The Social Care Workforce Research Unit
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Neurodegenerative research
20 June 2011
Jill Manthorpe attended the final strategy development meeting of the Joint Programme for Neurodegenerative Research (JPND) in Rome today. This meeting was held with the Scientific Advisory Board from the 27 European countries participating in developments in the area of neurodegenerative research (including Alzheimer’s disease/dementia, Parkinson’s disease and Motor Neurone Disease). The group consisted of patient/user and carer groups, the pharmaceutical industry, government funders of research and researchers from several European universities.
Latest article from international care workers study
18 June 2011
Stevens, Hussein & Manthorpe draw on the study to describe experiences of racism among the migrant care workforce in Ethnicity and Racial Studies. International care workers project page.
European report on preventing elder maltreatment
17 June 2011
Published to coincide with World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, this World Health Organisation (WHO) report is co-edited by Unit Director Jill Manthorpe. From the abstract: '[E]stimates suggest that at least 4 million people in the [WHO European] Region experience elder maltreatment in any one year...one third of the population is forecast to be 60 years and older in 2050...Estimates suggest that about 2500 older people may lose their lives annually from elder maltreatment.' The report includes accounts of interventions shown to have been effective in preventing abuse.
Older People’s Understanding of Elder Abuse
16 June 2011
A report launched this week in Dublin examines the topic of elder abuse through the perspective of older people themselves, an approach Jill Manthorpe welcomes in her foreword.
Vetting and barring care workers: potential and practice
15 June 2011
The interim report of a Unit project examining the vetting and barring of care workers is now out. These first findings are based substantially on stakeholder experience of the Protection of Vulnerable Adults List, but look forward to the implementation of its successor, the Vetting and Barring Scheme, itself recently remodelled by the government.
Adult social care workforce: part of the problem or the solution?
9 June 2011
Jill Manthorpe today addresses a meeting at Kingston University for local stakeholders in social care.
Do inquiries change services?
8 June 2011
Jill Manthorpe outlined the evidence today at the Social Care Workforce Research Unit joint event with Sequeli hosted at King’s College London.
Mental health and care homes
8 June 2011
Unit Director Jill Manthorpe and Research Fellow Jo Moriarty contribute a chapter on working with minorities in care homes to Mental Health and Care Homes edited by Dening and Milne from Oxford University Press.
Dementia UK
7 June 2011
Jill Manthorpe was invited to speak at the Annual Conference of Dementia UK, the organisation developing the work of specialist dementia nurses (Admiral Nurses), today in Stratford-upon-Avon. She spoke to the conference on the subject of the Unit’s publication for the Department of Health ‘Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained’
What drives the recruitment of migrant workers in social care?
6 June 2011
The need to meet staff shortages in the sector and an unwillingness among the local population to do work that may be seen as unattractive are reported to be the main drivers of migrant recruitment in this Social Policy & Society article. Drawing on interviews conducted for a Social Care Workforce Research Initiative project, Hussein et al. discuss these and other factors taken into account by employers in English social care when they recruit migrants.
Personalisation and the role of non-qualified staff
6 June 2011
Community Care magazine (25 May) highlights concerns over the use of workers not qualified in social work in the advising and assessing of potential service users. Senior Research Fellow Dr Shereen Hussein is interviewed for the piece.
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20 June 2011
Jill Manthorpe attended the final strategy development meeting of the Joint Programme for Neurodegenerative Research (JPND) in Rome today. This meeting was held with the Scientific Advisory Board from the 27 European countries participating in developments in the area of neurodegenerative research (including Alzheimer’s disease/dementia, Parkinson’s disease and Motor Neurone Disease). The group consisted of patient/user and carer groups, the pharmaceutical industry, government funders of research and researchers from several European universities.
Latest article from international care workers study
18 June 2011
Stevens, Hussein & Manthorpe draw on the study to describe experiences of racism among the migrant care workforce in Ethnicity and Racial Studies. International care workers project page.
European report on preventing elder maltreatment
17 June 2011
Published to coincide with World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, this World Health Organisation (WHO) report is co-edited by Unit Director Jill Manthorpe. From the abstract: '[E]stimates suggest that at least 4 million people in the [WHO European] Region experience elder maltreatment in any one year...one third of the population is forecast to be 60 years and older in 2050...Estimates suggest that about 2500 older people may lose their lives annually from elder maltreatment.' The report includes accounts of interventions shown to have been effective in preventing abuse.
Older People’s Understanding of Elder Abuse
16 June 2011
A report launched this week in Dublin examines the topic of elder abuse through the perspective of older people themselves, an approach Jill Manthorpe welcomes in her foreword.
Vetting and barring care workers: potential and practice
15 June 2011
The interim report of a Unit project examining the vetting and barring of care workers is now out. These first findings are based substantially on stakeholder experience of the Protection of Vulnerable Adults List, but look forward to the implementation of its successor, the Vetting and Barring Scheme, itself recently remodelled by the government.
Adult social care workforce: part of the problem or the solution?
9 June 2011
Jill Manthorpe today addresses a meeting at Kingston University for local stakeholders in social care.
Do inquiries change services?
8 June 2011
Jill Manthorpe outlined the evidence today at the Social Care Workforce Research Unit joint event with Sequeli hosted at King’s College London.
Mental health and care homes
8 June 2011
Unit Director Jill Manthorpe and Research Fellow Jo Moriarty contribute a chapter on working with minorities in care homes to Mental Health and Care Homes edited by Dening and Milne from Oxford University Press.
Dementia UK
7 June 2011
Jill Manthorpe was invited to speak at the Annual Conference of Dementia UK, the organisation developing the work of specialist dementia nurses (Admiral Nurses), today in Stratford-upon-Avon. She spoke to the conference on the subject of the Unit’s publication for the Department of Health ‘Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained’
What drives the recruitment of migrant workers in social care?
6 June 2011
The need to meet staff shortages in the sector and an unwillingness among the local population to do work that may be seen as unattractive are reported to be the main drivers of migrant recruitment in this Social Policy & Society article. Drawing on interviews conducted for a Social Care Workforce Research Initiative project, Hussein et al. discuss these and other factors taken into account by employers in English social care when they recruit migrants.
Personalisation and the role of non-qualified staff
6 June 2011
Community Care magazine (25 May) highlights concerns over the use of workers not qualified in social work in the advising and assessing of potential service users. Senior Research Fellow Dr Shereen Hussein is interviewed for the piece.
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