Mike Clark summarises the latest Foresight Report on our ageing population and its likely impact on health and social care.
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Challenges for evaluating effectiveness in social work
Mike Clark on a scoping review of effectiveness research, methods, outcomes and reporting in social work across a broad spectrum of adult social care contexts.
[read the full story...]Power and powerlessness: Mental health practitioner and service user perspectives on personal budgets
Martin Stevens examines a study on mental health service user and practitioner experiences of personal budgets and finds that power and attitudes remain important factors.
[read the full story...]Social work students and evidence-based practice
Mike Clark investigates a US study into social work student use of research for evidence-based practice and wonders if the findings would apply to the UK.
[read the full story...]Decision making among male carers of people with dementia
Jeanne Carlin explores a study on decision making in male carers of people with dementia and reflects on her own experiences in interpreting the findings.
[read the full story...]E-markets and micros: evidence for the future of social care?
Sarah Carr takes an unusual step of appraising a ‘think tank’ research report on e-marketplaces for social care and discusses the work in relation to the broader context of evidence-based policy.
[read the full story...]Case management for dementia: The jury’s (still) out.
Caroline Struthers comes to grips with a Cochrane Review on case management for people with dementia and finds relevant messages for both practitioners and researchers.
[read the full story...]Can telecare be cost effective and improve quality of life?
Clarissa Giebel tackles a randomised controlled trial (RCT) of telecare assistive technology and examines the findings on cost effectiveness and quality of life.
[read the full story...]QVC or CQC? How people make choices about social care
Martin Webber takes on a systematic review about choice and decision-making in health and social care by people with disabilities and long term conditions and, among other things, finds relevant evidence for personalisation and inspection.
[read the full story...]'The terrible maze': Dementia carers' experiences of health and social care
Social care super-blogger Ermintrude considers a study about dementia carers’ experience of the health and social care system and reflects on what it means for current dementia policy.
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