Dr Jill Powell
BSc (Hons), PhD
Current positions
Research Associate
School for Policy Studies
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Biography
I am a researcher in the Centre for Health and Social Care Research (School of Policy Studies) currently working on the DICE (Diversity in Care Environments) study which explores the social inclusion of older people from diverse backgrounds in housing with care and support (HCS) schemes in England and Wales.
My research areas include: the health and wellbeing of adults with learning disabilities and family carers, mental health of teachers and students in secondary schools in England and Wales, mortaility of people with learning disabilities and children's social care issues.
I completed a PhD at Bangor University which comprised four individual but related studies adopting both qualitative and quantitative methods relating to adults with learning disabilities and their family carers and outcomes of health and wellbeing.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
The role of social network analysis in identifying unmet support needs for families supporting an adult with a learning disability within family homes
Principal Investigator
Description
This 18 month project will explore, through using qualitative social network analysis, support available to 30 family carers of adults with learning disabilities. The project uses multiple methods and…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/12/2021 to 31/05/2023
Publications
Recent publications
06/03/2023The impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on older residents’ social connections and everyday wellbeing within housing schemes that provide care and support in England and Wales.
Journal of Aging Studies
‘There isn’t anybody else like me around here’
Frontiers in Sociology
The Impact of Living in Housing With Care and Support on Loneliness and Social Isolation
Innovation in Aging
Wellbeing in Secondary Education (WISE) Study to Improve the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Teachers
Prevention Science
Diversity in Care Environments
Diversity in Care Environments