Dr Katharine Orellana
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Dr Katharine Orellana
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Gerontologist & researcher @HSCWRU @ARC_S_L #dunhillfellow. Interested in social care & older people. Views my own.
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New tool, co-developed by IoPPN researcher Dr Antonina Semkina, supports implementation research in social care, in collaborations with the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London

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New tool supports implementation research in social care
Social care and implementation researchers at ARC South London have produced a new guide to designing and conducting implementation research within social care.
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March 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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This is the article:
Why and how academic medicine must champion diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility
US President Donald Trump has launched a series of Executive Actions1 to dismantle diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility efforts; defund scientific research; and freeze federal funds and pro...
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June 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Our reflections on several decades of regulatory reform that have aimed to address failings in the provision of care for children and young people and develop the children's residential care workforce @hscwru.bsky.social
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May 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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A systematic narrative review of the research evidence of the impact of intersectionality on service engagement and help-seeking across different groups of women, trans women, and non-binary individuals experiencing homelessness and housing exclusion
By Carolin Hess et al
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A systematic narrative review of the research evidence of the impact of intersectionality on service engagement and help-seeking across different groups of women, trans women, and non-binary individua...
Background Women with experience of homelessness face severe health inequalities, with their average age at death being nearly half that of the general population. Recent research emphasises the compo...
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April 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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📢 NEW ARTICLE
Recognizing the contribution of older people's day centres to prevention agendas
by Kritika Samsi & @katitao.bsky.social - under the @arc-southlondon.bsky.social social care theme at the Unit #OpenAccess
News & blog introducing the article 👇
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Recognizing the contribution of older people's day centres to prevention agendas
New article by Kritika Samsi and Katharine Orellana
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May 16, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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🎉ARC South London's social care theme are marking the end of a successful five year programme (October 2019 to September 2024).

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text on a light pink background reads "Social Care Theme: Oct 2019 – Sep 2024, End of programme highlights and overview summary of work ‘Adult social care covers social work, personal care and practical support for adults with a physical disability, a learning disability, or physical or mental illness, as well as support for their carers.’ National Audit Office, 2018. Adult social care at a glance)"
February 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Reposted by Dr Katharine Orellana
hscwru.bsky.social
Now up on the MHCLG website:
Strengthening adult safeguarding response to homelessness and self-neglect, with Jess Harris, part of the Nov 2024 webinar - www.gov.uk/guidance/wor...
Working across housing, social care and safeguarding to tackle long-term rough sleeping: webinar
Webinar to share research and best practice with colleagues across the homelessness and safeguarding adults sectors, to support effective multi-disciplinary working to help resolve rough sleeping for ...
www.gov.uk
February 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Are you preparing to #commission local #olderpeople’s #daycentre provision? How much do you know about these services? Read about the research #evidence on the Day Centre Resources Hub arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/day-centre-r... @arc-sl @hscwru
Day Centre Resources Hub
These resources are for day centres and organisations who may work with them. They aim to support day centre sustainability by improving knowledge about them, supporting their operation and encouragin...
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February 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Reposted by Dr Katharine Orellana
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Evaluation of Community Led Support receives European Social Services Award
Unit researcher Chloe Waterman was co-investigator
#ESSN2024
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/evaluat...
November 6, 2024 at 7:30 AM