Older people’s decisions about extra-care housing
Kate Baxter discusses a paper by Hillcoat-Nallétamby about the limitations of rational choice theory as an approach to understanding choice-making processes among older people around the decision to...
View ArticleA review of Dementia Friendly Communities in England
Remco Tuijt writes his debut blog and summarises a recent scoping study on dementia friendly communities in England: what they are and what they want to achieve. The post A review of Dementia Friendly...
View ArticleThe ‘S’ word: safeguarding and service user experiences in England
Chenel Walker summarises a recent user-led exploratory study about mental health service user experiences of targeted violence and abuse in the context of adult safeguarding in England. The post The...
View ArticleDementia ward inpatients need better protection from COVID-19
Clarissa Giebel summarises a recent study on the prevalence, management, and outcomes of COVID-19 infections in older people and dementia patients on mental health wards. The post Dementia ward...
View ArticleWhy CBT can fail those with OCD: service users’ perspectives
In his debut blog, Lawson Taylor summarises a preprint qualitative study that explores the views of service users with OCD or panic disorder, and tries to offer some answers as to why CBT does not work...
View ArticleHow living alone, loneliness and lack of emotional support link to suicide...
Yutung Ng reviews a cohort study exploring the links between loneliness, living alone and emotional support with suicidality and self-harm. The post How living alone, loneliness and lack of emotional...
View ArticleInterventions to improve social circumstances among people with mental health...
Andy Bell summarises work by the Mental Health Policy and Research Unit looking at improving the social circumstances of people with mental health conditions. The study finds the most robust and...
View ArticleHow do people experience avoidable harm in mental health social care?
Andie Ashdown summarises a scoping review on service users’ experiences of social and psychological avoidable harm in mental health social care in England. The post How do people experience avoidable...
View ArticleThe impact of bureaucracy on social work practice
This paper presents the methodology and findings of a systematic review of the available evidence relating to social workers experience of bureaucracy in practice. The study is international, and...
View ArticleCan rights-based practitioner-research contribute to both civic inclusion and...
The paper sets out and examines the impact of a local project called Promote the Vote running in West Yorkshire. The post Can rights-based practitioner-research contribute to both civic inclusion and...
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