Erika Kispeter

The latest ADASS Spring Survey is out and it’s clear adult social care is under real pressure. Budgets are tight. Demand is rising. Unpaid carers are stretched. But it also identified opportunity, especially around Technology Enabled Care (TEC). 🔹 89% of Directors say more funding for preventative tech would make the biggest difference 🔹 Confidence in emerging tech is still low 🔹 Investment in tech is down compared to last year With the right backing, councils can lead the shift from hospital to community, treatment to prevention, and analogue to digital. 📖 Read more here: buff.ly/ebnxuHy

The social care system in England is broken. We're calling on Government to measure the cost of inaction on reforming the current system and see the sector's wider potential. Read the report: committees.parliament.uk/committee/81/h…

Emotional ties at a distance: documentaries co-produced with #TransnationalFamilies in France by Polina Palash, Assaf Dahdah @virginie_baby & filmmakers @TELEMMe for our project @RosaMasGiralt @UniRdg_Research @UniRdg_GES @jpimybl @GradyFFC @UKRI_News rdg.ac/40zamMQ

While the focus of the Darzi report is on the NHS it does have a few, largely helpful, lines on #socialcare which, it says ‘has not been valued or resourced sufficiently, which has both a profound human cost and economic consequences.’ Very short thread. theguardian.com/society/2024/s…

Are you going through a redundancy? Were you aware that there is a proper process that employers should adhere to during redundancy? Learn more about your rights during this time, including notice periods, pay, and employee rights: acas.org.uk/your-rights-du…

New policy brief 📢 from our #TransnationalFamilies in Europe project - challenges & inequalities faced by migrant families during COVID-19 pandemic in UK. Please share🙏@LeedsUniLLC @ErikaKispeter @JanaSvenska @ana__manzano @DrHJLewis @gabriellaluce3 @roxanabarbulesc