In this "CDAS in Conversation" event Professor Rachel Forrester-Jones, Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Policy (CASP), will be talking to Professor Stuart Todd about the health and care of those with intellectual disabilities during the Covid 19 pandemic.
Stuart Todd is Professor in Intellectual Disability research at the University of South Wales. His research has been based on Welsh, UK and European collaborations. His research interests span across the lives and experiences of people with intellectual disabilities and their families, including care at end of life. He has explored family/carers’ perspectives on caregiving across the life span. His most recent work focusses on the relationship between death, dying and intellectual disabilities, and delivering health and social care in the context of a pandemic.
Rachel Forrester-Jones is a Professor of Social Policy, Director of CASP and Head of the Social and Policy Sciences Department at the University of Bath. Rachel's research looks at the life course of people with intellectual disabilities and people with mental health issues, from early transitions to death and bereavement. Her current work focusses on older family carers as well as the impact of austerity on the lives of people with learning disabilities.