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HIGHLIGHT
We’re trying to make sure that a longer life is not an emasculated one for young men with DMD
Boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy typically died as teenagers, but now live much longer. Unique research, led by David Abbott from Bristol University’s School for Policy Studies, asks how social care, through greater gender sensitivity, can make more of their unplanned-for longevity. There were repeated examples of these men feeling emasculated by the support they were getting, and the research aims to find out more about these young men’s interactions with social care professionals and how their gender can be supported. Read our Project Insight for more…
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RESEARCH
Older People & Managed Personal Budgets
Many older people may be missing out on the benefits of personal budgets because they have limited opportunities to shape services to their preferences and circumstances. Often unwilling to manage direct payments themselves, most have their budget managed by the local council to pay for council-commissioned services. Read the summary Research Findings
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WORKSHOP
SSCR Insights from research on… Mental Health
5 Dec 2013, 13:30-16:30
The BOX, London School of Economics and Political Science
This workshop provides an opportunity to hear about emerging evidence from SSCR’s commissioned studies and implications for adult social care practice.
Click here for further information and tickets
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MEET
Professor Randall Smith: new Chairman of our Advisory Board
Randall is a Senior Research Fellow at the School for Policy Studies, Bristol University. He is also on the Editorial Board of Policy and Politics (editor 1996 - 99) and a Trustee of Age UK Bristol.
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