Diana Teggi
Social Policy Alumni
PhD Researcher in Social Policy (ESRC +3)
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of BathStart date: October 2017
Graduation date: March 2022
Research topic: End of Life Care in Care Homes
My research looks at End of Life Care (EOLC) for and with old adults living and dying in care homes. Given the ageing of populations and the epidemiological transition to non-communicable diseases, more and more people are expected to die in their late 80s when the incidence of dementia, chronic disabling illnesses and institutionalisation is higher. Hence, this PhD answers whether care homes provide – or have the potential to provide – a kind of EOLC that is attuned to the hallmarks of dying in the 21st century England, that is in late old age (80+), with severe disability, frailty, and dementia. It does so by applying a mixed methods design that integrates multivariate analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) with ethnographic observation and interviewing of staff in up to six care homes in the South West of England. This project thus addresses the lack of up-to-date evidence base to inform EOLC practice in institutional long-term care. Further, it investigates the potential and hurdles of EOLC provision in the care home sector.
Current position:
Lecturer in Sociology in the Department of Social and Policy Sciences at the University of Bath
Research supervisors: Dr Kate Woodthorpe, Emeritus Professor Malcolm Johnson, Dr Matt Dickson
Professional memberships/Positions held:
Social & Policy Sciences Academic Representative (University of Bath)
Publications:
Teggi, D. (2018) Unexpected death in ill old age: An analysis of disadvantaged dying in the English old population in Social Science in Medicine, 217, 112-120
Available: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953618305446?via%3Dihub#!
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.09.048Teggi, D. (2020) Care homes as hospices: the problem with long-term care provision towards the end of life in England, LSE Politics and Policy Blog.
Teggi, D. (2020) Care homes as hospices for the prevalent form of dying: An analysis of long-term care provision towards the end of life in England, Social Science & Medicine, 260, 113150 (open access copy).
Email: D.Teggi@bath.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://it.linkedin.com/in/diana-teggi-790b3b106
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeggiDiana
Dr Donna Clutterbuck
Social Policy Alumni
PhD Researcher in Social Policy (ESRC +3)
School for Policy Studies, University of BristolStart date: September 2013
Graduation date: March 2019
Research topic: Violence in Young Adults' Relationships and Coercive Control
Research supervisors: Professor Marianne Hester , Dr Christine Barter
Email: dc9757@bristol.ac.uk
Dr Yasha Maccanico
Social Policy Alumni
PhD Researcher in Social Policy (ESRC 1+3)
School for Policy Studies, University of BristolStart date: September 2012
Graduation date: November 2019
Research topic: The effects of security and immigration policies on rights, liberties and society in the EU.
Research supervisors: Ms Ann Singleton, Ms Christina Pantazis
Email: ym12757.2012@my.bristol.ac.uk
Dr Joanna Howard
Social Policy Alumni
PhD Researcher in Social Policy (ESRC 1+3)
School for Policy Studies, University of BristolStart date: September 2012
Graduation date: June 2019
Research topic: Can it make a difference to the poor if non-governmental actors are involved in public services?
Research supervisors: Dr Sarah Ayres , Professor Gary Bridge
Email: jo.howard@bristol.ac.uk
Dr Tim Marshall
Social Policy Alumni
PhD Researcher in Social Policy (ESRC +3)
School for Policy Studies, University of BristolStart date: September 2013
Graduation date: September 2017
Research topic: Young people with intellectual disabilities
My research explores the everyday lives of young people with intellectual disabilities – and those close to them – in a north Indian city. It asks what is important or valued in young people’s lives, what helps them achieve this and what prevents them from doing so. The research context is one of India adopting disability legislation and policy in line with international agreements, while disabled people’s lived realities are poorly understood. The research is an ethnography, with participant observation the main method, and draws on a social relational model of disability as a theoretical starting point.
Research supervisors: Dr Val Williams, Professor David Abbott
Professional memberships/Positions held:
National Union of Teachers member
Email: tim.marshall@bristol.ac.uk
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