... independently. The experience of an older person with Covid-19 is often made more severe because of the presence of comorbidities that have a psychological, as well as physical impact (United Nations Sustainable Development Group, 2020 report). Thus, Covid and non-Covid-related health problems combine...

... isolation Personalization Adult placement Community-based support Key to current social care policy both in the UK and across Western Europe is the personalisation of services, with an emphasis on jointly provided, high quality, flexible services that give people active choice and control over...

... with persons with dementia. Research limitations/implications – The findings are based on a small cohort of participants, observational reports and descriptive accounts from family members and carers. Practical implications – The paper proposes ways in which simple hand-crafted textiles can be used...

... for practitioners to find ways of involving carers in decision making without compromising the rights to autonomy and choice on the part of the person cared for. Both those commissioning services and practitioners need to acknowledge that parent carers need assurances about the long-term viability and quality...

...Caroline Norrie; Jenny Weinstein; Ray Jones; Rick Hood; Sadiq Bhanbro Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on the introduction of individual personal budgets for older people and people with mental health problems in one local authority (LA) in 2011. Design/methodology/approach...

... and identifies that failure as the unavoidable result of methodological error. Design/methodology/approach – The paper guides the reader through the conceptual error in dementia service design and highlights the disconnect between clinical symptomatology and the lived experience of the person with dementia...