Background Social prescribing is encouraged to promote well-being, reduce isolation and
loneliness. Traditional, generalist day centres for older people could be suggested by social …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the process of
commissioning adult social care services in England. It reflects the literature on …

Background Day centres are a substantial element of community-based support for older
people in many countries. However, assumptions that they are an outdated or costly service …

Ecological approaches to health promotion have been increasingly adopted to address the
complexities of increasing population level physical activity. These approaches understand …

The health and social care sectors are dependent on one another to succeed. But the
boundary–or interface–between the two is challenged daily: care received in one of the …

Context: Home care agencies are a critical part of the social care system in England,
however little is known of how they perceive their role in delivering personalised care or …

This chapter brings together early findings from three Ph. D. projects on domestic abuse,
each taking a different approach. The first explores the issues of underreporting and …

Reports of Covid-19 pandemic related day centre closures impacting negatively on their
attenders and family carers have fuelled a resurgence of interest in day centres, a common …

The human and economic cost of domestic abuse is enormous. In the UK two women a
week are dying as a result of their abuse and the cost to society and the economy is …

integrated governance and other key policy drivers will be discussed and case scenarios
and discussion points will be used to enhance learning. There will be a focus on the …