Dr Min Young Tak

Senior Lecturer in Health and Social Care

Dr Min Young Tak

I joined the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ in 2015 as a lecturer and I teach units on social policy and health and social care.

My research interests lie in the areas of demography and ageing and comparative social policy. I am a member of the Dementia Research Group at the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½.

I am currently involved in two research projects on the care of older people: a UK-based pilot study of post diagnostic support for people receiving a diagnosis of dementia and a study of unpaid care provision and changing family responsibilities in South Korea.

I am an Associate Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy and the International Relations Officer of the Korean Society of Gerontological Social Welfare.

Qualifications

  • PhD Social Policy – ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Oxford
  • MSc Social Policy and Planning – London School of Economics and Political Science
  • BA Social Policy (First Class Hons) – ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of York

Teaching Role

  • Comparing Welfare Internationally
  • Care of Older People: Health and Social Care in an Ageing Society
  • Foundations in the Social Sciences

Research Interests

  • Demography and Ageing
  • Comparative Social Policy
  • European Social Policy (social care and social security in particular)
  • East Asian Social Policy

Recent Research Projects

  • An evaluation of the effectiveness of protective measures for older adults with care needs and informal carers during the Covid-19 pandemic (April 2022 - )
  • Pilot study of post diagnostic support for people receiving a diagnosis of dementia, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ and Alzheimer’s Society Hertfordshire
  • Unpaid care and changing family responsibilities in South Korea

Recent Conference Papers

  • Tak, M. (2022) ‘Coping with the diagnosis of dementia’, International Conference on Medical Humanities, 12-13 March 2022, London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½.
  • Tak, M. (2021) ‘Long-Term Care in Transition in South Korea’, International Conference on Gender Studies, 10-11 July, London Centre of Interdisciplinary Research.
  • Fisher, M. and Tak, M. (2020) 'Post-diagnostic support for people living with dementia in the UK', International Conference on Medical Humanities, 14-15 March 2020, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Oxford.
  • Tak, M. (2019) 'Marginalisation of informal carers in South Korea', International Conference on Medical Humanities, 16 March, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of London.
  • Tak, M. (2018) 'Informal caregiving in South Korea', 11-13 July, Annual Social Policy Association Conference, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of York.

Contact Details

Room C405
School of Applied Social Studies
ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Square
Luton
LU1 3JU

E: min.tak@beds.ac.uk

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