Its a Balancing Act This September 18 report from Business in the Community and the Prince’s Responsible Business Network in partnership with Santander addresses the following questions and topics: WHY DO ORGANISATIONS NEED TO CARE ABOUT CARING? CULTURE AND POLICIES: FROM BARRIERS TO CALL TO ACTION AND RECOMMENDATIONS The report is based on discussions with over … Continue reading “Equal Lives – Parenthood and Caring in the workplace”
Carers, Care and Cuts
Last week was carers’ week – and all week I thought about those who, locked into caring responsibilities, may not have even known that it existed. Don’t get me wrong – I am glad that there is some recognition of carers; just that the physical and emotional work is ongoing. Let me give an example, … Continue reading “Carers, Care and Cuts”
New POSTnote on Unpaid Care
New Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) Note on Unpaid Care. This POSTnote provides up to date figures on the numbers of unpaid carers across the UK, and the amount and type of care they undertake. It summarises evidence on the impacts of providing unpaid care on carers’ education, employment, finances, health and wellbeing, and … Continue reading “New POSTnote on Unpaid Care”
Caring for Carers – New Report by the Social Market Foundation
Caring for Carers ‘Caring for carers: the lives of family carers in the UK’ is a report by Katheryn Petrie and James Kirkup published by the Social Market Foundation, and supported by ageUK. The report looks at carers in the UK and their role in the social care system. The report finds that there has … Continue reading “Caring for Carers – New Report by the Social Market Foundation”
2018 ILO report on Care Work & Care Jobs – Call for action to prevent a global care crisis
Care Work & Care Jobs for the Future of Work – Care Burden on Women The new report from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Care work and care jobs for the future of decent work takes a comprehensive look at unpaid and paid care work and its relationship with the changing world of work. A key … Continue reading “2018 ILO report on Care Work & Care Jobs – Call for action to prevent a global care crisis”
Grandparent caregiving
Grandparent care: a key factor in mothers’ labour force participation in the UK. Shireen Kanji, University of Birmingham. It’s probably surprising to most people that grandparents are becoming an ever more important source of childcare in the UK – the growth in the share of childcare they provide has substantially outstripped the growth in mothers’ … Continue reading “Grandparent caregiving”
New research: A Needs-led Framework for Understanding the Impact of Caring for a Family Member With Dementia
A Needs-led Framework for Understanding the Impact of Caring for a Family Member With Dementia By: Simon Pini, Emma Ingleson, Molly Megson, Linda Clare, Penny Wright, Jan R Oyebode; Published in The Gerontologist, Volume 58, Issue 2, 19 March 2018, Pages e68–e77, https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnx148 You can read the paper here: Article access The reported research is based … Continue reading “New research: A Needs-led Framework for Understanding the Impact of Caring for a Family Member With Dementia”
New research: “Care for older people in multigenerational families: a life course analysis across four generations”
This article by Catherine Powell may be of interest to readers: Care for older people in multigenerational families: a life course analysis across four generations The paper is published in Families, Relationships and Societies, Volume 7, Number 1, March 2018, pp. 103-121(19) This article highlights how older people may be embedded in multigenerational familial care networks. It explores the ways … Continue reading “New research: “Care for older people in multigenerational families: a life course analysis across four generations””
CAREN Resource Base: Caregiver related research & knowledge
Carer Research and Knowledge Exchange Network (CAREN) @carers_research New resource launched 30 March 2018 see http://www.open.ac.uk/caren for ALL those who require any form of carer-related knowledge This freely accessible knowledge exchange was established through Mary Larkin’s scoping review project at the Open University, funded by the National Institute for Health Research School for Social care Research … Continue reading “CAREN Resource Base: Caregiver related research & knowledge”
New NICE guidance on care and support of people growing older with learning disabilities
The new NICE guidelines cover care and support for adults with learning disabilities as they grow older. Coverage includes: dentifying changing needs, planning for the future, and delivering services including health, social care and housing. It aims to support people to access the services they need as they get older. The guidelines also include recommendations … Continue reading “New NICE guidance on care and support of people growing older with learning disabilities”