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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How accessible are websites designed for adults with learning disabilities?
Here we take a look at a study which reviewed 19 such sites to address this question.
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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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Big Society? Disabled people with learning disabilities and civil society is a project funded by the Economic and Social research council (June, 2013 – September, 2015).
The project is a collaboration between universities and organisations of and for people with learning disabilities, further details can be found at: www.bigsocietydis.wordpress.com
Here, just as the project shares its findings at a national conference, Katherine Runswick Cole sets the scene and Silvana Mengoni posts about one of the published papers from the project.
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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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This report shares findings of a mixed methods case study, to explore best practice in reducing unplanned admissions in the elderly population.
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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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