“You need a social worker to say, what can we do to make life better for you?”: Social work and family carers.

In this episode, Sarah and Lesley spoke with Alisoun Milne about family carers and older people. We discussed ageing and mental health, the impact of caring, the need to challenge existing narratives around family carers, and much more besides.  About our guest:Alisoun Milne is an Emeritus Professor in Social Gerontology and Social Work at the University of Kent. Before becoming an academic, Alisoun worked as a social worker and team manager in two local authorities in London for 7 years.Further Information:Within the podcast a number of publications were mentioned. Please see below for links to these and to find out more about Alisoun’s work on family caring.Milne, A., & Larkin, M. (2023). Family Carers and Caring: What it’s all about. Emerald.Milne, Alisoun (2020) Mental Health in Later Life: Taking a Life Course Approach. Policy Press, Bristol.To view all of Alisoun Milne’s publications please visit this link: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/view/email/a=2Ej=2Emilne=40kent=2Eac=2Euk.html#group_bookAlso mentioned was Lesley’s paper, “A Neoliberalist solution for a neoliberalist problem: The neoliberalist normalization of psycho-social support for parent-carers”. Transcripts are available on the Portal Podcast Website: https://wp.sunderland.ac.uk/portal-podcast/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.