There is increasing interest in co-production in public services and in social care. This blog reports on a PhD study of timebanks which are now seen as an example of co-production but have a long history in being promising indications of mutual aid and reciprocal support between members of local communities. Social care interest groups [read the full story…]
Jill Manthorpe discusses a qualitative study which examines the experiences of frontline workers in care homes and home care
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Jill Manthorpe’s blog considers findings from a scoping review and institutional ethnography of the ‘information work’ done by family carers of community-dwelling older adults living with dementia, by Dalmer (2018).
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Jill Manthorpe considers working conditions and stress in UK social workers: survey findings.
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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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Jill Manthorpe discusses an updated review of the impact of the 2014 Care Act on social work in England.
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Jill Manthorpe summarises a systematic review of interventions to help homeless people at end-of-life.
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Jill Manthorpe on a mixed methods study of what people with dementia want from end-of-life care.
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Jill Manthorpe looks at a qualitative study of what motivates care workers and why care work matters to them.
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Jill Manthorpe looks at a survey of the social support needs and experiences of stroke survivors and their family carers.
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