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Social security during Covid-19: The experiences of military veterans

Scullion, LC; Martin, PB; Hynes, CJ; Young, DHJ

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Authors

CJ Hynes



Contributors

K Garthwaite
Editor

R Patrick
Editor

M Power
Editor

A Tarrant
Editor

R Warnock
Editor

Abstract

Research published prior to Covid-19 has illustrated some of the difficulties that veterans can experience within the benefits. Drawing upon unique insights from the UK’s first substantive qualitative research focusing on veterans within the benefits system, this chapter revisits pre-Covid concerns around mental health, benefits processes and support networks to explore the impact of the pandemic. Drawing on the accounts of a cohort of veterans who have complex needs, we provide important insights for policy and practice in relation to the need for careful consideration of when, how (or indeed whether) we return to ‘business as usual’ within the benefits system. Second, drawing on the accounts of our cohort of veterans provides an important contribution from those whose families are ‘fractured’ or where ‘family’, in the traditional sense, is absent. As such, we highlight the importance of taking a wider perspective on the nature of family, and particularly the importance and function of peer networks when considering how people experience, and are supported through, periods of crisis.

Citation

Scullion, L., Martin, P., Hynes, C., & Young, D. (2022). Social security during Covid-19: The experiences of military veterans. In K. Garthwaite, R. Patrick, M. Power, A. Tarrant, & R. Warnock (Eds.), Covid Realities : Researching Poverty and Low-Income Family Life during the Pandemic (149-164). Bristol: Policy Press. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447364504

Publication Date May 31, 2022
Deposit Date Oct 25, 2021
Publicly Available Date Oct 6, 2023
Publisher Policy Press
Pages 149-164
Book Title Covid Realities : Researching Poverty and Low-Income Family Life during the Pandemic
Chapter Number 10
ISBN 9781447364481
DOI https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447364504
Publisher URL bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
Additional Information Projects : Sanctions, Support & Service Leavers

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