Jenny Fisher considers the perspectives of staff, managers and service users of a Scottish social care charitable organisation for children with complex needs, which faces funding and organisational change, brought about by self-directed support legislation.
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Caroline Struthers considers a systematic review about the impacts of older people’s patient and public involvement in health and social care research.
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Mike Clark considers what the fields of social care research and mental heatlh have to share and learn from one-another on #WorldMentalHealthDay.
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Tanya Moore considers a qualitative coproduced study of English practitioners’ accounts of social care assessment practices under the Care Act 2014.
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Jill Manthorpe considers working conditions and stress in UK social workers: survey findings.
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Mike Clark considers two recent systematic reviews of assistive technology to support people living with dementia.
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Martin Stevens considers the low uptake of direct payments in residential care: an evaluation of the Direct Payments in Residential Care Trailblazers.
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Shared Lives is a community-based model of support for adults with learning disabilities. This survey reports on the quality of life of older users.
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Mike Clark looks at a literature review and qualitative study of how handovers between staff are conducted in care homes.
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Jill Manthorpe discusses a qualitative study of care assistants experiences of looking after people with dementia in residential care.
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