Issues surrounding care and welfare affect people in many different ways - it may depend on individual circumstances or on the location and nature of the community. The tracks on this album look at welfare issues faced by different communities across the UK, focusing mainly on care of the elderly,…
The Open University

Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.

Introducing the two adjacent but distinct communities of Darnall and Tinsley in north Sheffield.

Transcript -- Introducing the two adjacent but distinct communities of Darnall and Tinsley in north Sheffield.

Working with the community to improve individual and community welfare.

Transcript -- Working with the community to improve individual and community welfare.

Sheffield Social Services' dedicated Home Care Service for the Bangladeshi community in Darnall.

Transcript -- Sheffield Social Services' dedicated Home Care Service for the Bangladeshi community in Darnall.

A disabled woman talks about the support she gets from Social Services, family and friends.

Transcript -- A disabled woman talks about the support she gets from Social Services, family and friends.

Although it's only two miles from Darnall, life in Tinsley has its own distinctive health and social welfare issues.

Transcript -- Although it's only two miles from Darnall, life in Tinsley has its own distinctive health and social welfare issues.

The different experiences of people caring for family members at home

Transcript -- The different experiences of people caring for family members at home

The specific needs of carers from minority ethnic groups with emphasis on the Chinese Welfare Association in Belfast

Transcript -- The specific needs of carers from minority ethnic groups with emphasis on the Chinese Welfare Association in Belfast

The history and background of Middleton based multidisciplinary care scheme MERIT

Transcript -- The history and background of Middleton based multidisciplinary care scheme MERIT

A detailed description of the MERIT Scheme process from referral and assessment to care provided

Transcript -- A detailed description of the MERIT Scheme process from referral and assessment to care provided

MERIT scheme members' personal and professional opinions on the multidisciplinary way of working

Transcript -- MERIT scheme members' personal and professional opinions on the multidisciplinary way of working

The experience of a couple being assessed for various care services and comments on that experience from an occupational therapist and a social worker

Transcript -- The experience of a couple being assessed for various care services and comments on that experience from an occupational therapist and a social worker

The experience of a woman forced to retire due to ill health and comments on that experience from an occupational therapist and a social worker

Transcript -- The experience of a woman forced to retire due to ill health and comments on that experience from an occupational therapist and a social worker

A discussion of different care situations with the people involved asked to consider the transactions, either in cash or kind, that their caring relationships entail

Transcript -- A discussion of different care situations with the people involved asked to consider the transactions, either in cash or kind, that their caring relationships entail

The changing provision of social care in Britain over the last seventy years is demonstrated by the transformation of the home help service into home care

Transcript -- The changing provision of social care in Britain over the last seventy years is demonstrated by the transformation of the home help service into home care

The considerable impact on the roles and skills of health and social care workers by the reduction of long term hospital provision and the implementation of the NHS and Community Care Act

Transcript -- The considerable impact on the roles and skills of health and social care workers by the reduction of long term hospital provision and the implementation of the NHS and Community Care Act

The memories of care and support in Cardiff's Butetown in the 1930s recalled by five former residents.

Transcript -- The memories of care and support in Cardiff's Butetown in the 1930s recalled by five former residents.

The idea of providing people with the opportunity to trade skills and goods without cash changing hands was developed into the LETS Scheme

Transcript -- The idea of providing people with the opportunity to trade skills and goods without cash changing hands was developed into the LETS Scheme

Personal accounts by carers regarding their experiences and views of care and abuse

Transcript -- Personal accounts by carers regarding their experiences and views of care and abuse

The inspection of a nursing home for older people carried out by an informal inspection party and the resulting impressions

Transcript -- The inspection of a nursing home for older people carried out by an informal inspection party and the resulting impressions