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Food and feelings in residential childcare
- Authors:
- EMOND Ruth, McINTOSH Ian, PUNCH Samantha
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 44(7), 2014, pp.1840-1856.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
The selection, preparation and consumption of food are everyday experiences; however, the social and symbolic meaning attached to such practices varies widely. This paper presents findings from a research project which aimed to explore how such food practices were experienced, produced and maintained within residential children's homes in Scotland. Data were generated over a year-long fieldwork period during which participant observation was undertaken alongside qualitative interviews and/or focus groups with sixteen children and forty-six adults. The paper emphasises the importance of food and food practices to the ways in which children and staff living and working in residential care manage, express and contain feelings and emotions. (Publisher abstract)
Home care services, Scotland, 2010
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Government
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 30p., tables, appendix
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This statistical release presents figures for home care services provided or purchased by local authorities in Scotland. This information is now collected for each person who receives a home care service, a meals service and a Community Alarm or Telecare service. Analysis is provided by: number of hours of care provided; age, client group and gender of clients; and type of home care. All figures relate to the last week in March (the week which includes 24th March 2010).
Free personal care in Scotland: recent developments
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
An examination of the operation of the free personal care policy in Scotland, its impact, problems and limitations. Although the free personal care policy has wide public support, local authorities report that misunderstandings remain - for example, concerning whether meal preparation is free.
A consumer survey of meals on wheels in the City of Edinburgh
- Author:
- CUNNINGHAM Eleanor
- Journal article citation:
- Social Services Research, 2, 1998, pp.23-37.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
The increasing emphasis on community care and the subsequently higher number of dependent people remaining in their own homes has had an influence in the way in which the purpose of the service has been redefined. The literature on the service suggests that it has two main functions - nutritional and social. Discusses the results of a consumer study and considers whether the service is meeting its objectives. Also considers user satisfaction with the service.
Social care services, Scotland, 2013
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Government
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 26
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
A statistical release presenting national figures for social care services provided or purchased by local authorities in Scotland. It includes information on Home Care Services, Self-Directed Support (Direct Payments), Community Alarms and Telecare, Meals services and Housing Support Services. All figures for 2013 relate to the week containing 20 March 2013 and are provisional. (Original abstract)