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The 'Dance' of Kinship Care in England and Ireland: Navigating a course between regulation and relationships
(2013)There has been a significant growth in the use of formal kinship care in the UK and Ireland in the last 20 years. The paper charts some of the reasons for the ‘organic growth’ of kinship care and the multiple dynamics that ... -
Understanding psycho-social processes underpinning engagement with services in motor neurone disease: A qualitative study
(2014)Background: People with motor neurone disease access health care services from disease onset to end-of-life care but there has been paucity of research on how people with motor neurone disease understand and use health ... -
Acceptance and decision making in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis from a life-course perspective
(2014)Researchers have explored perceptions of health care services among people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), but little is known about how and why people with ALS engage with services. We undertook a grounded theory ... -
A Story to Tell': learning from the life-stories of older people with intellectual disabilities in Ireland.
(Wiley Blackwell, 2009-12)This article draws on life-stories told by older people with intellectual disabilities for a research study in the Republic of Ireland. Research participants recalled their experiences of confinement, coercion and exclusion ... -
Patients' perceptions of services and preferences for care in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A review
(Informa, 2012)Background: Service providers and service users often have different perspectives on health and social care services. Design: We have undertaken a systematic review of empirical data between 1988 to March 2011 relating ... -
Experience of services as a key outcome in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) care. The case for a better understanding of patient experiences
(2012)People with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) frequently express dissatisfaction with services. Patient satisfaction with services in ALS is not always measured and service user perspectives are not usually included when ... -
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 -
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. ... -
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 ... -
Developing Early Years Professionalism
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Young People and Public Libraries in Ireland: Issues and Opportunities
(Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, 2010)The responses to this survey on young people?s use of and views on public libraries in Ireland demonstrate that public libraries provide a wide range of services to young adults, but these are unevenly distributed ... -
Migrants, Welfare Systems and Social Citizenship in Ireland and Britain: Users or Abusers?
(Cambridge University Press, 2010)Public discourse on migrant interactions with state welfare systems has often assumed exploitative motivations on the part of migrants, with charges of welfare tourism a recurring theme among segments of the political ... -
Using children's drawings as data in child-centred research
(Psychological Society of Ireland, 2006)Child-centred research shows a respect for children and promotes their entitlement to be considered as persons of value and persons with rights. With the growing interest in this approach to psychological research, researchers ... -
Exploring the aspirations of Kolkatan (Calcuttan) Street Children using drawings
(Universidad de Almeria / Asociacion de Analisis del Comportamiento, 2007)The aims of the present study were to represent the aspirations of Kolkatan street children and to draw comparisons across gender and between children "on the streets" and "off the streets". The participants were 151 Street ... -
Nutritional Status of Irish Older People in Receipt of Meals-on-Wheels and the Nutritional Content of Meals Provided
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2009)BACKGROUND: Research has suggested that meals-on-wheels recipients can be at risk for poor nutritional status. Despite this, few countries have statutory minimum requirements for the nutrient content of meals-on-wheels. ... -
'It's nice to see someone coming in': Exploring the Social Objectives of Meals-on-Wheels
(2010)Despite the fact that meals-on-wheels have both nutritional and social aspects, there is a paucity of research on the social objectives of the service. This article set out to develop our understanding of the social objectives ... -
In the Front Line of Integration: Young people managing migration to Ireland
(Children's Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin, 2010)The primary aim of this research is to document and explore the experiences of a range of young people aged 15 to 18 who have migrated to Ireland. The experience of teenagers is particularly important for understanding ...