- Carers
- Carers Employment and Services (CES) report series
- Technology and Care
- Equality, Diversity and Demography
- Gender, Labour Markets and Employment
- Wellbeing of Older People
- Sustainable Care publications
Books
Kröger, T. and Yeandle, S. eds. (2013) Combining Paid Work and Family Care: policies and experiences in international perspective
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Bristol: The Policy Press.
Crompton, R., Dennett, J. and Wigfield, A. (2003) Organisations, Careers and Caring, Bristol: The Policy Press. (pdf download)
Yeandle, S., Phillips, J., Scheibl, F., Wise, S. and Wigfield, A. (2003) Line Managers and Family-Friendly Employment: roles and perspectives. Bristol: The Policy Press. (pdf download)
Journal Articles
Hoff, A., Reichert, M., Hamblin, K., Perek-Bialas, J. & Principi, A. (2014) ‘Comparing working carers’ reconciliation strategies and company-based reconciliation policies and their effect on working carers’ well-being’. Vulnerable Groups and Inclusion, 5: 1-25.
Yeandle, S., Kröger, T. and Cass, B. (2012) ‘Voice and Choice for Users and Carers? Developments in patterns of care for older people in Australia, England and Finland’, Journal of European Social Policy, Vol. 22, No. 4, 432-445.
Yeandle, S. and Joynes, V. (2012) ‘Challenges in Combining Work and Care: evidence from investigating women’s work in Leeds’, Local Economy, Vol. 27, No. 5, 816-830.
Yeandle, S. (1999) ‘Social Quality in Everyday Life: changing European experiences of employment, family and community’, European Journal of Social Quality, Vol. 1, 1 and 2, 90-108.
Book Chapters
Yeandle, S. (2001) ‘Balancing Employment and Family Lives: the changing life course experiences of men and women’, pp. 142–158, in Marshall, V. W., Heinz, W. R., Krueger, H. and Verma, A. eds. Restructuring Work and the Life Course. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Reports and findings from our research projects
Work-care reconciliation policy:
Legislation in policy context in eight countries
Authors: Sue Yeandle with Katherine Wilson and Madeleine Starr
Report prepared for the German Bundesministeriumfür Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend.
Date: 2017
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Regional Factsheets on Carers
The Department of Health commissioned Circle to produce a set of nine regional factsheets on carers in the UK in 2009. These factsheets draw extensively on statistical datasets and carer-related information to include insight into the number and characteristics of carers in each region as well as information about carer health and well-being, housing issues, ethnicity, and employment circumstances.
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Yorkshire and The Humber West Midlands South West South East North West North East London East Midlands East of England
Authors: Gary Fry and Sue Yeandle
Sponsor: Department of Health
Date: 2009
Valuing Carers 2015: The rising value of carers’ support
Authors: Lisa Buckner and Sue Yeandle
Sponsor: Carers UK
Date: November 2015
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The Challenge of Caring, Now and in the Future: Learning from across the world 2014 PDF 279K Bettina Cass, Trish Hill, Cathy Thomson, Melissa Wong,
Janet Fast, Norah Keating, Lisa Buckner, Sue Yeandle.
Needs of Carers in North Lincolnshire: A scoping exercise
Authors: Royce Turner, Katy Wright, and Andrea Wigfield
Sponsor: NHS North Lincolnshire
Date: May 2013
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Interviews with Working Carers, Summary Report
Authors: Kate Hamblin and Andreas Hoff
Date: 2011
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Evaluation of Supporting Carers in General Practice– an Evaluation
Authors: Andrea Wigfield and Katy Wright
Sponsor: Department for Work and Pensions
Date: September 2012
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Valuing Carers 2011
Calculating the value of carers’ support
Authors: Lisa Buckner and Sue Yeandle
Sponsor: Carers UK
Date: 2011
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Developing a Clearer Understanding of the Carer’s Allowance Claimant Group
Authors: Gary Fry, Benedict Singleton, Sue Yeandle and Lisa Buckner
Sponsor: Department for Work and Pensions
Date: May 2011
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Evaluation of the National Carers’ Strategy Demonstrator Sites Programme
New Approaches to Supporting Carers’ Health and Well-being: Final Report
Authors: CIRCLE – Edited by Sue Yeandle and Andrea Wigfield
Sponsor: Department for Health
Date: Autumn 2011
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Review of Local Authorities’ Use of Carers Grant
Local authorities’ use of carers grant. A report prepared for the Department of Health
Authors: Gary Fry, Christopher Price, Sue Yeandle
Sponsor: Department for Health
Date: Autumn 2009
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Training and Supporting Carers
National Evaluation of the Caring with Confidence Programme
Delivering Training to Carers
Authors: Sue Yeandle (Ana-Claudia Bara, Cinnamon Bennett, Lisa Buckner, Christina Buse, Gary Fry, Kara Jarrold, Anna Laycock)
Sponsor: Department of Health’s Policy Research Programme
Date: 2009-2011
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Carers Employment and Services report series
an EU EQUAL Community Initiative Programme ACE 2 (Action for Carers and Employment)
2005-2007
Stages and Transitions in the Experience of Caring: Report 1 [PDF: 575KB] by Sue Yeandle, Cinnamon Bennett, Lisa Buckner, Gary Fry, Christopher Price.
Managing Caring and Employment: Report 2 [PDF: 800KB] by Sue Yeandle, Cinnamon Bennett, Lisa Buckner, Gary Fry, Christopher Price.
Diversity in Caring: towards equality for carers: Report 3 [PDF: 792KB] by Sue Yeandle, Cinnamon Bennett, Lisa Buckner, Gary Fry, Christopher Price.
Carers, Employment and Services in their Local Context: Report 4 [PDF: 441KB] by Sue Yeandle, Cinnamon Bennett, Lisa Buckner.
Action for Carers & Employment: impact of the ACE partnership 2002-2007: Report 5 [PDF: 633KB] by Sue Yeandle and Madeleine Starr.
Carers, Employment and Services: time for a new social contract? Report 6: summary and recommendations [PDF: 978KB]Technology and Care
Books
Smith, S.K., Mountain, G.A. & Hawkins, R.J. (2018). Qualitively exploring the suitability of tablet computers to encourage participation with activities by people with moderate stage dementia.
Astell, J. A., Smith, S.K., Potter, S. & Preston-Jones, E. (2018) Computer Interactive Reminiscence and Conversation Aid groups – Delivering cognitive stimulation with technology.
Journal Articles
Spann, A., Vicente, J., Allard, C., Hawley, M., Spreeuwenberg, M., & de Witte, L. (2020). Challenges of combining work and unpaid care, and solutions: A scoping review. Health & Social Care in the Community, 28(3), 699-715.
Abdi, S., de Witte, L., & Hawley, M. (2020). Emerging Technologies with Potential Care and Support Applications for Older People: Review of Gray Literature. JMIR aging, 3(2), e17286.
Abdi, S., Spann, A., Borilovic, J., de Witte, L., & Hawley, M. (2019). Understanding the care and support needs of older people: a scoping review and categorisation using the WHO international classification of functioning, disability and health framework (ICF). BMC geriatrics, 19(1), 195.
Spann, A., & Stewart, E. (2018). Barriers and facilitators of older people’s mHealth usage: A qualitative review of older people’s views. Human Technology: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Humans in ICT Environments, 14(3), 264-296.
Smith, S.K. & Astell, A.J. (2018). Technology-Supported Group Activity to Promote Communication in Dementia: A Protocol for a Within-participants study, Technologies, volume 6, issue 33, pp. 1-12
Hamblin, K., Fry, G. & Yeandle, S. (2017) ‘Researching Telecare: the importance of context’, Journal of Enabling Technologies, 11 (3): 75-84.
Reports and findings from our research projects
Knapp, M.; Barlow, J.; Comas-Herrera, A.; Damant, J.; Freddolino, P.; Hamblin, K.; Hu, B.; Lorenz, K.; Perkins, M.; Rehill, A.; Wittenberg, R. and Woolham, J. (2016). The case for investment in technology to manage the global costs of dementia, Report from the Policy Innovation Research Unit to the Department of Health, PIRU: London.
AKTIVE – Advancing Knowledge of Telecare for Independence and Vitality in later life
Sponsor: Funded by the Technology Strategy Board and the ESRC
Keeping in Touch with Technology? Using Telecare and Assistive Technology to Support Older People with Dual Sensory Impairment
Authors: Kate Hamblin, Emma-Reetta Koivunen and Sue Yeandle
Sponsor: Sense
Date: March 2016
Executive Summary Summary for Participants Full Report
Workforce Development for Assisted Living Technology: understanding roles, delivery and workforce needs
Authors: Andrea Wigfield, Sian Moore, Christina Buse and Gary Fry
Sponsor: Skills for Care
Date: May 2012
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ICT Based Solutions for Caregivers
The Potential of ICT in Supporting Domiciliary Care in England
Authors: Sue Yeandle and Gary Fry
Sponsor: European Commission
Date: January 2010
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Telecare: a crucial opportunity to help save our health and social care system
Author: Sue Yeandle
Sponsor: Tunstall Healthcare
Date: August 2009
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The Potential of ICT in Supporting Domiciliary Care in England Needs of carers in North Lincolnshire
Authors: Sue Yeandle and Gary Fry
Sponsor: IPTS (Institute for Prospective Technological Studies)
Date: September 2009 – October 2010
‘A Weight Off My Mind’: Exploring the impact and potential benefits of telecare for unpaid carers in Scotland
Authors: Kara Jarrold and Sue Yeandle
Sponsor: Carers Scotland and the Scottish Government
Date: December 2009
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Equality, Diversity and Demography
Journal Articles
Alden, S. (2015) Discretion on the Frontline: the street level bureaucrat in English statutory homelessness services, Social Policy and Society, vol, 14, 1, pp 63-77.
Reports and findings from our research projects
The UK’s Ageing Population: Challenges and opportunities for museums and galleries, London: The British Museum
Authors: Kate Hamblin and Sarah Harper
Date: 2016
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Final Report, Strand 4: The impact of demographic change on the infrastructure for housing, health and social care in the functional economies of the North of England
Authors: Lisa Buckner, Gary Fry, Martyna Jasinska and Karen Croucher
Date: 2013
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Equality Statistics in Practice at a Local Level
Authors: Gary Fry, Sue Yeandle, Royce Turner and Andrea Wigfield
Sponsor: Equalities and Human Rights Commission
Date: Summer 2009
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Book Chapters
Alden, S. (2015) ‘Impact of the Coalition Austerity Drive on English Statutory Homelessness Service Delivery‘, In Defence of Welfare (IDOW II) report, The Social Policy Association.
Gender, Labour Markets and Employment
Books
Hamblin, K. (2013). Active ageing in the European Union: Policy convergence and divergence. Palgrave McMillan: Basingstoke
Yeandle, S. ed. (2009) Policy for a Change: local labour market analysis and gender equality. Bristol: The Policy Press.
Wigfield, A. (2001), Post-Fordism, Gender and Work: restructuring in the Nottinghamshire clothing industry, Aldershot: Ashgate.Journal Articles
Wigfield, A. and Turner, R. (2012), South Asian Women and the Labour Market in the UK: attitudes, barriers, solutions’, Journal of Community Positive Practices, Vol. 4, pp. 642-667.
Yeandle, S. (2006) ‘Supporting Women’s Engagement with their Local Labour Markets’ Local Economy, Vol. 21 No. 2, 197-99.
Yeandle, S. (2001) ‘Labour Market and Related Insecurities’ extended review, Work Employment and Society, Vol. 15 No. 2, pp 411-414.
Reports and findings from our research projects
FLOWS: The impact of local welfare systems on female labour force participation and social cohesion
Work, Care, Welfare & Women (PDF)
Authors: Sue Yeandle and Erika Kispeter
Sponsor: European Union, Framework 7 Programme
Date: 2014
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Work, Care, Welfare & Women: a Care-Connect Policy Alert (PDF)
Authors: Sue Yeandle and Erika Kispeter
Sponsor: European Union, Framework 7 Programme
Date: 2014
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GELLM: Gender and Employment in Local Labour Markets
Project publications and reports (PDF)
Authors: Directed by Sue Yeandle
Sponsor: European Social Fund Award
Date: 2003-2006
Book chapters
Kispeter, E. and Yeandle, S. (2015) ‘Local Welfare Policies in a Centralized Governance System: childcare and eldercare in a period of rapid change in Leeds’, pp. 101-116 in eds. Kutsar, D. and Kuronen, M. ‘Local Welfare Policy making in European Cities’, Social Indicators Research Series 59, Springer International Publishing.
Yeandle, S. (1999) ‘Women, Men and Non-Standard Employment: recent developments in the sexual division of breadwinning and caregiving work in Britain, Germany and Italy’, pp. 80-104, in Crompton, R. ed. The Decline of the ‘male breadwinner’? Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Yeandle, S. (1999) ‘Gender Contracts, Welfare Systems and ‘Non-Standard Working’: diversity and change in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and the UK’ pp.141-165 in Felstead, A. and Jewson, N. eds. Global Trends in Flexible Labour. Basingstoke: Macmillan.
Wellbeing of Older People
Peer-reviewed reports
Peng I, Yeandle S. (2017). Eldercare Policies in East Asia and Europe: Mapping Policy Changes and Variations and Their Implications. UN Women.
Books
Harper, S. and Hamblin, K. (eds.) (2014). International Handbook of Ageing and Public Policy, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham.
Journal Articles
Reports and findings from research projects
Museums, Oral History, Reminiscence and Wellbeing: Establishing Collaboration and Outcomes, Oxford: Oxford Institute of Population Ageing Research Report.
Author: Kate Hamblin
Date: 2016
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Evaluation of Fit as a Fiddle
Age UK’s Cascade Training Programme (PDF)
Evaluation Report
Authors: Sarah Alden, Andrea Wigfield and Erika Kispeter
Sponsor: Age UK
Date: July 2015
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Age UK’s Dementia Friendly Programme (PDF)
Evaluation Report
Authors: Sarah Alden, Andrea Wigfield and Erika Kispeter
Sponsor: Age UK
Date: July 2015
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Age UK’s Fit for the Future Project (PDF)
Evaluation Report
Authors: Andrea Wigfield, Erika Kispeter, Sarah Alden, Royce Turner with contribution from Tom Clarke
Sponsor: Age UK
Date: July 2015
Age UK’s Fit for the Future Project ‘Social Prescribing’ extension project (PDF)
Evaluation Report
Authors: Andrea Wigfield, Erika Kispeter, Sarah Alden, Royce Turner with contribution from Tom Clarke
Sponsor: Age UK
Date: July 2015
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