The Everyday Operation of Models of Social Care Provision
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The Everyday Operation of Models of Social Care Provision within the Extra Care Housing Sector
IRAS ID
185790
Contact name
Ailsa Cameron
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Bristol,
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, months, days
Research summary
The provision of housing with care is a key element of contemporary adult social care policy. This study takes a longitudinal approach to explore how care is negotiated and delivered within extra care schemes, a form of housing with care which has gained prominence in recent government policy. Four schemes will be recruited, including one specialist dementia facility. They will be visited on four occasions. On the first visit we will interview ten residents who will be re-interviewed at subsequent visits. Interviews will explore reasons for moving to the facility, what care they receive, funding arrangements and the experience of living in the scheme. Subsequent interviews will consider changes in circumstance and the impact of these on the care they receive. If a resident indicates that they have discussed their care needs with a family member we will seek to interview them. Managers and care staff at each scheme will be interviewed twice. These interviews will explore strategic and operational issues including: the impact of changes in revenue funding or assessment regimes; relationships with local commissioning agencies and issues related to the employment of care workers. Key stakeholders (commissioners of housing with care and managers of adult social care) will be interviewed towards the beginning and end of the study to assess the implication of changes in national and local policy. The primary data will be supplemented with an analysis of documents and descriptive observations of each scheme (location, facilities, activities). There will be no observations of people.
REC name
Social Care REC
REC reference
15/IEC08/0047
Date of REC Opinion
10 Sep 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion