As a result of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001 (‘the Act’) there are now no legal differences between residential homes and nursing homes. They are all care homes

This new publication contains statistics obtained from linking, for the first time, looked after children’s data provided by local authority social work services departments with educational data provided by publicly

This paper: examines poverty in three specific communities in the Bradford district (Bangladeshi, African Caribbean and white residents on an outlying estate); looks at how ethnicity affects their experience; and,

The demand for residential rehabilitation in specialist registered establishments is greater than the number of places currently available in Scotland. There are a number of residential accommodation services for people

This publication contains statistics obtained from the staffing census held across all local authorities on 4 October 2010. It presents findings from a range of statistics to provide an overall

Short breaks and respite care cover a range of services and situations. Different ideas are emerging about the purpose of the break. Evidence of the need for breaks is also

Drug Treatment and Testing Orders were introduced by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. Scottish pilot sites were established in Glasgow and Fife and were subject to research and evaluation

Conventional approaches to globalisation assume that increased global connections are a source of opportunity and empowerment. Through interviews and focus groups with people in three UK communities (north-east Lincolnshire, Greater