💡 What’s the real cost of caregiving?
Our research quantifies the caregiving penalty—income loss that caregivers face as a result of caregiving responsibilities—using an innovative 2-stage synthetic control method.
📚 Working paper: https://t.co/Tu9ml0tpkk
Feedback welcomed!🙌
📢 Call for Papers!
QAR-Net Care’s second workshop — “Care and Inequality: Bridging Research and Practice” — will take place 15–16 Dec 2025 at @sheffielduni.
Submissions now open! 🧵👇
https://t.co/FNV1XWJkHj
The Committee has drawn on evidence submitted by @CentreForCare and @MPetrillo25 in their report to warn the Government it will not achieve its ambitions to support more people into work without a functioning social care system.
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: https://t.co/u9PfSl33kO
Interested in engaging with global experts in #health + #SocialCare?🌍
In April + May, we're hosting a series of exciting webinars - there's something for everyone, from ethics of #caretech, to #workforce retention, #continence care + more!
MORE DETAILS:👉https://t.co/EF4hDiEyei
Very excited to be part of the final evidence session for the @CommonsHealth. We’ll be discussing the cost of inaction and the financial consequences faced by unpaid carers. Looking forward to an important conversation! #SocialCareReform
Tomorrow, 9:30am 🕤
We're holding the final evidence session of our inquiry into the cost of inaction on adult social care reform
We'll be hearing directly from unpaid carers, and gathering expertise from @MPetrillo25@CentreForCare and @age_uk
🔗 in the comments.
Our new report in partnership with @kinshipcharity estimates kinship carers contribute £4.3 billion a year to society, or £12 million per day, without financial support from the government.
Read the report here: https://t.co/96BLu9EV1S
Our new report published today in collaboration with @kinshipcharity estimates the economic contribution made by kinship carers at £4.3 billion per year.
Unlike foster carers, most kinship carers do not receive financial support from the government.
https://t.co/96BLu9Enck
Our new research in collaboration with @kinshipcharity is featured on @BBCNews today: https://t.co/AdjcGB7TdL
In our research we estimates kinship carers contribute £4.3 billion a year to society.
#ValueOurLove
George Leckie and I have created a new short MAIHDA tutorial, with videos and practical exercises:
https://t.co/pH2YYC9IAf
It's based on our tutorial paper in SSM Pop Health @socscimed, but shorter and more interactive.
Hope it's helpful! @NCRMUK
Join our team!
We are seeking a paid intern to offer technical assistance for a maximum of one day a week to help and support QAR-Net Care!
Follow the link below to learn more and apply, please share!
https://t.co/PGNbNZwNHZ
Our figures on the value of #unpaidcare published today in collaboration with @CarersUK are mentioned here by Baroness Pitkeathley in @UKHouseofLords The value of unpaid care is now estimated to be £184 billion per year. Read more: https://t.co/ExTasIY7hP
@ESRC@NIHRresearch
Thrilled to launch Valuing Carers 2022: Scotland with @CarersScotland yesterday. Our research reveals the incredible £15.9bn annual contribution of unpaid carers and the urgent need for greater support. #CarersRightsDay#UnpaidCarers
We have published another report today in collaboration with @CarersUK for #carersrightsday, looking at the value of #unpaidcare in all four nations of the UK, estimated to be a staggering £184 billion per year.
Read this report here: https://t.co/ExTasIY7hP
Our last paper “Estimating the Cost of Informal Care with a Novel Two-Stage Approach to Individual Synthetic Control” summarized here!
Go and check it out! ☺️
'The study’s findings underscore the pressing need to develop more effective support systems for #unpaidcarers and the people they support.'
Read a new study by the Centre for Care team researching inequalities in care: https://t.co/cBK2FGv0xs
#CarersRightsDay#socialcare
For #CarersRightsDay we've collaborated on a new report with @CarersScotland, which estimates the value of #unpaidcare in Scotland is worth £15.9 billion.
Without unpaid carers our health and #socialcare systems would collapse.
Read the report here: https://t.co/K4W01lzR1d