein to Care Matters. In this episode, hosted by Duncan Fisher, our guests discuss the devaluation and underpayment of care work.
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