Adult Social Care

Adult social care researchers at the University of Birmingham are exploring the possibilities for reducing, delaying and preventing the need for social care and exploring alternative types of support. The current care system faces multiple challenges as the demand on services grows and the available funding shrinks. We need to understand better what works and doesn’t work in the current system so that money can be spent most effectively and outcomes improved. 

Recent publications

McDermott, E, Schaub, J, Stander, W, Reid, B, Taylor, AB, Eden, TM, Hobaica, S, Kofke, L, Jarrett, BA, Suffredini, K & Nath, R 2024, 2024 United Kingdom Report on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People. The Trevor Project. <https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-international/uk/2024/en/>

Glasby, J 2024, The Conservatives and adult social care. in H Bochel & M Powell (eds), The Conservative governments and social policy. 1 edn, Policy Press, Bristol, pp. 208-224. https://doi.org/10.56687/9781447365853-014

Damery, S, Gunby, C, Hebberts, L, Patterson, L, Smailes, H, Harlock, J, Isham, L, Maxted, F, Schaub, J, Smith, D, Taylor, J & Bradbury-Jones, C 2024, 'Voluntary sector specialist service provision and commissioning for victim-survivors of sexual violence: results from two national surveys in England', BMJ open, vol. 14, no. 9, e087810. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087810

Tawodzera, O & Glasby, J 2024, 'Who decides ‘what works’, and how does it get implemented? Insights from the UK’s new centre for implementing evidence in adult social care', International Journal of Care and Caring, pp. 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1332/23978821Y2024D000000034

Glasby, J & Needham, C 2023, Adult social care: 3 steps to achieve ‘a gloriously ordinary life’. Academy of Social Sciences. <https://acss.org.uk/adult-social-care-3-steps-to-achieve-a-gloriously-ordinary-life/>

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