EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Technology is quickly becoming an integral part of care systems across the world and is frequently cited in policy discourse as pivotal for solving the ‘crisis’ in care and delivering positive outcomes. Exploring the role of technology in Europe, Canada, Australia and Japan, this book examines how technology contributes effectively to the sustainability of these different care systems, which are facing similar emergent pressures, including increased longevity, falling fertility and the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. It considers the challenges and opportunities of embedding technologies in care systems and the subsequent outcomes for older and disabled service users, carers and the care workforce.

Lots of people know that `talent happens' in their organisation, but many are not quite sure what `talent' is or how `it' happens. It can be difficult for anyone who wants to know more, to really understand what is done and why it is done in a particular way. * Should you get rid of appraisals? * Should millennials be treated differently? * Should you tell people they are `talent' and others that they are not? Kate O'Loughlin looks at what the science tells us about the theories behind these ideas, and what other alternatives there might be.