Clarissa Giebel examines a US study on a community-based support for older people and finds that ‘the little things’ can mean a lot, particularly for prevention and quality of life.
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Hannah Morgan discusses research looking at how the various people using community rehabilitation services view disability and service use and reflects on how disability studies needs to contribute to health and social care education.
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Clarissa Giebel finds a lot to discuss in a recent qualitative systematic review about living positively with dementia.
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Gerry Bennison examines an Icelandic study where four women with learning disabilities use life histories to challenge the historical, institutional accounts of their lives.
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Sarah Carr explores a US study on what is associated with physical and mental health-related quality of life for older LGBT people.
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Tanya Moore discusses a small study on inter-professional working between social care and general practice and finds evidence of misunderstanding.
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Sarah Carr looks at a literature review assessing how choice is working for family carers in the context of social care personalisation.
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Jill Manthorpe discusses a case study on how the emotional and moral labour of care workers operates in residential settings.
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Ian Cummins examines research on multiple exclusion homelessness and finds that social work may have an important role for prevention.
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Robin Miller assesses a paper on what has been happening to the provision of social care services to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) older people and raises concerns about equality.
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