Jenny Fisher discusses a study on social care provision by micro-enterprises and discovers that small may well be beautiful for delivering care and support.
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Learning disability in-patient services have come under some scrutiny in recent times.
Here, Tom Crossland looks at an evaluation of the introduction of a care pathway approach in an inpatient service
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Sarah Carr explores a study on the inclusion of LGBT issues in health and social care education and accreditation and finds worrying marginalisation.
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What are the experiences of families who are supporting their adult sons and daughters with learning disabilities to move on to their own homes?
Here, Mandy Johnson looks at a study, which sets out to answer that question.
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For her debut Tanya Moore examines a comparative study on social work teaching and learning in UK, US and Georgia and discusses international social work.
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Lean working has been described as ‘working smarter not harder’.
Here Russell Woolgar looks at an evaluation of a pilot project, which introduced this approach into a community learning disability team.
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Jo Moriarty explores a Danish study on emotional labour and social work and discovers how social workers manage their emotional responses in practice.
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What do we know about what factors influencing food choice by people with learning disabilities in day services?
Here, we look at a qualitative study, which sets out to explore this in a day service in Scotland.
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Martin Stevens examines research into how councils are implementing personal budgets for older people and has important questions about supporting choice.
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As more people are using social media sites, it is important that people with learning disabilities are not excluded.
Here, Michelle Gregory looks at a pilot study evaluating the use of an interface to help people with learning disabilities use Facebook.
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