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ASCRU PRU Showcase, 5 & 6 April 2022

The NIHR Policy Research Unit in Adult Social Care (ASCRU) hosted a showcase event in April 2022 to highlight research relevant to social care taking place within the National Institute of Health and Care Research’s Policy Research Units.

View the programme (PDF)

Slides / videos / summary papers from the event are linked to below where available.

Factors associated with unmet need for support to maintain independence in later life: a mixed methods systematic review

Gemma Spiers
Newcastle University

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Sharing the costs of social care for older people in England: a sociocultural framing approach to understanding public attitudes

Josie Dixon
London School of Economics and Political Science

The role of public advisors in social care policy research

Patrick Wood, Mike Shepherdson, John Nelson and Sarah Lowton
PRU Public Advisors

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Projections of numbers of unpaid carers of older people

Katarina Swanson and Raphael Wittenberg
London School of Economics and Political Science

The impact of Care Act Easements on co-residents carers 70+ looking after people living with dementia

Phil Drake, Debora Price and Jayne Astbury
University of Manchester

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Nursing associates in adult social care – a bumpy road for implementation

Jill Manthorpe and Jo Moriarty
King’s College London

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Developing a core outcome set for adult social care

Ray Fitzpatrick and Priya Sugavanam
University of Oxford

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Assessing social care outcomes using administrative records

Jose-Luis Fernandez
London School of Economics and Political Science

The economic determinants of English home care quality

Stephen Allan
University of Kent

Understanding and measuring safety in older adult care homes

Nick Smith
University of Kent

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Rapid review of digital technologies to prevent falls in people living with dementia

Charlotte Eost-Telling
University of Manchester

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