King's College London

Several Unit researchers were at this year's NIHR School for Social Care Research conference, held on 24-25 April in Birmingham – reporting on School-funded studies at the Unit, hearing about the findings of others, and chairing sessions.

In the mental health session on Wednesday, Jen Owen discussed: Decluttering the homes of people with hoarding behaviours: Local authority commissioning,professional practices, and user experiences.

On Thursday, we reported findings from the following studies:

• An overview of the role of Dementia Champions in homecare (Tiffeny James, who recently moved from King's to the University of Greenwich, and Christina Newton (PPIE))
• Hidden in plain sight: parents with a learning disability in childcare proceedings and beyond (Mary Baginsky)
• Training offers for professionals working with people with hoarding behaviours (Nicole Steils)
• Addressing multiple exclusion homelessness in social work education (Jess Harris)

Senior Research Fellow Kalpa Kharicha chaired the session on social care support and Unit Director Professor Annette Boaz chaired the session on older people.

The School, this year, moves from the LSE to its new host institution, the University of York.

School-funded work at the Unit | Conference webpage

Animations

As part of its dissemination purpose, the Unit has commissioned a series of animations for its SSCR-funded studies, the first of which – on Dementia Champions (4min 30sec, YouTube) – was launched at the conference.