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The nature and extent of prisoners’ social care needs: Do older prisoners require a different service response? (2019)
Journal Article

Summary: In light of longstanding concern about the lack of social care in prisons, the 2014 Care Act made local authorities in England responsible for identifying, assessing and meeting prisoners’ social care needs. However, service planning is diff... Read More about The nature and extent of prisoners’ social care needs: Do older prisoners require a different service response?.

Applying a new concept of embedding qualitative research: an example from a quantitative study of carers of people in later stage dementia (2019)
Journal Article

Background Qualitative methods are increasingly included in larger studies to provide a richer understanding of people’s experience. This paper explores the potential of using a novel approach to embedded qualitative design as part of an observation... Read More about Applying a new concept of embedding qualitative research: an example from a quantitative study of carers of people in later stage dementia.

Mental health social work in multidisciplinary community teams: An analysis of a national service user survey (2019)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2019. Summary: The article addresses the continued lack of clarity about the role of the mental health social worker within community mental health teams for working age adults and particularly the limited evidence regarding this from... Read More about Mental health social work in multidisciplinary community teams: An analysis of a national service user survey.

Reflecting on the research encounter for people in the early stages of dementia: Lessons from an embedded qualitative study (2019)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2019. Gathering meaningful data from people with dementia presents challenges to researchers involved in both qualitative and quantitative studies. Careful planning and implementation are required, including skilful and sympathetic ma... Read More about Reflecting on the research encounter for people in the early stages of dementia: Lessons from an embedded qualitative study.

Protocol for the development of an evidence-based ‘Best Practice Model’ for Teams Managing Crisis in Dementia (2019)
Working Paper

Background: Teams working in the community to manage crisis in dementia are available, but with widely varying models of practice it is difficult to determine the effectiveness of such teams. The aim of this study is to develop a model of best pra... Read More about Protocol for the development of an evidence-based ‘Best Practice Model’ for Teams Managing Crisis in Dementia.