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CircleShef

@CircleShef

International research centre with focus on unpaid care, employment, social isolation, health and wellbeing, based at @SheffSocScience

 Sheffield, UK
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Joined June 2011
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CIRCLE and the Centre for Care are moving away from this platform. Developments in the platform’s policies and moderation no longer align with our values, or how we want to engage with our communities. We look forward to connecting with you in our other online spaces.
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CIRCLE is relaunching! Join us in Sheffield for an event to mark the start of a new chapter. More information and sign up here: sheffield.ac.uk/social-scien…
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Learn about a new approach to supporting care home residents at end of life at a workshop for care home & hospice staff- ➡️increase staff confidence to support residents ➡️strengthen inter-agency working Please share, RSVP to [email protected] @ESRC
The last months: palliative and end of life care Come along and learn about a new approach to supporting care home residents at end of life. The workshop is for care home and hospice staff. It aims to increase staff confidence to support residents, strengthen inter-agency working, and improve quality of dying. For: care home staff; hospice /palliative care staff Cost: free • 20th September 2024: Glasgow • 4th October 2024: Birmingham • 15th November 2024: Manchester • 24th January 2025: London. RSVP: fssneedsrounds@stir.ac.uk

ALT The last months: palliative and end of life care Come along and learn about a new approach to supporting care home residents at end of life. The workshop is for care home and hospice staff. It aims to increase staff confidence to support residents, strengthen inter-agency working, and improve quality of dying. For: care home staff; hospice /palliative care staff Cost: free • 20th September 2024: Glasgow • 4th October 2024: Birmingham • 15th November 2024: Manchester • 24th January 2025: London. RSVP: [email protected]

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Learn more about the workshop content here: needsrounds.stir.ac.uk/our-f…
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Dr Maria Teresa Ferazzoli @mareterra382 one of the @ImpAdultCare project Officers, is speaking at an @IFICInfo webinar on integrated care in remote, rural and island settings 🗓️26th April 🕓4-5:30pm Register here & please share: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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On 8th May 2024 @kateameliah Diane Burns and @CateGoodlad are speaking at the Home Care Research Forum, presenting 'Technology and care in the UK: Policy, storylines and practice' More info & sign up here: t.ly/kaHrL @NIHRresearch @KingsCollegeLon
Home Care Research Forum - 8th May 2024

Home Care Research Forum - 8th May 2024

Join us at the Home Care Research Forum on 8th May 2024, a free online event for everyone with an interest in home care research.

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You are invited by colleagues at the University of Sheffield to take part in an online survey about your experiences at work whilst looking after someone who is dying. Please share with your networks: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F… #wellbieng #care @ltowers728
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Do you have experience working as an administrator supporting activities that make a real impact? Join the @ImpAdultCare team at Sheffield! Closing date is 23rd January 2024, please share: jobs.ac.uk/job/DFG033/impact…
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Call for Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Care and Caring @IJCCjournal! Please share, The Editorial Management Board of the journal invites applications for the post of Editor in Chief, closing date 15th December: bristoluniversitypressdigita…
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Very pleased to see research from our @ESRC Sustainable Care programme (2017-21) mentioned in @CMO_England's annual report! See the full report on the link below ⬇️
Professor Chris Whitty (@CMO_England) profile pictureProfessor Chris Whitty@CMO_England10 Nov 2023
My annual report focuses on health in an ageing society. People are living longer than previous generations. It is something to celebrate but we need to maximise quality of life and minimise the time people spend in ill health. (1/5) gov.uk/government/publicatio…
Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2023: health in an ageing society

Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2023: health in an ageing society

Professor Chris Whitty's annual report recommends actions to improve quality of life for older adults and prioritise areas with the fastest growth in older people.

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This briefing summarises the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee report on family migration, and the government’s response to the report. Stressing the importance of family life, the committee made a number of recommendations to make lordslibrary.parliament.uk/f…
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Great to read about @MariaYNilsson's research! Maria was part of the #ESRCSustainableCare programme's Early Career Researcher Network, follow this link to read more: centreforcare.ac.uk/commenta…
Welfare technology for older people and their informal carers in a Swedish context | the Centre for...

Welfare technology for older people and their informal carers in a Swedish context | the Centre for...

Maria Nilsson discusses her newly published PhD-thesis on welfare technology for older people and their informal carers in a Swedish context.

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Centre for Care (@CentreForCare) profile pictureCentre for Care@CentreForCare23 Aug 2023
'Welfare technology for older people and their informal carers in a Swedish context' We are delighted to have @MariaYNilsson from @Nka_anhoriga write for us about her thesis & research findings! Follow this link to read: centreforcare.ac.uk/commenta… #digitalcare #socialcare
Text: 'Welfare technology for older people and their informal carers in a Swedish context, by Maria Nilsson' Logos for Centre for Care, ESRC and NIHR. Maria Nilsson profile picture, and image of older person using laptop at desk is created by Maria Nilsson on Midjourney

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The @jrf_uk published a new report, 'The caring penalty' which analyses data from Understanding Society to look at the financial impact of #unpaidcare and how policies could help mitigate this: jrf.org.uk/report/caring-pen…
Joseph Rowntree Foundation (@jrf_uk) profile pictureJoseph Rowntree Foundation@jrf_uk18 Jul 2023
Watch JRF’s @abbyabhaya on @itvnews discussing our new research on the #CaringPenalty It shows unpaid carers lose thousands of pounds a year in earnings after they take up caring. We're calling for paid carer's leave so carers aren't pushed into poverty itv.com/news/2023-07-18/from…
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A coalition of over 290 civil society organisations shared a joint statement on the passage of the Illegal Migration Act, condemning the UK Government for "abandoning the UK's moral and legal obligations": libertyhumanrights.org.uk/is… @libertyhq
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The deadline to register for the 6th Transforming Care Conference is 12th June! Please share with your colleagues, more information on registration can be found here: transforming-care.net/2023-t… #TCC2023
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Sign up to this @policypress book give-away for a chance to win a free copy of our Sustainable Care series books: forms.gle/UVk84eVRdZTZ2xD19…. Closing date 12/05/2023 @ESRC
Sustainable Care Book Give-Away

Sustainable Care Book Give-Away

Enter your details below for a chance to win one of the first books in the new Sustainable Care book series. Find out more about the series here: policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/sustainable-care...

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We're pleased to announce the first book in the #ESRCSustainableCare series is now published! 'Social Care in the UK's Four Nations- between two paradigms' by @DrCNeedham & Patrick Hall is available on the link below ⬇️ @ESRC
Policy Press (@policypress) profile picturePolicy Press@policypress27 Apr 2023
The first book in our ‘Sustainable Care’ series, ‘Social Care in the UK’s Four Nations’, presents research on the perspectives of social care policy makers on the four systems in which they operate. #SocialCare policy.bristoluniversitypres…

Social Care in the UK’s Four Nations

Social Care in the UK’s Four Nations - Between Two Paradigms; The devolution of social care policy has led to key differences emerging between the UK’s four care systems. This book presents research...

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The authors will discuss their research at a @CentreForCare seminar on 9th May, register your place here: centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/…
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Looking forward to reading this! Catherine and Patrick will be presenting their work at a @CentreForCare online seminar on May 9th! Register your place here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-ca… #ESRCSustainableCare @ESRC
Social Care in the UK’s Four Nations: Between Two Paradigms

Social Care in the UK’s Four Nations: Between Two Paradigms

Join us on 9th May as we virtually welcome Centre for Care Co-Investigator, Professor Catherine Needham and Patrick Hall.

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Prof Catherine Needham (@DrCNeedham) profile pictureProf Catherine Needham@DrCNeedham17 Apr 2023
Busy Monday! Heading to London for the @NIHRSSCR annual conference. And the postman brought our new book which is veryexciting, thanks @policypress
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Interesting piece in the Guardian featuring recent work by @_AmyHorton and colleagues on the financial impact of #COVID19 on UK #carehomes for older people and their workforce. Read research findings here: ficch.org.uk/resources/repor…
Amy Horton (@_AmyHorton) profile pictureAmy Horton@_AmyHorton13 Apr 2023
Replying to @_AmyHorton @unisontheunion @AdelinaCoHe @DrShereeHussein @CircleShef @CRESC4 @CorletWalker @ASCAPPG
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When Britain's care homes reward shareholders over staff, we need a new system | Amy Horton

When Britain's care homes reward shareholders over staff, we need a new system | Amy Horton

Care workers kept the industry going in the Covid years on low wages at great personal cost – yet many are still struggling, says Amy Horton of University College London

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📢The 6th Transforming Care Conference programme is now available here, please share: transforming-care.net/2023-t…
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Work with us! We are looking to appoint a Research Associate to work on The impact of the digitalisation of social care on older informal carers with CIRRCLE and @InfoSchoolSheff Find more info and apply here: jobs.ac.uk/job/CYT912/resear… @SheffSocScience @ShefUniNews
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