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Care innovations
02 Aug 2024
Beyond simply “scaling up”: Defining successful social care innovation from a lived experience perspective
The Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC), based at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), has recently published a blog about scaling up social care interventions. The blog is written by Clenton Farquharson, Sandra Paget, Jennifer Pearl and Paula Sardhina, who are all members of the Lived Experience Reference group of the […]
21 Jun 2024
Invitation to participate in a Delphi to create a Readiness Assessment Tool for care innovations
Long-Term Care needs to keep up with the changing expectations of clients and the community, as well as new regulations. This means constantly improving clinical care, personal support, social activities, and daily living services – backed by better quality, environmental, business, and safety systems. Implementing these innovations can be tough. We are using a […]
21 Feb 2024
NEW REPORT Programa Maior Cuidado: An Integrated Community-Based Intervention on Care for Older People
This report describes an innovative integrated community-based care intervention for people living in deprived neighbourhoods in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The Programa Maior Cuidado has been running since 2011, providing people with up to 20 hours of support per week from professional family care workers. It has been jointly run by the municipal […]
13 Oct 2023
Voting is open for the 2023 European Social Services Awards
The European Social Services Awards, organised by the European Social Network, aim to celebrate innovation and excellence in social services. You can vote until 4 November for excellent practices promoting person-centred care, nominated for the 2023 European Social Services Awards. Chosen from 110 applications, voters can pick their favourite project in 6 categories relating to […]