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Estimating the prevalence of unpaid adult care over time
- Author:
- HIRST Michael
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 23(1), 2005, pp.1-15.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
To help fulfil their responsibilities towards unpaid carers, service providers need some idea of the carer's situation and how many might require support. This paper argues that estimating the prevalence of unpaid care across service planning and budgeting cycles provides a better indication of the size and composition of the carer population than estimates at a point in time. The article presents prevalence rates of unpaid adult care from the British Household Panel Survey. It estimates the number of adults providing care at any time during the year for typical catchments or organisational settings, including social services and primary health care. It also provides related figures on carer turnover and changes in the carer population with an explanation of how they may be used and interpreted. As well as focusing on carers who are heavily involved in their caring activities, variations in the psychological well-being are assessed to provide and indication of unmet needs for support.
Money, friends and muscles: the wishes of primary school children in a South Wales community
- Author:
- NEWMAN Tony
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 22(3), 2004, pp.51-59.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
This paper describes the 'wishes' of over 600 7-11 year old children from one of the most disadvantaged communities in the UK, obtained in a classroom based experience. The children's wishes are categorised, analysed by gender and family structure, and the primary concerns that emerge discussed. Boys' wishes were more likely to be associated with sport, power and possessions, girls' wishes with intimacy, pets and caring about others. A substantial number of children in lone parent families expressed wishes for their parents' reconciliation. While the many wishes for the sudden acquisition of wealth were clearly associated with the National Lottery, children's 'wishes' retained a strong moral framework. It is proposed that this approach is useful and easily administered in addition to the range of child consultation procedures encouraged by the 'Every Child Matters' Green Paper.
Mapping older people's needs
- Authors:
- PRESTON-SHOOT Michael, WIGLEY Veronica
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 22(3), 2004, pp.35-50.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
This paper reviews the legal framework for, and the research evidence on the outcomes of community care planning. The literature on researching population needs and methods of mapping is then discussed and the experience and findings of one research project on mapping older people's needs reported. The paper concludes with observations on whether mapping need through popluation surveys is likely to make a difference to the responsiveness and quality of service provision.
Management progression and ambition: women and men in social work
- Author:
- DAVEY Barbara
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 20(2), 2002, pp.21-34.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Using data from the 1994 National Institute for Social Work Workforce Surveys, this article examines differences in management progression and management ambition between women and men who had been in field social work for a minimum of five years. Analysis found that differences between women and men in management progression arise at the brink of entry to first-line management mainly because of part-time working and women's absence from the workforce during their thirties, identified as a critical age for promotion. The findings also pointed to the existence of an organisational cultures in which it was unusual for men not to have any management ambition whereas many women were committed to direct work with clients rather than to management progression.
Research and 'disability': accounts, biographies and policies
- Authors:
- FAWCETT Barbara, HEARN Jeff
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 19(2), 2001, pp.27-44.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
This article reviews and re-evaluates a qualitative research project carried out in England in the late 1990s. The project was informed from its inception by the social model of disability, and explores how 'disability' is conceptualised within the accounts of participants defined by others as disabled. It also examines participants' views of community care services. As part of this discussion, notions of collaborative and emancipatory research are appraised. The implications of the findings for policy and practice in the field of social work and social care are discussed.
Men's experiences of health problems and services in North Derbyshire
- Author:
- BOND Mick
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 17(3), 1999, pp.5-12.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
This workshop described a research project carried out in 1996-7 by the Research and Quality Manager and the Men's Health Programme Manager in North Derbyshire Health Authority. A series of eight focus groups was run with men from different backgrounds and ages. These asked questions about what the man saw as the most important health problem they faced, access to services and barriers to men dealing with health issues. The men in the groups were interested in discussing health issues. The research did not identify one particular health concern across the groups. Men tended to talk to their partners first about problems. All the groups reported positive experiences of using GPs and hospital services. However there were problems about the lack of time in consultations, waiting times and issues around the communications skills of the person seen. Sexual health problems were identified as the most difficult to discuss, though for the school student group being overweight was mentioned. The ability of the person contacted to relate to the man was important. Here women were commonly seen as more sympathetic, but not in every case. Two main reasons were given as to why men delay seeking treatment more than women: one was the 'macho’ culture; the other was fear of what they might be told and what would then happen. A wide range of suggestions was made about changes that were needed in local health services, one of the most common being the need for health education for boys from an early age. The research has been presented to the Health Authority and follow work on some of the issues is now in progress. Mention was made of other local initiatives such as the 'Waist Watchers' project, which encourages men at risk of a heart attack to lose weight and the few initiatives and reports produced elsewhere in the UK.
Women on top: a study of senior women managers in local authorities
- Author:
- DICKSON Annie
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 2, 1998, pp.11-22.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Summarises the findings of a small research study of women in top management positions in public sector, local authority organisations, completed in 1997 using semi-structured interviews. A brief resume of the literature considers issues of the 'glass ceiling'; the barriers to women's advancement; leadership and management styles. The culture of organisations is considered and the question is raised whether women can maintain their preferred management style within predominantly male dominated organisations especially in the face of the new business culture which characteristics the public sector of the 1990s.
Are women becoming a burden? independence, dependency and community care
- Author:
- ELLIS Kathryn
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 2, 1995, pp.1-10.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Explores the differing and gendered meanings attached to 'independence' and 'dependency' in the newly decentralised and marketised regimes of community care, and assesses the extent to which older and disabled women are receiving the services and support they require to enable them to lead independent lives.
Gendered subjectivities: becoming managers in a social services department
- Author:
- HARLOW Elizabeth
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 1, 1995, pp.48-51.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Social work is predominantly see as a woman's profession, partly because the majority of social work practitioners are women. However, when it comes to the management of social work men predominate. Looks at why this is the case.
Challenging change - women and the management of change in social services
- Author:
- DAVIS Ann
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 2, 1995, pp.20-28.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
Considers the way in which women managers are experiencing the changing world of reorganising social services departments in England and Wales.