Alisoun Milne
Biographic Data
| ID | 4239235 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alisoun Milne |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alisoun |
| FAMILY NAME | Milne |
| SIGNATURE | MILNE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kent |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0977-8156 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 37 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 98 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 37 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Improving the Experience of Care Home Admission for Family Carers: The Value and Impact of Care-Embedded Social Work
This article draws on a qualitative study in Wales. Semistructured interviews were undertaken with family carers (carers) of older people with dementia ( n = 10), social workers ( n = 8), team managers ( n = 2) and care home managers ( n = 5), to examine the impacts of care embedded social work upon carers, during the care home admission process for their relative. Thematic analysis of the data was informed by ethics of care theory and drew upon …
Reaching consensus on outcomes for evaluating strengths-based approaches in adult social care and social work: A Delphi study conducted in England
To advance our understanding of how we can best evaluate strengths-based approaches, we aimed to establish: (1) What the relevant outcomes are in strengths-based approaches in adult social care and social work in England; (2) How feasible it would be to measure them; and (3) Which tools and methodologies may be used in outcome measurement and evaluation. We used a Delphi consensus exercise to refine and reduce the long list of outcomes which had …
Exploring unintentional ‘carer harm’—Insights from family carers and professionals: An Irish case study
This article explores the poorly understood and under-researched topic of carer harm, where family carers experience harm from the person they are caring for. Nine narrative interviews were conducted with family carers of people living with dementia and autism, and two with professionals. Three focus groups were convened with professionals, including social workers, nurses, and advocacy organizations, with four to five participants in each (n = 1…
Being that hopeful person’: The contribution of social workers to older people’s well-being
Drawing on the findings of research in adult teams in two local authorities in England, this article examines what social workers with older people do, how this contributes to older people’s well-being, and the impact of the social and organizational context of practice. Researchers observed social workers in their practice, interviewed social workers, older people, family carers, and other workers, analysed older people’s records, and examined s…
Carer harm: A Challenge for Practitioners, Services and Research
Purpose The purpose of this study is to consider how carer harm is understood, surfaced and responded to in contemporary policy, practice and research. Design/methodology/approach This paper offers a reflective commentary on the current “state of play” relating to carer harm drawing on existing research and related literature. This study focuses on how we define carer harm and what we know about its impact; lessons from, and for, practice and ser…
The role of adult social care services in improving the quality of life of older carers and the individuals they support
We explore the quality of life of older carers (aged 65 and above) and the people they support, as well as the role of services in promoting their quality of life, both on an individual and on a dyadic level. We collected data in England and, using a framework analysis, identify three themes that were shared by 28 carers and 11 individuals with support needs: (1) experience of support within and outside of the dyad; (2) dilemmas related to receiv…
Evaluating the role and impact of coaching for family carers: A pilot study
This pilot study examines the role and impact of a coaching intervention on carers’ lives and well-being, drawing on interview data with 12 carers and two coaches. It shows that carers highly value coaching. Reported benefits include: carers feeling listened to and treated as individuals; increased levels of self-awareness, self-care and confidence; and feeling more empowered, in control and able to make choices. Carers also reported improved rel…
Admission of an older person into a care home in Europe: Exploring the dimensions of a ‘Healthy Transition’ and the potential role of social work
Transitions in gerontological social work are poorly theorised and underresearched. Although social workers are routinely involved in transitions of older people into care homes, they tend to be treated as a functional transition from one place to another rather than as a social, emotional and psychological process for the older person and their family. Evidence suggests that a healthy transition is more likely if the older person has exerted som…
Strengths-based Approaches—Perspectives from Practitioners
Despite its popularity, relatively little is known about strengths-based approaches in adult social work. In order to explore how strengths-based models and approaches are developed and implemented in social work and social care in England, and how these models are impacting practice, a two-stage project was conducted between December 2020 and October 2021. An online survey was completed by thirty-two respondents and a sub-sample of ten semi-stru…
Revisioning social work with older people living in a care home: Promoting Rights and Reducing Social Control
Care home residents are exposed to high levels of social control. Despite this, and regardless of their disempowered and vulnerable status, they receive limited attention from social workers. The social work role is primarily transactional, relating to admission, reviews of placements, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards assessments and investigations of abuse. Evidence suggests that higher levels of engagement with residents are likely to reduce r…
Family Carers and Caring: What It’s All About
Family Carers and Caring brings together a range of material and evidence about carers from different sources presented in an accessible and yet academically informed way to make sense of the complexities of family carers and caring, carving a coherent path through the academic, policy, socio-political, and practice terrain.
Older women and domestic abuse: Through a glass darkly
Purpose This paper aims to offer a profile of domestic abuse of older women and its impact on their health and well-being; explore some of the conceptual tensions that exist in this field; and discuss current policy and practice responses to this group of victim-survivors. Design/methodology/approach It is a review paper drawing on material from a range of sources; it has policy, practice and research implications. Findings Although there is grow…
Social Work Research in the UK: A View through the Lens of REF2021
The Research Assessment Exercise was introduced in 1986 to measure research quality and to determine the allocation of higher education funding. The renamed Research Excellence Framework (REF) has become an important barometer of research capacity and calibre across academic disciplines in UK universities. Based on the expert insights of REF sub-panel members for Unit of Assessment 20 (UOA20), Social Work and Social Policy, this article contribut…
Applying a dyadic outcomes approach to supporting older carers and care‐recipients: A qualitative study of social care professionals in England
There are an estimated 2 million older carers, aged 65 or over, in the UK. Older carers are more likely to care for a co-resident spouse/partner, provide high-intensity support and have their own health problems. The literature suggests that a 'dyadic outcomes approach' to social care (i.e. services and support that seek to understand and improve the quality of life of the older carer and the person they support, individually and together) may be…
The quality of life of older carers and the people they support: An international scoping review
Older carers, aged 65 or over, may find it difficult to balance caring while maintaining their own health and quality of life (QoL). For older carers, especially, established approaches to separately identifying, assessing and addressing carers' and care-recipients' needs, may not fully consider the interwoven nature of caregiving relationships and the ways in which community-based social care services may impact the QoL of both parties. The purp…
Casting Light on the Distinctive Contribution of Social Work in Multidisciplinary Teams for Older People
The current policy emphasis in adult social care in England is on promoting independence, preventing or delaying the need for more intensive support and the provision of personalised services. However, there is little evidence available on how social workers (SWs) identify and meet the complex needs of older service users in practice. In this article, we present findings from a study of innovative social work practice with older adults in England…
The covid-19 pandemic and care homes for older people in Europe - deaths, damage and violations of human rights
Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Throughout Europe the most damaging consequences of the coronavirus have fallen disproportionately on older people who live in care homes. This study involves the analysis of secondary data sources relating to deaths, and related harms, in European care homes from seven countries between March and December 2020. The findings are reviewed using the framework of the European Convention on Human Rights to identify exa…
Mental Health in Later Life: Taking a Life Course Approach
Focusing on mental health rather than mental illness, this book adopts a lifecourse approach to understanding mental health and wellbeing in later life. Well-respected author and scholar Alisoun Milne explores the influences of lifecourse experiences, structural inequalities, socio-political context, history, gender and age related factors and engages with new ways of thinking about preventing mental ill health and promoting mental health in late…
Knowledge generation and former carers: Reflections and ways forward
While their increasing number is achieving some academic and public recognition, former carers occupy a liminal status, are often hidden, and experience a range of negative legacies related to caring. Existing research on former carers is limited in both quantity and quality, and former caring tends to be viewed as an end stage of the overall caring trajectory. A number of theories and concepts employed to enrich the wider carers field have the p…
Older Carers and Carers of People with Dementia: Improving and Developing Effective Support
The policy drive to support carers is a longstanding national and international priority. Research about the design and delivery of support for carers is critical to the underpinning evidence base. Through a timely exploration of a third sector perspective, the UK-based study discussed in this article provides insights into approaches to, and the commissioning of, support for older carers and carers of people with dementia. The study highlights t…
Carer‐related research and knowledge: Findings from a scoping review
The review discussed in this paper provides a unique synthesis of evidence and knowledge about carers. The authors adopted a scoping review methodology drawing on a wide range of material from many different sources published between 2000 and 2016. It offers key insights into what we know and how we know it; reinforces and expands evidence about carers' profile; shows knowledge is uneven, e.g. much is known about working carers, young carers and …
The carer-related knowledge exchange network (Caren): Enhancing the relationship between research and evidence and policy and practice
Background: Although there is now an extensive international body of research and evidence about care and carers it is fragmented and disparate. Without synthesis, organisation and accessibility it cannot effectively inform and improve policy and practice with carers. Key points for discussion: This paper makes the case for an accessible carer-related research and evidence resource for stakeholders in carer-related domains across policy, practice…
What do we know about older former carers? Key issues and themes
Despite a significant growth in the number older former family carers, they remain largely invisible in carer-related research and literature. To begin to address this deficit, a four-stage literature review was conducted to identify existing knowledge about older former carers. Narrative synthesis of the findings yielded five themes - the concept of 'older former carer', the legacies of caring, influences on the legacies of caring, conceptualisi…
Care and caring: Interdisciplinary perspectives on a societal issue of global significance
Knowledge generation about care-giving in the UK: A critical review of research paradigms
While discourse about care and caring is well developed in the UK, the nature of knowledge generation about care and the research paradigms that underpin it have been subjected to limited critical reflection and analysis. An overarching synthesis of evidence - intended to promote debate and facilitate new understandings - identifies two largely separate bodies of carer-related research. The first body of work - referred to as Gathering and Evalua…
Care and caring: Interdisciplinary perspectives on a societal issue of global significance
Carers and Empowerment in the UK: A Critical Reflection
This article provides a critical reflection on carer empowerment in the UK, an issue which has received limited attention in policy and research. The arena is characterised by considerable conceptual confusion around key terminology, carer, care and caring, and by limited understanding of the meaning and outcomes of carer empowerment. Addressing these challenges, alongside developing a robust theoretical foundation for taking the ‘carers' agenda’…
Look after yourself: Active ageing, individual responsibility and the decline of social work with older people in the UK
The idea of active ageing retains a broad appeal and has a global reach, particularly through the influence of the World Health Organisation (WHO). However, in practice it has been the subject of criticism. In this article, it is argued that the incorporation of active ageing into the policy agendas of the welfare systems for older people should be understood by reference to the perceived effects of demographic trends on demand for services. In t…
Dementia care-giving in black and Asian populations: Reviewing and refining the research agenda
Despite the increased prevalence of dementia little work has been done to explore the extent and nature of care-giving in black or Asian-UK populations. Evidence that does exist suggests that the consequences of care-giving are significant but different from those experienced by white carers and are mediated by a number of culture-related factors. These include: ethnically specific conceptualisations of dementia; expectations of family duty; reli…
Gerontological Social Work: Reflections on its Role, Purpose and Value
Over the last twenty years, successive welfare policies have undermined gerontological social work as a specialist area of social work practice. The UK's ageing population offers an opportunity for gerontological social work to rebuild itself. Increasing numbers of older people with long-term conditions, significant growth in the population of family carers and enhanced community-based living for people with long-term needs combine to reposition …
The intersection of employment and care: Evidence from a UK case study
Working carers are a key focus of UK policies on health and social care and employment. Complementing national and European evidence, this paper presents a local case study of working carers. It draws on data from a county-wide survey containing a module on caring. Data were primarily categorical and were analysed using SPSS. Three quarters of all carers who responded to the survey were of working age: two thirds were employed and one third had b…
Strengths-based Approaches—Perspectives from Practitioners
Despite its popularity, relatively little is known about strengths-based approaches in adult social work. In order to explore how strengths-based models and approaches are developed and implemented in social work and social care in England, and how these models are impacting practice, a two-stage project was conducted between December 2020 and October 2021. An online survey was completed by thirty-two respondents and a sub-sample of ten semi-stru…
Health and Quality of Life Among Older People in Rural England: Exploring the Impact and Efficacy of Policy
There is increasing evidence that characteristics of place influence health and that the dimensions of rurality interlock with the process of ageing to produce a number of distinctive patterns. For the rising number of older people living in rural England, it is clear that, overall, the countryside promotes the health and wellbeing of the newly retired, fitter cohort who have access to financial and community resources. However, it carries a numb…
On the Edge of a New Frontier: Is Gerontological Social Work in the UK Ready to Meet Twenty-First-Century Challenges
This article explores the readiness of gerontological social work in the UK for meeting the challenges of an ageing society by investigating the focus on work with older people in social work education and the scope of gerontological social work research. The discussion draws on findings from two exploratory studies: a survey of qualifying master's programmes in England and a survey of the content relating to older people over a six-year period i…
The characteristics and management of elder abuse: Evidence and lessons from a UK case study
Despite older people representing a significant majority of victims of abuse in the UK and Europe, evidence about its characteristics and management is limited. This article reports on an analysis of adult protection referrals for older people over an eight year period in two English local authorities. It extends understanding of the characteristics of elder abuse and identifies lessons for its effective management. Findings suggest that older pe…
The quality of life of older carers and the people they support: An international scoping review
Older carers, aged 65 or over, may find it difficult to balance caring while maintaining their own health and quality of life (QoL). For older carers, especially, established approaches to separately identifying, assessing and addressing carers' and care-recipients' needs, may not fully consider the interwoven nature of caregiving relationships and the ways in which community-based social care services may impact the QoL of both parties. The purp…
A study of adult protection referrals in two local authorities: An overview of findings for managers and practitioners
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report the key findings from a study of adult protection referrals collected by two English local authorities during 1998‐2005. Design/methodology/approach Referrals were analysed for patterns relating to risk with client level data supplemented by information from the local authority databases and from the Care Quality Commission. The analysis also examined associations between adult protection processes a…
Revisioning social work with older people living in a care home: Promoting Rights and Reducing Social Control
Care home residents are exposed to high levels of social control. Despite this, and regardless of their disempowered and vulnerable status, they receive limited attention from social workers. The social work role is primarily transactional, relating to admission, reviews of placements, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards assessments and investigations of abuse. Evidence suggests that higher levels of engagement with residents are likely to reduce r…
Applying a dyadic outcomes approach to supporting older carers and care‐recipients: A qualitative study of social care professionals in England
There are an estimated 2 million older carers, aged 65 or over, in the UK. Older carers are more likely to care for a co-resident spouse/partner, provide high-intensity support and have their own health problems. The literature suggests that a 'dyadic outcomes approach' to social care (i.e. services and support that seek to understand and improve the quality of life of the older carer and the person they support, individually and together) may be…
Casting Light on the Distinctive Contribution of Social Work in Multidisciplinary Teams for Older People
The current policy emphasis in adult social care in England is on promoting independence, preventing or delaying the need for more intensive support and the provision of personalised services. However, there is little evidence available on how social workers (SWs) identify and meet the complex needs of older service users in practice. In this article, we present findings from a study of innovative social work practice with older adults in England…
The covid-19 pandemic and care homes for older people in Europe - deaths, damage and violations of human rights
Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Throughout Europe the most damaging consequences of the coronavirus have fallen disproportionately on older people who live in care homes. This study involves the analysis of secondary data sources relating to deaths, and related harms, in European care homes from seven countries between March and December 2020. The findings are reviewed using the framework of the European Convention on Human Rights to identify exa…
Admission of an older person into a care home in Europe: Exploring the dimensions of a ‘Healthy Transition’ and the potential role of social work
Transitions in gerontological social work are poorly theorised and underresearched. Although social workers are routinely involved in transitions of older people into care homes, they tend to be treated as a functional transition from one place to another rather than as a social, emotional and psychological process for the older person and their family. Evidence suggests that a healthy transition is more likely if the older person has exerted som…
Older women and domestic abuse: Through a glass darkly
Purpose This paper aims to offer a profile of domestic abuse of older women and its impact on their health and well-being; explore some of the conceptual tensions that exist in this field; and discuss current policy and practice responses to this group of victim-survivors. Design/methodology/approach It is a review paper drawing on material from a range of sources; it has policy, practice and research implications. Findings Although there is grow…
Knowledge generation and former carers: Reflections and ways forward
While their increasing number is achieving some academic and public recognition, former carers occupy a liminal status, are often hidden, and experience a range of negative legacies related to caring. Existing research on former carers is limited in both quantity and quality, and former caring tends to be viewed as an end stage of the overall caring trajectory. A number of theories and concepts employed to enrich the wider carers field have the p…
Meeting the mental health needs of older women: Taking social inequality into account
This paper focuses on older women, as they are the majority sufferers of mental illness in later life, and are particularly vulnerable to the cumulative effects of lifelong and age-related inequalities. The authors, who draw upon literature from the fields of gerontology and mental health, argue that for effective care to be developed, older women's mental ill health needs to be seen within the context of their past and present experience of soci…
Dementia care-giving in black and Asian populations: Reviewing and refining the research agenda
Despite the increased prevalence of dementia little work has been done to explore the extent and nature of care-giving in black or Asian-UK populations. Evidence that does exist suggests that the consequences of care-giving are significant but different from those experienced by white carers and are mediated by a number of culture-related factors. These include: ethnically specific conceptualisations of dementia; expectations of family duty; reli…
Health and Quality of Life Among Older People in Rural England: Exploring the Impact and Efficacy of Policy
There is increasing evidence that characteristics of place influence health and that the dimensions of rurality interlock with the process of ageing to produce a number of distinctive patterns. For the rising number of older people living in rural England, it is clear that, overall, the countryside promotes the health and wellbeing of the newly retired, fitter cohort who have access to financial and community resources. However, it carries a numb…
Dementia screening and early diagnosis: The case for and against
Over 700,000 people have dementia in the UK. There is increasing policy and practice consensus that early intervention in identifying and treating dementia is beneficial and that much can be done therapeutically and practically to help users and their relatives at an early stage. Research evidences early diagnosis as allowing users the chance to come to terms with it when they can still understand its implications. It also provides an opportunity…
A study of adult protection referrals in two local authorities: An overview of findings for managers and practitioners
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report the key findings from a study of adult protection referrals collected by two English local authorities during 1998‐2005. Design/methodology/approach Referrals were analysed for patterns relating to risk with client level data supplemented by information from the local authority databases and from the Care Quality Commission. The analysis also examined associations between adult protection processes a…
Commentary on Protecting my mother
Protecting my mother offers a moving account of a daughter's experiences of her mother's placement(s) in long term care and her exposure to poor care and/or abuse. The article highlights a number of the key features of the care of nursing home residents that need to addressed if standards are to improve and abuse become a rarity. The very dependent and frail nature of most residents renders them vulnerable to receiving poor care which may, if unc…
The intersection of employment and care: Evidence from a UK case study
Working carers are a key focus of UK policies on health and social care and employment. Complementing national and European evidence, this paper presents a local case study of working carers. It draws on data from a county-wide survey containing a module on caring. Data were primarily categorical and were analysed using SPSS. Three quarters of all carers who responded to the survey were of working age: two thirds were employed and one third had b…
The characteristics and management of elder abuse: Evidence and lessons from a UK case study
Despite older people representing a significant majority of victims of abuse in the UK and Europe, evidence about its characteristics and management is limited. This article reports on an analysis of adult protection referrals for older people over an eight year period in two English local authorities. It extends understanding of the characteristics of elder abuse and identifies lessons for its effective management. Findings suggest that older pe…
Carers and Empowerment in the UK: A Critical Reflection
This article provides a critical reflection on carer empowerment in the UK, an issue which has received limited attention in policy and research. The arena is characterised by considerable conceptual confusion around key terminology, carer, care and caring, and by limited understanding of the meaning and outcomes of carer empowerment. Addressing these challenges, alongside developing a robust theoretical foundation for taking the ‘carers' agenda’…
Look after yourself: Active ageing, individual responsibility and the decline of social work with older people in the UK
The idea of active ageing retains a broad appeal and has a global reach, particularly through the influence of the World Health Organisation (WHO). However, in practice it has been the subject of criticism. In this article, it is argued that the incorporation of active ageing into the policy agendas of the welfare systems for older people should be understood by reference to the perceived effects of demographic trends on demand for services. In t…
On the Edge of a New Frontier: Is Gerontological Social Work in the UK Ready to Meet Twenty-First-Century Challenges
This article explores the readiness of gerontological social work in the UK for meeting the challenges of an ageing society by investigating the focus on work with older people in social work education and the scope of gerontological social work research. The discussion draws on findings from two exploratory studies: a survey of qualifying master's programmes in England and a survey of the content relating to older people over a six-year period i…
Knowledge generation about care-giving in the UK: A critical review of research paradigms
While discourse about care and caring is well developed in the UK, the nature of knowledge generation about care and the research paradigms that underpin it have been subjected to limited critical reflection and analysis. An overarching synthesis of evidence - intended to promote debate and facilitate new understandings - identifies two largely separate bodies of carer-related research. The first body of work - referred to as Gathering and Evalua…
Gerontological Social Work: Reflections on its Role, Purpose and Value
Over the last twenty years, successive welfare policies have undermined gerontological social work as a specialist area of social work practice. The UK's ageing population offers an opportunity for gerontological social work to rebuild itself. Increasing numbers of older people with long-term conditions, significant growth in the population of family carers and enhanced community-based living for people with long-term needs combine to reposition …
What do we know about older former carers? Key issues and themes
Despite a significant growth in the number older former family carers, they remain largely invisible in carer-related research and literature. To begin to address this deficit, a four-stage literature review was conducted to identify existing knowledge about older former carers. Narrative synthesis of the findings yielded five themes - the concept of 'older former carer', the legacies of caring, influences on the legacies of caring, conceptualisi…
Care and caring: Interdisciplinary perspectives on a societal issue of global significance
The carer-related knowledge exchange network (Caren): Enhancing the relationship between research and evidence and policy and practice
Background: Although there is now an extensive international body of research and evidence about care and carers it is fragmented and disparate. Without synthesis, organisation and accessibility it cannot effectively inform and improve policy and practice with carers. Key points for discussion: This paper makes the case for an accessible carer-related research and evidence resource for stakeholders in carer-related domains across policy, practice…
Carer‐related research and knowledge: Findings from a scoping review
The review discussed in this paper provides a unique synthesis of evidence and knowledge about carers. The authors adopted a scoping review methodology drawing on a wide range of material from many different sources published between 2000 and 2016. It offers key insights into what we know and how we know it; reinforces and expands evidence about carers' profile; shows knowledge is uneven, e.g. much is known about working carers, young carers and …
Mental Health in Later Life: Taking a Life Course Approach
Focusing on mental health rather than mental illness, this book adopts a lifecourse approach to understanding mental health and wellbeing in later life. Well-respected author and scholar Alisoun Milne explores the influences of lifecourse experiences, structural inequalities, socio-political context, history, gender and age related factors and engages with new ways of thinking about preventing mental ill health and promoting mental health in late…
Knowledge generation and former carers: Reflections and ways forward
While their increasing number is achieving some academic and public recognition, former carers occupy a liminal status, are often hidden, and experience a range of negative legacies related to caring. Existing research on former carers is limited in both quantity and quality, and former caring tends to be viewed as an end stage of the overall caring trajectory. A number of theories and concepts employed to enrich the wider carers field have the p…
Older Carers and Carers of People with Dementia: Improving and Developing Effective Support
The policy drive to support carers is a longstanding national and international priority. Research about the design and delivery of support for carers is critical to the underpinning evidence base. Through a timely exploration of a third sector perspective, the UK-based study discussed in this article provides insights into approaches to, and the commissioning of, support for older carers and carers of people with dementia. The study highlights t…
The covid-19 pandemic and care homes for older people in Europe - deaths, damage and violations of human rights
Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Throughout Europe the most damaging consequences of the coronavirus have fallen disproportionately on older people who live in care homes. This study involves the analysis of secondary data sources relating to deaths, and related harms, in European care homes from seven countries between March and December 2020. The findings are reviewed using the framework of the European Convention on Human Rights to identify exa…
Applying a dyadic outcomes approach to supporting older carers and care‐recipients: A qualitative study of social care professionals in England
There are an estimated 2 million older carers, aged 65 or over, in the UK. Older carers are more likely to care for a co-resident spouse/partner, provide high-intensity support and have their own health problems. The literature suggests that a 'dyadic outcomes approach' to social care (i.e. services and support that seek to understand and improve the quality of life of the older carer and the person they support, individually and together) may be…
The quality of life of older carers and the people they support: An international scoping review
Older carers, aged 65 or over, may find it difficult to balance caring while maintaining their own health and quality of life (QoL). For older carers, especially, established approaches to separately identifying, assessing and addressing carers' and care-recipients' needs, may not fully consider the interwoven nature of caregiving relationships and the ways in which community-based social care services may impact the QoL of both parties. The purp…
Casting Light on the Distinctive Contribution of Social Work in Multidisciplinary Teams for Older People
The current policy emphasis in adult social care in England is on promoting independence, preventing or delaying the need for more intensive support and the provision of personalised services. However, there is little evidence available on how social workers (SWs) identify and meet the complex needs of older service users in practice. In this article, we present findings from a study of innovative social work practice with older adults in England…
Family Carers and Caring: What It’s All About
Family Carers and Caring brings together a range of material and evidence about carers from different sources presented in an accessible and yet academically informed way to make sense of the complexities of family carers and caring, carving a coherent path through the academic, policy, socio-political, and practice terrain.
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