Decreasing Wellbeing and Increasing Use of Negative Coping Strategies: The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the UK Health and Social Care Workforce [PDF]
Epidemiologia, 2022 Many health and social care (HSC) professionals have faced overwhelming pressures throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. As the current situation is constantly changing, and some restrictions across the UK countries such as social distancing and mask wearing ...
Patricia Gillen +10 more
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The Digital Skills, Experiences and Attitudes of the Northern Ireland Social Care Workforce Toward Technology for Learning and Development: Survey Study [PDF]
JMIR Medical Education, 2020 BackgroundContinual development of the social care workforce is a key element in improving outcomes for the users of social care services. As the delivery of social care services continues to benefit from innovation in assistive technologies, it is ...
Synnott, Jonathan +7 more
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Our approach to developing communities of practice to foster research capacities for the adult social care workforce [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] [PDF]
NIHR Open Research, 2023 Background Efforts to build and foster adult social care research in England have historically encountered more challenges to its growth and expansion compared with health research, with a sector facing significant barriers in facilitating research ...
Ecaterina Porumb +6 more
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The young social care workforce in Wales: A longitudinal analysis of transitions into social care work using linked workforce and education data [PDF]
International Journal of Population Data ScienceThe social care workforce in the UK is under strain, with significant recruitment and retention issues. This is highlighted by the English governments new commission into social care reform, and reforms in Scotland and Wales (such as registration and ...
Katy Huxley
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What does Brexit mean for the UK social care workforce? Perspectives from the recruitment and retention frontline. [PDF]
Health Soc Care Community, 2019 Read R, Fenge LA.
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Caring in Covid-19: Personal Assistants’ Changing Relationships with their Clients’ Family Members
Journal of Long-Term Care, 2021 Context: The impact of Covid-19 on people working as personal assistants (PAs) or directly employed care workers potentially affects not only themselves and their clients but sometimes clients’ family members or carers.Objectives: This interview-based ...
Jill Manthorpe +3 more
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Journal of Long-Term Care, 2020 Context: People with prior health conditions are susceptible to severe and sometimes fatal outcomes of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, that causes the disease COVID-19.
Caroline Emmer De Albuquerque Green +15 more
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Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 2023 Background There is a high prevalence of health problems among single people who are homeless. Specialist primary health care services for this population have been developed in several locations across England; however, there have been very few ...
Crane Maureen +7 more
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Improving care transfers for homeless patients after hospital discharge: a realist evaluation
Health Services and Delivery Research, 2021 Background: In 2013, 70% of people who were homeless on admission to hospital were discharged back to the street without having their care and support needs addressed.
Michelle Cornes +13 more
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Thai men's experiences of alcohol addiction and treatment [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2014 Background: Men are overrepresented with regard to alcohol addiction and in terms of alcohol treatment worldwide. In Thailand, alcohol consumption continues to rise, but few of those afflicted with alcohol addiction attend alcohol treatment programs ...
Kulnaree Hanpatchaiyakul +3 more
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