Archive for August 2024

My mother’s journey with self-storage showed me how, for many Americans, these units hold much more than material possessions.

A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa gerontology social work educator was awarded the Rising Star Early Career Award from the Gerontological Society of America, Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education. Dr. Yeonjung Jane Lee, an Associate Professor at the Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health, was recognized as a faculty member whose teaching and leadership stood out as impactful and innovative.

Every Monday when Ashlea Sleiman arrives at her office, she’s greeted with referrals. Sleiman, the first ever social services liaison for the Oxford Police Dept., said one of her first tasks when she joined the department two years ago was to create a basic form for officers to fill out when they thought her services might be needed.

Demand for adult social care is spiralling as Britain’s population gets older and more sick. But jumps in bills and wages mean the costs of delivering care have soared and local authority finances are crippled. Nowhere is this more evident than on the Isle of Wight. The island off the south coast of England is the nation’s care bill capital.

Sometimes it takes a crisis to develop new solutions to intractable challenges. Right now in Scotland we have not one but several crises – a national housing emergency coupled with social care and health services under severe strain, with ever-growing waiting lists. We urgently need fresh thinking if we are to find a way forward and create a better, more sustainable and equitable future in which our housing stock and our health and care services are fit for purpose.

Top takeaways:
> Politics is increasingly recognized as a significant source of chronic stress, affecting both mental and physical health negatively across a broad swath of the population.
> Political anxiety is distinctly different from psychological conditions such as general anxiety, with its unique impact on emotional well-being and societal cohesion.
> Effective coping strategies include regulating exposure to political information and fostering positive social connections.