Exploring the challenges of cross country comparison in adult social care services: to what extent can we compare case/care management in England and Germany?

Presenters: 

Dr John Crossland, Senior Lecturer (Social Work with Older People), School of Health Science and Social Work, University of Portsmouth

Professor Dr. Corinna Ehlers, MPH, Professor of Social Work Theory, Faculty of Applied Social Science, Leipzig University of Applied Science, Author 'Care und Case Management in der Pflege' (Care and Case Management in Care Services), 2011

Date: Tuesday 5 March 2013
Time: Lunch 12:00pm followed by presentations from 12.30 to 2.00pm
Venue: James Watson West (JWW 0.39)

Case management (known as care management in the UK) is an approach to working with individuals in complex care environments. Originally developed in the USA in the 1970s it has since been adopted internationally in many different welfare contexts. This seminar will take as its focus case/care management in the provision of care services for older and disabled adults in England and Germany.

Drawing on Dr Crossland’s doctoral research, for which he spent four months studying a case management service for older people in Berlin, and Professor Ehlers’ extensive professional and academic expertise we will consider in particular the challenges presented by both ‘translation’ and establishing equivalence of concepts in comparative research and how this may affect what and how we can learn from experiences in other countries.

To reserve a place please email shssw@port.ac.uk.