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A Qualitative Life Course Study of the Educational Pathways of Care-experienced Adults
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2020)The central role of education in relation to promoting positive outcomes in adulthood is well-established in existing literature (Hammond & Feinstein, 2006; Nicaise, 2012). However, a growing body of evidence points to ... -
Quality of life and anti-dementia drugs : an exploration of the experiences of people living with dementia and their care-partners
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2014)Dementia is a chronic, progressive, incurable disease that has a major impact on the quality of life of people diagnosed and their families. Some anti-dementia medications exist (cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine) ... -
Redemption theory : Redeeming the sins of the father : grandfathers' experiences and practices in a border community in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2017)Exploring the extant literature on grandparents reveals that, in many cases ‘grandparent’ is de facto synonymous with ‘grandmother’. The world of the grandfather remains elusive, although evidence is emerging that recognise ... -
Relationship-based social work : a 'thirdspace' in responding to trauma
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2015)This practitioner research study explores people’s lived experience of trauma leading to their engagement with the social work service of a hospital emergency department. It further explores the elements of responsive ... -
Relationships and Supports Study: People with Intellectual Disabilities in Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin; National Federation of Voluntary Bodies, 2010)We came up with the idea of doing a research project on what people think about friendships, relationships, and supports. -
Relationships of people with intellectual disabilities in Ireland
(2012)This study explored the perspectives of people with learning disabilities on relationships and supports in the Republic of Ireland. A national research network consisting of 21 researchers with learning disabilities, 12 ... -
Reminiscence work in four dementia care settings in Ireland : the experience of the person with dementia and the facilitator
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2015)This thesis explores the experience of taking part in reminiscence work for people with dementia [PwD] and facilitators in Ireland. It focuses on four dementia care environments which are typical of the settings in which ... -
Renegotiating family practices post separation an Irish case study
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2011)This study explores changing personal relationships in the aftermath of separation and divorce. Post separation family lives in an Irish context can enlighten us about family life and parenting generally in the 21st century. ... -
Research Report on Guidance on Contact Time for Infants and Young Children in Separated Families
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Rethinking Debates in Narrative Methods: Narrative Orthodoxy and Research Challenges with Children with Intellectual Disability
(2019)Undertaking narrative research with children with intellectual disability is a practical, ethical and methodological challenge. Rather than the traditional focus on how this challenge can be overcome, this paper takes up ... -
Ripples of Hope: The Family and community impact of Trinity College Dublin access graduates
(Children's Research Centre, 2013)This report marks the 20th anniversary of Trinity Access Programmes (TAP) at Trinity College Dublin. It shows the positive impact within the family when the first generation participates in third level education -
Risking work and working risk : a phenomenology of the risk environment of prostitution in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2009)The focus of this thesis is on the lived experiences of women in prostitution in Ireland. The limited knowledge base on the Uved realities of those engaged in prostitution in Ireland was a compelling rationale for undertaking ... -
The Role of Grandparents in Childcare in Ireland: Towards a Research Agenda
(Social Care Ireland, 2009)This paper discusses the role of grandparents in informal childcare in Ireland. It considers how recent demographic change and government policy on childcare have the potential to place greater pressures on the provision ... -
The Role of Grandparents in Divorced and Separated Families
(Family Support Agency and Social Policy and Ageing Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin, 2009)Despite the rapid and extensive changes in patterns of partnership formation and dissolution, there has been a dearth of information on the effect of divorce and separation on nuclear and extended families in Ireland. ... -
Sampling and conceptualization in Grounded Theory
(Sage, 2020)Grounded theory (GT) follows symbolic interactionism in viewing humans as active agents in their own lives who create meaning in the processes of action and interaction. GT thus proffers that theory can be discovered in ... -
Seeking online telemedicine abortion outside the jurisdiction from Ireland following implementation of telemedicine provision locally
(2022)Background Abortion was legalised in Ireland in 2019 and telemedicine provision introduced in April 2020. We examined patterns in and reasons for seeking and receiving online telemedicine abortion outside the jurisdiction ... -
The self at work: Understanding the experience of community placement in activation schemes in a post-recession context
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2021)This thesis aims to explain how long-term unemployed welfare recipients taking part in activation schemes made sense of their experiences of unemployment, job-seeking and placement as they deliberated their past, present ... -
Sentencing in Ireland : an exploration of the views, rationales, and sentencing practices of district and circuit court judges
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2008)This thesis reports the findings of an exploratory study on the nature of sentencing in the District and Circuit Courts in Ireland. At the time of this study, two key claims had been made about sentencing in Ireland. ...