Category: Social Care
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So you’re new to… public engagement with research
What do we mean by public engagement and how can universities build a robust public engagement plan? Kevin Fearon and James Dillon explain how Queen’s University has tried to answer those questions.
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Burying our heads in the sand? Social care in Northern Ireland
In light of the recent dementia tax debacle, Dr Paula Devine and Professor Ann Marie Gray from the Ark project highlight the need for a fundamental reform of social care policy in Northern Ireland.
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Who really cares?
Unpaid carers play a vital role in supporting the health and social care system in Northern Ireland. Paula Devine and Ann Marie Gray from the Ark Ageing Programme ask if this is the sort of care that people really want and call for a more fundamental review of future provision.
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Dementia: look closer
Dr Paula Devine and Elizabeth Byrne McCullough explore what the Northern Ireland Life and Times survey tells up about public knowledge of, and attitudes towards dementia.
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Disability, Welfare Reform, and Northern Ireland’s Inactivity Problem
Professor Duncan McVicar asks whether we are taking the right approach to welfare reform and whether changes to disability benefits in Northern Ireland will really help address an ‘inactivity problem’ in Northern Ireland.