Social Care: Past and Present - for iPod/iPhone: Recent Episodes
The Open University
Issues surrounding care and welfare affect people in many different ways - it may depend on individual circumstances or on the location and nature of the community. The tracks on this album look at welfare issues faced by different communities across the UK, focusing mainly on care of the elderly, and people with physical or mental disabilities. The album also explores how care and welfare in the community has changed over the years. This material was part of The Open University course K202 Care, welfare and community.
Introducing the two adjacent but distinct communities of Darnall and Tinsley in north Sheffield.
Transcript -- Introducing the two adjacent but distinct communities of Darnall and Tinsley in north Sheffield.
Sheffield Social Services' dedicated Home Care Service for the Bangladeshi community in Darnall.
Transcript -- Sheffield Social Services' dedicated Home Care Service for the Bangladeshi community in Darnall.
A disabled woman talks about the support she gets from Social Services, family and friends.
Transcript -- A disabled woman talks about the support she gets from Social Services, family and friends.
Although it's only two miles from Darnall, life in Tinsley has its own distinctive health and social welfare issues.
Transcript -- Although it's only two miles from Darnall, life in Tinsley has its own distinctive health and social welfare issues.
The specific needs of carers from minority ethnic groups with emphasis on the Chinese Welfare Association in Belfast
Transcript -- The specific needs of carers from minority ethnic groups with emphasis on the Chinese Welfare Association in Belfast
Transcript -- The history and background of Middleton based multidisciplinary care scheme MERIT
A detailed description of the MERIT Scheme process from referral and assessment to care provided
Transcript -- A detailed description of the MERIT Scheme process from referral and assessment to care provided
MERIT scheme members' personal and professional opinions on the multidisciplinary way of working
Transcript -- MERIT scheme members' personal and professional opinions on the multidisciplinary way of working
The experience of a couple being assessed for various care services and comments on that experience from an occupational therapist and a social worker
Transcript -- The experience of a couple being assessed for various care services and comments on that experience from an occupational therapist and a social worker
The experience of a woman forced to retire due to ill health and comments on that experience from an occupational therapist and a social worker
Transcript -- The experience of a woman forced to retire due to ill health and comments on that experience from an occupational therapist and a social worker
A discussion of different care situations with the people involved asked to consider the transactions, either in cash or kind, that their caring relationships entail
Transcript -- A discussion of different care situations with the people involved asked to consider the transactions, either in cash or kind, that their caring relationships entail
The changing provision of social care in Britain over the last seventy years is demonstrated by the transformation of the home help service into home care
Transcript -- The changing provision of social care in Britain over the last seventy years is demonstrated by the transformation of the home help service into home care
The considerable impact on the roles and skills of health and social care workers by the reduction of long term hospital provision and the implementation of the NHS and Community Care Act
Transcript -- The considerable impact on the roles and skills of health and social care workers by the reduction of long term hospital provision and the implementation of the NHS and Community Care Act
The memories of care and support in Cardiff's Butetown in the 1930s recalled by five former residents.
Transcript -- The memories of care and support in Cardiff's Butetown in the 1930s recalled by five former residents.
The idea of providing people with the opportunity to trade skills and goods without cash changing hands was developed into the LETS Scheme
Transcript -- The idea of providing people with the opportunity to trade skills and goods without cash changing hands was developed into the LETS Scheme
Transcript -- Personal accounts by carers regarding their experiences and views of care and abuse
The inspection of a nursing home for older people carried out by an informal inspection party and the resulting impressions
Transcript -- The inspection of a nursing home for older people carried out by an informal inspection party and the resulting impressions