Social care policy is actively promoting integrated and personalised care. Local organisations are starting to re-engineer their business processes, review front line practice, develop new operational tools and revise their
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A new review has identified concerning gaps in research and support for brothers and sisters of disabled people. UK charity Sibs, for siblings of disabled people, has worked with the
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For many parents of disabled children, finding affordable and suitable childcare that meets their needs is very challenging. Research in the UK has shown that parents with disabled children experience
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This report shines a light on the harrowing reality of gang life for girls and young women. In conducting this research, the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) have engaged with
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A new e-book examined case studies from the ‘Welfare innovations at the local level in favour of cohesion’ (WILCO) project. WILCO was a cross-national comparative study that examined how local
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The National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA) has published three research briefings that explore local charities and voluntary organisations attitudes and experiences of local health organisations. The three
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Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how a people-centred, design-led approach to the different needs and aspirations of adults with autism could help inform the
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In a year in which Scotland’s constitutional future is to be decided, this latest in the Poverty in Scotland series provides an indispensable overview of the poverty and anti-poverty policies
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Our fragmented health and care system is not meeting the needs of older people, who are most likely to suffer problems with co-ordination of care and delays in transitions between
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This article presents findings from a focused scoping review of the published literature on self-directed support (SDS), the term adopted by the Scottish Government to refer to its policy to
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