Care Act: Building social resources for people in the community
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Implementing the Care Act 2014: Preventing, reducing or delaying needs for care and support in adult social care in England
IRAS ID
222544
Contact name
Jerry Tew
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Birmingham
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
ERN_17-0236, Ethical review number
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 3 months, 30 days
Research summary
The Care Act 2014 places a responsibility on Local Authorities to promote people’s wellbeing and to prevent, reduce or delay their need for social care. This may involve helping communities, families and individuals to develop and maximise their own resources and ways of supporting each other. This can help to stop people’s difficulties becoming more serious in the first place, and can also involve working with people (their family and social networks) differently to maximise their ability to manage their difficulties, and lead full and satisfying lives independent of social care services.
Previous research has shown that while Local Authorities have undertaken a range of different initiatives to address this agenda, the range, scope and impact of the various types of intervention is not well understood. This study aims to fill this gap by investigating what activity is being undertaken by Local Authorities and what difference this is making.
The study will involve up to 8 in-depth case studies of Local Authorities that are implementing new ways of working with people. In each case study we will examine:
a) what is being done differently and how this is being implemented
b) whether or not this is making a difference in people’s lives
c) the financial costs associated with each initiative and any savings in terms of reduced use of social care and health services.The results will provide a detailed evaluation of the impact and effectiveness of a range of approaches that are now being attempted.
REC name
Social Care REC
REC reference
17/IEC08/0024
Date of REC Opinion
26 Jun 2017
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion