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Kate Baxter

Kate Baxter

Kate Baxter is a Senior Research Fellow in the Social Policy Research Unit at the University of York.

Her research centres on social care for older people, with a focus on self-funders and their families.

She is especially interested in self-funders' experiences of navigating the social care system and how these experiences compare with older people in receipt of local council funding.

You've got a friend in Social Care Talk

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Friends, family and colleagues are all great sources of information. Sometimes, this comes from chance encounters, when you’re walking the dog or dropping off the kids. It doesn’t matter what the situation is, hearing about what other people did in that situation can help. Social care is no different and a new website sets out to demonstrate exactly that...

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