Sue Davies
Biographic Data
| ID | 4876360 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sue Davies |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sue |
| FAMILY NAME | Davies |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIES S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sheffield |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7818-3228 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Impact of Covid-19 on Social Care and Social Work in the UK
Prior to the COVID pandemic, staffing levels, staff turnover and vacancies in adult social care and social work within the UK were a major concern, with staff experiencing high workloads, burnout, stress and poor morale. The paucity of published evidence in a rapidly evolving contemporary situation indicated the suitability of a scoping review. Systematic searching produced evidence published between 1 December 2019 and 9 May 2023. Out of ninety-…
The (future) doctor will see you now
INTRODUCTION: Virtual patients provide numerous learning opportunities for medical students, yet only support one-off patient interactions. To emulate general practice, allowing multiple encounters with a single patient, a new longitudinal virtual patient (LVP) was developed. METHODS: The LVP was integrated into 2nd year at a graduate-entry medical school, in the 2019/2020 academic year. Students were asked about their prior experience and expect…
Home‐care providers as collaborators in commissioning arrangements for older people
In England, care to support people living at home is largely commissioned by local authorities (statutory organisations with responsibility for social care in specific localities) from non-statutory home-care providers (for-profit, not-for-profit, voluntary). This paper explores how managers of these services perceive commissioning arrangements and their impact on home-care providers, the care workforce and service users. Little formal research o…
The ‘Horhotep Letters’ from the Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara
The publication of four Demotic letters found during the Egypt Exploration Society's excavations at the site of the Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara between 1971–3
The ‘Pewenhor’ Documents from the Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara
This article presents a textual edition of a group of 15 Demotic letters and ration lists of the fourth century BC recovered from the site of the Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara
Integrated working between primary health care services and care homes for older people
Introduction: Within the UK health and social care policy is placing an increasing emphasis on improving the quality of care for older people in care homes through integrated working between health and social care services. This study aims to clarify the research available on integrated working and evaluate its impact on older people in order to devise a typology for informing future service development
Comparing How to Compare
Comparative performance evaluation has taken different forms depending upon the purposes of performance monitoring and the types of measures available. This paper investigates the different performance measurement systems in place in the social care setting, in particular for older people receiving community care services. In England, earlier systems to assist performance management within organizations have been eclipsed by national systems of r…
Developing personal relationships in care homes
Personal relationships are an integral part of living, working and visiting in care homes, but little research has made relationships the main focus of enquiry, and there have been few studies of the perspectives of residents, staff and family members. The study reported here sought to redress this neglect. Using a constructivist approach, the nature and types of relationships between residents, staff and family members were explored in three car…
Has social care performance in England improved? An analysis of performance ratings across social services organisations
The PSP Discussion Paper Series aims to disseminate innovative and, as yet, unpublished writing in order to generate public service centred discussion. This paper is a work in progress and we hope that its presentation here will be beneficial for the author in improving this piece on its way to publication. The opinions expressed are those of the author, not the PSP, nor the ESRC. This piece may not be reproduced without the expressed consent of …
Beyond ‘person‐centred’ care
Currently considerable emphasis is placed on the promotion of person‐centred care, which has become a watchword for good practice. This paper takes a constructively critical look at some of the assumptions underpinning person‐centredness, and suggests that a relationship‐centred approach to care might be more appropriate. A framework describing the potential dimensions of relationship‐centred care is provided, and implications for further develop…
Making the move
Despite a growing awareness of the significance of helping a relative to relocate to a care home as a key phase in the caregiving career, relatively few studies in the UK have explored this experience in depth. The research on which the present paper is based sought to better understand experiences of nursing home placement from the viewpoint of relatives. The study was informed by a constructivist perspective. Data were collected in 37 semi-stru…
Social support in the healthcare setting
The participation of volunteers in the National Health Service (NHS) has been actively promoted during recent years, particularly within community and primary healthcare services (National Health Service 1996, 1998). As a consequence, volunteers currently make a significant contribution to health and social care within the UK. Concerning this contribution, the literature often portrays the volunteers' role as one of providing social support. In t…
Encounters with Ancient Egypt
Sue Davies, H. S. Smith, Dorothy J. Thompson, H. S. Smith, H. S. Smith, H. S. Smith, Dorothy J. Thompson, Dorothy J. Thompson, Sue Davies, Sue Davies, H. S. Smith, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, Vol. 41 (2004), pp. 173-191
Making the best of things’
Despite the growing awareness of the significance of helping a relative to relocate to a care home as a key phase in the care-giving career, relatively few British studies have explored this experience in depth. Informed by a constructivist perspective, this study sought a better understanding of nursing home placements from the viewpoint of relatives. Data were collected in 37 semi-structured interviews involving 48 people who had assisted a clo…
Uncharted Saqqara
W. B. Emery's 1964–71 excavations at the Sacred Animal Necropolis, North Saqqara, uncovered large quantities of bovid material, thought at the time to derive from the Mother of Apis Catacomb. This article suggests instead that the material may have come from other (now lost) bovid galleries in the vicinity, the existence of which is attested by the accounts of eighteenth and nineteenth century travellers who visited them. These accounts are compa…
Uncharted Saqqara
A Stela of the Persian Period from Saqqara
During test excavations on the north wall of the Gisr el-Mudir at Saqqara, the National Museums of Scotland expedition found an intact funerary stela with unusual scenes of exceptional interest to students of the Persian domination in Egypt. After a summary of the circumstances of its discovery, the stela is described, the inscriptions edited and translated, and its historical interest and date discussed
A Stela of the Persian Period from Saqqara
Balksbury Camp, Hampshire
Organisers’ report
A Bronze Age Urn Cemetery at Kimpton, Hampshire
An extensive urn cemetery associated with a complex flint platform, excavated by Max Dacre between 1966 and 1970, included burials of late Neolithic, Early Bronze Age, Middle Bronze Age (‘Deverel-Rimbury’) and Late Bronze Age date. The cemetery developed organically from a late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age focus which had evolved around one or more large sarsen stones. The pottery sequence is of particular interest. The chronological precedence of …
Developing personal relationships in care homes
Personal relationships are an integral part of living, working and visiting in care homes, but little research has made relationships the main focus of enquiry, and there have been few studies of the perspectives of residents, staff and family members. The study reported here sought to redress this neglect. Using a constructivist approach, the nature and types of relationships between residents, staff and family members were explored in three car…
Making the move
Despite a growing awareness of the significance of helping a relative to relocate to a care home as a key phase in the caregiving career, relatively few studies in the UK have explored this experience in depth. The research on which the present paper is based sought to better understand experiences of nursing home placement from the viewpoint of relatives. The study was informed by a constructivist perspective. Data were collected in 37 semi-stru…
A Bronze Age Urn Cemetery at Kimpton, Hampshire
An extensive urn cemetery associated with a complex flint platform, excavated by Max Dacre between 1966 and 1970, included burials of late Neolithic, Early Bronze Age, Middle Bronze Age (‘Deverel-Rimbury’) and Late Bronze Age date. The cemetery developed organically from a late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age focus which had evolved around one or more large sarsen stones. The pottery sequence is of particular interest. The chronological precedence of …
Social support in the healthcare setting
The participation of volunteers in the National Health Service (NHS) has been actively promoted during recent years, particularly within community and primary healthcare services (National Health Service 1996, 1998). As a consequence, volunteers currently make a significant contribution to health and social care within the UK. Concerning this contribution, the literature often portrays the volunteers' role as one of providing social support. In t…
Making the best of things’
Despite the growing awareness of the significance of helping a relative to relocate to a care home as a key phase in the care-giving career, relatively few British studies have explored this experience in depth. Informed by a constructivist perspective, this study sought a better understanding of nursing home placements from the viewpoint of relatives. Data were collected in 37 semi-structured interviews involving 48 people who had assisted a clo…
Has social care performance in England improved? An analysis of performance ratings across social services organisations
The PSP Discussion Paper Series aims to disseminate innovative and, as yet, unpublished writing in order to generate public service centred discussion. This paper is a work in progress and we hope that its presentation here will be beneficial for the author in improving this piece on its way to publication. The opinions expressed are those of the author, not the PSP, nor the ESRC. This piece may not be reproduced without the expressed consent of …
A Bronze Age Urn Cemetery at Kimpton, Hampshire
An extensive urn cemetery associated with a complex flint platform, excavated by Max Dacre between 1966 and 1970, included burials of late Neolithic, Early Bronze Age, Middle Bronze Age (‘Deverel-Rimbury’) and Late Bronze Age date. The cemetery developed organically from a late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age focus which had evolved around one or more large sarsen stones. The pottery sequence is of particular interest. The chronological precedence of …
Organisers’ report
A Stela of the Persian Period from Saqqara
During test excavations on the north wall of the Gisr el-Mudir at Saqqara, the National Museums of Scotland expedition found an intact funerary stela with unusual scenes of exceptional interest to students of the Persian domination in Egypt. After a summary of the circumstances of its discovery, the stela is described, the inscriptions edited and translated, and its historical interest and date discussed
A Stela of the Persian Period from Saqqara
Balksbury Camp, Hampshire
Uncharted Saqqara
W. B. Emery's 1964–71 excavations at the Sacred Animal Necropolis, North Saqqara, uncovered large quantities of bovid material, thought at the time to derive from the Mother of Apis Catacomb. This article suggests instead that the material may have come from other (now lost) bovid galleries in the vicinity, the existence of which is attested by the accounts of eighteenth and nineteenth century travellers who visited them. These accounts are compa…
Uncharted Saqqara
Making the best of things’
Despite the growing awareness of the significance of helping a relative to relocate to a care home as a key phase in the care-giving career, relatively few British studies have explored this experience in depth. Informed by a constructivist perspective, this study sought a better understanding of nursing home placements from the viewpoint of relatives. Data were collected in 37 semi-structured interviews involving 48 people who had assisted a clo…
Beyond ‘person‐centred’ care
Currently considerable emphasis is placed on the promotion of person‐centred care, which has become a watchword for good practice. This paper takes a constructively critical look at some of the assumptions underpinning person‐centredness, and suggests that a relationship‐centred approach to care might be more appropriate. A framework describing the potential dimensions of relationship‐centred care is provided, and implications for further develop…
Making the move
Despite a growing awareness of the significance of helping a relative to relocate to a care home as a key phase in the caregiving career, relatively few studies in the UK have explored this experience in depth. The research on which the present paper is based sought to better understand experiences of nursing home placement from the viewpoint of relatives. The study was informed by a constructivist perspective. Data were collected in 37 semi-stru…
Social support in the healthcare setting
The participation of volunteers in the National Health Service (NHS) has been actively promoted during recent years, particularly within community and primary healthcare services (National Health Service 1996, 1998). As a consequence, volunteers currently make a significant contribution to health and social care within the UK. Concerning this contribution, the literature often portrays the volunteers' role as one of providing social support. In t…
Encounters with Ancient Egypt
Sue Davies, H. S. Smith, Dorothy J. Thompson, H. S. Smith, H. S. Smith, H. S. Smith, Dorothy J. Thompson, Dorothy J. Thompson, Sue Davies, Sue Davies, H. S. Smith, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, Vol. 41 (2004), pp. 173-191
Developing personal relationships in care homes
Personal relationships are an integral part of living, working and visiting in care homes, but little research has made relationships the main focus of enquiry, and there have been few studies of the perspectives of residents, staff and family members. The study reported here sought to redress this neglect. Using a constructivist approach, the nature and types of relationships between residents, staff and family members were explored in three car…
Has social care performance in England improved? An analysis of performance ratings across social services organisations
The PSP Discussion Paper Series aims to disseminate innovative and, as yet, unpublished writing in order to generate public service centred discussion. This paper is a work in progress and we hope that its presentation here will be beneficial for the author in improving this piece on its way to publication. The opinions expressed are those of the author, not the PSP, nor the ESRC. This piece may not be reproduced without the expressed consent of …
Integrated working between primary health care services and care homes for older people
Introduction: Within the UK health and social care policy is placing an increasing emphasis on improving the quality of care for older people in care homes through integrated working between health and social care services. This study aims to clarify the research available on integrated working and evaluate its impact on older people in order to devise a typology for informing future service development
Comparing How to Compare
Comparative performance evaluation has taken different forms depending upon the purposes of performance monitoring and the types of measures available. This paper investigates the different performance measurement systems in place in the social care setting, in particular for older people receiving community care services. In England, earlier systems to assist performance management within organizations have been eclipsed by national systems of r…
The ‘Pewenhor’ Documents from the Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara
This article presents a textual edition of a group of 15 Demotic letters and ration lists of the fourth century BC recovered from the site of the Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara
The ‘Horhotep Letters’ from the Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara
The publication of four Demotic letters found during the Egypt Exploration Society's excavations at the site of the Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara between 1971–3
Home‐care providers as collaborators in commissioning arrangements for older people
In England, care to support people living at home is largely commissioned by local authorities (statutory organisations with responsibility for social care in specific localities) from non-statutory home-care providers (for-profit, not-for-profit, voluntary). This paper explores how managers of these services perceive commissioning arrangements and their impact on home-care providers, the care workforce and service users. Little formal research o…
The (future) doctor will see you now
INTRODUCTION: Virtual patients provide numerous learning opportunities for medical students, yet only support one-off patient interactions. To emulate general practice, allowing multiple encounters with a single patient, a new longitudinal virtual patient (LVP) was developed. METHODS: The LVP was integrated into 2nd year at a graduate-entry medical school, in the 2019/2020 academic year. Students were asked about their prior experience and expect…
The Impact of Covid-19 on Social Care and Social Work in the UK
Prior to the COVID pandemic, staffing levels, staff turnover and vacancies in adult social care and social work within the UK were a major concern, with staff experiencing high workloads, burnout, stress and poor morale. The paucity of published evidence in a rapidly evolving contemporary situation indicated the suitability of a scoping review. Systematic searching produced evidence published between 1 December 2019 and 9 May 2023. Out of ninety-…
Medicine (11 works) · Nursing (10 works) · History (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (7 works) · Ancient history (7 works) · Archaeology (7 works) · Art (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (6 works)