Mike Clark considers some of the challenges of organisational co-production revealed by a study on social prescribing for people living with dementia.
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In her debut blog, Jane Greenstock considers research on how community arts programmes such as singing clubs may contribute to prevention for older people.
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Professor Liz Hughes appraises and summarises a systematic review, which investigates the effectiveness of personal budgets for people with mental health problems.
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In this blog, Leen Vereenooghe looks at a pilot study of the use of behavioural activation to alleviate depressive symptoms in adults with learning disabilities
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Alex Leeder looks at the experiences of using ‘indirect’ payments in a qualitative study of the experiences of practitioners and ‘suitable’ people.
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Clarissa Giebel interrogates a systematic review on quality of life measures for people living in care homes and discovers what’s best for people with dementia as well as those without.
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Intensive interaction is an accepted approach to working with people with learning disabilities and/or autism, but how much do we know about its effectiveness?
Here, Katherine Runswick Cole looks at a review of literature that addresses this question.
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Research has documented negative attitudes to parents with learning disabilities and highlighted the need for supports.
Here Kate van Dooren looks at a review of literature exploring support interventions for parents with learning disabilities.
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Ian Cummins examines research on how mental health workers can support the generation of social capital through social networks for people recovering from psychosis and finds links with the recovery model.
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A recent research project set out to listen to and understand the experiences of women with learning disabilities who were victims of domestic violence. As a result, the project team produced a set of materials to provide information and advice.
Here we look at the video resource produced by the team.
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