Navigating Safety and Risk: Implications for Support Services

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Navigating Safety and Risk in the Community: Implications for Adult Social Care and Support 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 who attend social or support services for dementia [referred to hereafter as 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. 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. ‘The term ‘care worker’ is used in this study to refer to a paid supporter that a person with dementia or their carer identify as important in their overall care. 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 study will take twenty months to complete, with all fieldwork based in Sheffield. The recruitment of ten triads consisting of a person with dementia, their carer and their care worker will occur either in-person at events hosted by partnering organisations, or through virtual events 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 throughout the study and in dissemination of the findings for the community.
  

• REC name

  Social Care REC

• REC reference

  22/IEC08/0006

• Date of REC Opinion

  31 Mar 2022

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion