Navigating Safety and Risk: Implications for Adult Social Care

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Navigating Safety and Risk in the Community: Implications for Adult Social Care Services

• IRAS ID

  296583

• Contact name

  Denise Tanner

• Contact email

  d.l.tanner@bham.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Research Governance and Integrity

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 11 months, 31 days

• Research summary

  The aims and methods of this study will yield important findings about different understandings and of safety and risk of people with dementia, carers and care workers in the Sheffield community. It will also make methodological contributions to the wider dementia research field through the adaptation of process consent and the use of virtual methods with people with dementia. This study considers a person with dementia to be someone who self-identifies as having dementia, whether or not this formal diagnosis has been received. The term ‘carer’ refers to the individual who supports the person with dementia in an unpaid capacity, whether they be a family member or friend. ‘Care worker’ refers to the primary paid care supporter. A carer, care worker and a person with dementia are a part of what is called the ‘dementia caring triad’.
  This PhD project is funded by the NIHR School of Social Care Research at the University of Birmingham. The research will take twenty-two months to complete, with all fieldwork based in Sheffield. The recruitment of ten groups of three participants consisting of a person with dementia, their carer and their care worker will occur either in-person at social events hosted by partnering organisations, or through virtual dementia cafes and advertisements. Qualitative methods will be utilised in a virtual setting with participants to explore what makes them feel safe or unsafe in carrying out daily activities and connecting with the social world. Two analytical approaches have been adopted in the project to explore individual understandings of safety and risk and to explore the implications of these understandings for social care services in the community. The researcher will work with stakeholders to produce a report for Sheffield-based social care services and an accessible summary of the findings for the community.

• REC name

  Social Care REC

• REC reference

  21/IEC08/0038

• Date of REC Opinion

  14 Dec 2021

• REC opinion

  Unfavourable Opinion