Nikki Nabavi reviews a mixed methods systematic review that looks at interventions to support frontline health and social care staff during and after a disease outbreak, epidemic or pandemic.
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Clarissa Giebel unfolds and reviews a new roadmap to advance dementia research in prevention, diagnosis, intervention and care by 2025.
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Jill Manthorpe considers working conditions and stress in UK social workers: survey findings.
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Jenny Fisher looks at an ethnographic study of the experiences and behaviours of social workers visiting families in their homes.
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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 catches up with a qualitative study of what nursing home nurses think about their role and status.
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Ermintrude reflects on a Finnish study about social workers’ experiences of, and responses to, moral distress in their job and finds resonances for the UK.
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Sarah Carr takes a look at a new report from Research in Practice for Adults which uses evidence to reimagine social care.
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Caroline Struthers looks at a study on the effectiveness of a NZ dementia day programme but wonders about the use of outcomes measures in the research.
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Jo Moriarty examines research on care worker experiences of supporting people with dementia in residential settings and discovers the value of relationships in a task centred working environment.
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