The UK government is about to reform social care, but the focus is likely to be on funding, not the companies that are allowed to have a stake in the sector.
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Have 'Do Not Attempt CPR' orders been misused under the pressures of the pandemic?
After the devastating impact of COVID, changing the culture of social care must start with valuing, respecting and rewarding the people who look after our vulnerable old people.
As the rule of six comes into force, some sectors of the media are already calling for it to be abolished.
Using robots to provide companionship is a slippery slope in removing the aged and infirm still further from human interaction.
People who use home care and their carers may be even more vulnerable during a second wave.
The spotlight reveals that better funding and support are urgently needed.
There is a sad precedent of pandemic disease threatening the residents of care institutions – and of authorities not heeding the dangers.
The COVID-19 crisis has raised major questions about the viability of the economic, business and employment models that corporate and industry lobbyists are arguing for a return to.
The UK government is allowing care homes and hospices to reuse leftover medicines during the pandemic. Here's why that's a good thing.
The seriously ill and their families often want to protect each other from thoughts of death. Conversation about end-of-life choices are, however, essential to a good death.
Dementia villages and care homes that try and recreate the past are unsustainable.
A simple method could vastly improve the quality of life of those with dementia.
Researchers have developed a new profile system that can save time and money and drastically improve patient care.
Too much money, too few targets. Is the golden child of the 1980s starting to look long in the tooth?
Millions of people are affected by death and dying – but politicians don't want to talk about it.
Sharing information would inform important decisions about elderly care.
There's no 'one size fits all' approach. But a lot of little things – from colors to appliance noise – can make a big difference.
Putting CCTV in all UK care homes would be a breach of residents privacy and could have serious ramifications for the rest of society.
Older people aren't all lonely for the same reasons – we need different solutions to help them feel socially included.
Top contributors
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Reader in Nursing Ethics, University of Surrey
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Professor of Social Policy, University of Kent
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Professor of Nursing, Care for Older People, City, University of London
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Professor and Director of Pharmacy Practice, University of Reading
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Reader in Social Work and Applied Social Sciences, University of Huddersfield
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Professor in Learning Technologies and Social Computing, The Open University
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Research Fellow, University of Liverpool
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Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Health & Social Care, The Open University
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Professor Emeritus of Death Studies, University of Bath
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Professor of Practice, Associate Dean, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Ph.D. Candidate in Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles
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Teaching Fellow and Consultant in Applied Ethics, University of Leeds
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Shimberg Professor of Housing Studies, University of Florida
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Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Bangor University
