Des Kelly
@deskellyobe.bsky.social
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Chair of My Home Life Charity; formerly Executive Director of NCF … interests from social care to art to jazz + rock!
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nuffieldtrust.org.uk
England has tried and failed to move care out of hospital and into community settings before. What's needed to make it work this time?

We've drawn on the lessons from Ireland and Denmark's experience.

There's much to be learnt, including on funding.

Read the report 👉 buff.ly/hzWZO9W
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Great to meet with fellow trustees for a board meeting of My Home Life Charity @myhomelifeuk.bsky.social
at @citystgeorges.bsky.social
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‘The Future Is Today’ celebrates prints and the University of Warwick from 1965 to now. Just started at the Mead Gallery. Wonderful free exhibition and well worth a visit!
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Delighted to see this important report has been published today. Hopefully it will start the crucial debate on housing options for people as they age.
Our Future Homes: Housing that promotes wellbeing and community for an ageing population
www.gov.uk
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dementiawho.bsky.social
Large parts of adult social care market in England face collapse, thinktank warns

Sector will have extra £2.8bn cost burden from April due to tax and wage rises announced in budget, says Nuffield Trust
#socialcare #carehomes
#hospices
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Large parts of adult social care market in England face collapse, thinktank warns
Sector will have extra £2.8bn cost burden from April due to tax and wage rises announced in budget, says Nuffield Trust
www.theguardian.com
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susiedent.com
Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (19th century): one who pays great attention to trivial matters as a way of avoiding the important ones.
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Surely the best of current TV!
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So true!
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Young people can be terrific #socialcare workers but are too often let down by lack of support and, sadly, a toxic work environment. Those are the headlines of our new report asking how the sector can recruit more younger staff. Short thread. kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-an…
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mikeljollett.bsky.social
Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:

Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47

Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429

Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3

Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2

Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0

Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
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hscwru.bsky.social
Home Care Research Forum November 2024
Wed 20 November 2024 14:00 to 16:00
Online
Talks on: Digital care management systems; & International recruitment of care workers: implications for homecare.
All welcome
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/home-...
Home Care Research Forum November 2024
Dr Kalpa Kharicha, King’s College London; Dr Bryony Beresford, University of York
www.kcl.ac.uk
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a-mtowers.bsky.social
Do you work in #socialcare?
Are you interested in research?
Did you know that research is for everyone and you don't have to leave the job you love?

You can wear multiple hats!

Pathways between practice and research in Adult Social Care youtu.be/VVi1Fp7dmww?si… via @YouTube
Pathways between practice and research in Adult Social Care
YouTube video by Kent Research Partnership
https://youtu.be/VVi1Fp7dmww?si…
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uoylibrary.bsky.social
We've written a Researcher's Guide to Bluesky!

It's a bit like all those other useful guides to Bluesky, but with several useful insights from University of York academics about using the platform, and we'd love it if it was reposted far and wide...

>> blogs.york.ac.uk/library/2024...

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The Researcher’s Guide to Bluesky – The Library, Learning, Archives and Wellbeing Blog
blogs.york.ac.uk