Walk a mile in my shoes: What carers really want

Supporting Unpaid Carers

In a recent thought leadership article produced by Dr Melanie Henwood, IPC Visiting Research Fellow, we explored the reflections of unpaid carers on their experiences of support and highlighted the importance for carers of being recognised and heard; being supported, being cared about and having a life outside caring. This was based on our engagement with a local authority currently developing a new approach to its action plan for carers. Many of the issues we identified are enduring – they’ve been documented in research over decades – and are likely to be the experience across other councils.

Agenda:

In this webinar we will:

Present our key findings and reflections
Consider how typical the experience is across councils
Identify the key barriers to good carer support
Invite sharing of good practice.

Meet Our Speakers

Dr Melanie Henwood

Visiting Research Fellow

IPC

Dr Melanie Henwood OBE is a health and social care researcher with considerable experience of health and social care integration and the interface between services, particularly in areas such as hospital discharge, continuing health care, and self funders. She has particular interests in qualitative research; understanding people’s experiences and giving a voice to their stories.

Philip Provenzano

Associate Consultant

IPC

Philip is an experienced manager of complex change programmes and has led a wide range of service re-design projects, often requiring some integration with other organisations. He provides expert, longer-term support relating to health and social care to members of our Academic Partnership programme.

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