The following current projects were commissioned during Phase I and are continuing into Phase II.
The projects listed below were all completed during Phase I.
| Completed projects |
Lead researcher
(e-mail) |
Start date |
Final report |
Outline |
Findings |
| Complex and severe needs |
Caroline Glendinning |
1 Jun 2010 |
Completed |
PO1 |
RF1 |
| Overcoming barriers: unpaid care and employment in England |
Dr Linda Pickard; Professor Martin Knapp |
1 Jan 2011 |
Completed |
PO10 |
RF10 |
| Local evidence of prevention investments, outcomes and sustainability |
Professor Jon Glasby |
1 Jun 2011 |
Completed |
PO17 |
RF17 |
| Individualisation of services - a scoping study |
Professor Ann Netten |
1 Oct 2009 |
Completed |
PO2 |
RF2 |
| A longitudinal study of the service use and need of homeless women |
Dr Emma Williamson |
1 May 2011 |
Completed |
PO13 |
RF13 |
| Safeguarding and best practice in services for adults with learning disabilities |
Dr Rachel Fyson |
1 Jan 2011 |
Completed |
PO8 |
IN8 |
| Estimating future demand for social care for younger disabled adults |
Dr Eric Emerson |
1 Nov 2010 |
Completed |
PO5 |
RF5 |
| Carers and personalisation – what is the role of carers in assessment, support planning and managing personal budgets, especially for people with cognitive or communication impairments? |
Dr Wendy Mitchell; Professor Caroline Glendinning |
1 Jan 2011 |
Completed |
PO12 |
RF12 |
| Changing social care markets – ensuring choice and control in home care for people opting for managed personal budgets. |
Dr Kate Baxter; Professor Caroline Glendinning |
1 Jan 2011 |
Completed |
PO11 |
RF11 |
| Older people's prevention services: Comparing perspectives of local authorities and the third sector |
Robin Miller, Catherine Mangan, Kerry Allen |
1 Feb 2013 |
Completed |
|
AD1 |
| Recent survey evidence about unpaid carers: Implications for social care practice in England. |
Professor Ann Netten |
1 Feb 2012 |
In peer review |
PO33 |
|
| Connecting people: an exploratory study of how health and social care workers help people to develop and maintain relationships |
Dr Martin Webber |
1 Sept 2010 |
Completed |
PO3 |
RF3 |
| Costs and outcomes of skilled support for adults with complex needs in supported accommodation |
Dr Julie Beadle-Brown |
1 Jul 2010 |
In peer review |
PO9 |
IN9 |
| Factors that contribute to the levels of satisfaction with social care for physical disabilities amongst Chinese and African Caribbean service users |
Professor Fiona Irvine |
1 Nov 2011 |
Completed |
PO27 |
RF27 |
| Improving effective integrated home support for people with dementia and their carers (PWD) - Development of a service fidelity index |
Professor Robert Jones |
1 May 2010 |
Completed |
PO7 |
RF7 |
| Improving employment opportunities for carers: identifying and sharing good practice |
Ms Rachel Marangozov |
1 Jul 2011 |
Completed |
PO21 |
RF21 |
| Liberty, equality, capacity: the impact of the deprivation of liberty safeguards on social care practice and human rights |
Dr Marcus Jepson |
1 May 2010 |
Completed |
PO4 |
RF4 |
| How effectively does the direct payments system work for people who lack the mental capacity to consent? |
Eva Cyhlarova |
1 Apr 2011 |
In peer review |
PO16 |
IN16 |
| Support planning in practice |
Dr Val Williams |
1 Apr 2011 |
In peer review |
PO14 |
IN14 |
| An exploration of service user and practitioner experiences of community treatment orders |
Dr Julia Stroud |
1 Jul 2011 |
Completed |
PO18 |
RF18 |
| E-inclusion and access to the “ICT-care sector” of older people in England |
Professor Martin Knapp |
1 Apr 2012 |
Reporting |
PO38 |
|
| Can whole family approaches contribute to the reablement of people with mental health difficulties? |
Dr Jerry Tew |
1 Jul 2011 |
Completed |
PO20 |
RF20 |
| The economic consequences of community capacity-building projects |
Professor Martin Knapp |
1 Jun 2012 |
Completed |
PO50 |
RF50 |
| Are personal budgets always the best way of delivering personalised social care services to older people? |
Dr John Woolham |
1 Nov 2011 |
In peer review |
PO19 |
RF19 |
| Exploring satisfaction with personal social care services amongst Pakistani, Bangladeshi and White people |
Dr Margaret Blake |
1 Jan 2012 |
Completed |
PO22 |
RF22 |
| People with learning disabilities from black and minority groups: An exploration of their experiences and views of services |
Dr Michael Larkin |
1 Jan 2012 |
In peer review |
PO29 |
|
| Taking on and taking over: physically disabled young adults and their care and support arrangements |
Professor Caroline Glendinning |
1 Jul 2012 |
Completed |
PO25 |
RF25 |
| Managing organisational change in
social care: A review for practitioners
and managers |
Dr Tim Freeman |
1 Sep 2012 |
Completed |
PO47 |
RF47 |
| Acceptability of and satisfaction with social care among South Asian groups: a case study of Hampshire |
Dr Rosalind Willis |
1 Feb 2012 |
Completed |
PO24 |
RF24 |
| ASSET: Adult social services environments and settings |
Dr Simon Evans |
1 Feb 2012 |
Completed |
PO34 |
RF34 |
| A qualitative exploration of ethnic differences in satisfaction with support services amongst older people with long-term conditions and their carers |
Dr Nan Greenwood |
1 Mar 2012 |
In peer review |
PO36 |
IN36 |
| Social care interventions that promote social participation and well-being: a mixed methods study |
Dr Martin Webber |
1 Nov 2011 |
Completed |
PO28 |
RF28 |
| To identify, and assess the effectiveness of social care’s, contribution to the development of Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARACs) and the protection of adults facing domestic violence |
Professor Hugh McLaughlin |
2 Jul 2012 |
Completed |
PO44 |
RF44 |
| Developing best practice in social care and support for adults with concurrent sight loss and dementia within different housing settings |
Dr Karen Croucher |
2 Jul 2012 |
Completed |
PO45 |
RF45 |
| Outcomes, processes and cost-effectiveness of Shared Lives |
Professor Ann Netten |
1 Jan 2012 |
In peer review |
PO30 |
IN30 |
| ASCOT Feedback Intervention Study (AFIS): Exploring the feasibility of an outcomes-focused intervention on care home practice |
Ann-Marie Towers |
1 Jun 2012 |
In peer review |
PO42 |
IN42 |
| Can Participatory Video (PV) enhance social participation and well-being for people with dementia in residential social care? |
Dr Andrea Capstick |
1 Nov 2012 |
Completed |
PO23 |
RF23 |
| Overcoming barriers: Unpaid care and employment in England (Follow-on study) |
Dr Linda Pickard |
1 Feb 2012 |
In peer review |
PO35 |
IN35 |
| Relocation, portability and social care practice: investigating the barriers and solutions encountered by disabled people when moving across local authority areas for employment and education reasons |
Mr Dave Marsland |
1 Jan 2012 |
In peer review |
PO31 |
RF31 |
| Men living with long-term conditions: Exploring gender and improving social care. |
Mr David Abbott |
1 Oct 2012 |
Completed |
PO48 |
RF48 |
| Supporting people with learning disabilities who have offended to live safely in the community: negotiating policy and practice to promote social inclusion and rehabilitation |
Professor Anthony Holland |
1 Jan 2012 |
Reporting |
PO32 |
IN32 |
| Examining the economic case for social care interventions |
Professor Martin Knapp |
1 Jun 2012 |
Reporting |
PO43 |
|
| Developing a care home
quality indicator based on
residents’ social care related
quality of life: adaptation of the
Adult Social Care Outcomes
Toolkit (ASCOT) from the
individual to the home level
in England |
Ann-Marie Towers |
1 Apr 2013 |
In peer review |
PO51 |
|
| Developing a care home
quality indicator based on
residents’ social care related
quality of life: formats and
interpretation of results |
Dr Jacquetta Holder |
1 Mar 2013 |
In peer review |
PO52 |
|
| The changing role of OT services in social care: A scoping study |
Professor David Challis |
1 Apr 2013 |
Reporting |
|
|
| Health and wellbeing consequences of social isolation in old age: a scoping study |
Emilie Courtin; Professor Martin Knapp |
1 July 2013 |
Reporting |
|
RF59 |
| How far do managed personal budgets offer choice and control for older people using home care services? |
Dr Parvaneh Raibee; Professor Caroline Glendinning |
1 Sep 2013 |
In peer review |
|
|
| Carer's resource allocation systems: Local authority implementation in England |
Dr Wendy Mitchell; Professor Caroline Glendinning |
1 Sep 2013 |
Completed |
|
RFAD3 |
| Social care practice with carers: an investigation of practice models |
Professor Jill Manthorpe |
1 July 2010 |
Completed |
PO6 |
RF6 |
| Domestic violence against women with learning disabilities |
Dr Michelle McCarthy |
1 Apr 2012 |
Completed |
PO39 |
RF39 |
| Preventing challenging behaviour of adults with complex needs in supported accommodation |
Mr Peter McGill |
1 Mar 2012 |
Reporting |
PO37 |
|
| Employment support for disabled people with the relationship between investment and outcomes (people getting paid work) |
Mr Rob Greig |
17 Oct 2011 |
Completed |
PO26 |
RF26 |
| Risk, Safeguarding and Personal Budgets: exploring relationships and identifying good practice |
Dr Martin Stevens |
1 May 2012 |
Completed |
PO41 |
RF41 |
