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PROJECT NIHR206126.02

Administrative data for evaluating the social care system

Jose-Luis Fernandez (Lead), Sarthak Saluja, Javiera Cartagena-Farias, Sam Rickman

January 2024 → December 2025

PROJECT NIHR206126.06

Care providers, prices and effect on workforce and care outcomes

Florin Vadean (Co-Lead), Stephen Allan (Co-Lead), Katerina Gousia, Gintare Malisauskaite​

May 2024 → June 2026

PROJECT NIHR206126.11

Evaluation of the Impact of the Adult Social Care Provider Information Provisions: Capacity Tracker

Michael Clark (Lead), Emily Freeman, Jacqui Damant, Jose-Luis Fernandez, Sam Rickman

September 2024 → August 2025

PROJECT NIHR206126.05

Geographic variation in access to social care

Stephen Allan (Lead), Florin Vadean, Katerina Gousia

June 2024 → May 2026

PROJECT NIHR206126.04

Key transitions for adults with a learning disability

Raphael Wittenberg (Co-Lead), Karen Jones (Co-Lead), Jose-Luis Fernandez, James Caiels, Elizabeth Welch, Chris Hatton ​

June 2024 → December 2026

PROJECT NIHR206126.09

Long-term care projections development

Raphael Wittenberg (Co-Lead), Ruth Hancock (Co-Lead), Bo Hu, Amritpal Rehill​

January 2024 → December 2028

PROJECT NIHR206126.10

Long-term care projections updating

Raphael Wittenberg (Co-Lead), Ruth Hancock (Co-Lead), Bo Hu, Joaquin Mayorga Camus, Julia Pauschardt

October 2024 → December 2028

PROJECT NIHR206126.01

Maximising ASCRU research impact

Adelina Comas-Herrera (Lead), Jose-Luis Fernandez

January 2024 → October 2024

PROJECT NIHR206126.08

Understanding hospital discharges into social care and their consequences

Jose-Luis Fernandez (Co-Lead), Karen Jones (Co-Lead), Gerald Wistow, Julien Forder and Javiera Cartagena Farias, Gintare Malisauskaite​

January 2024 → July 2026

PROJECT NIHR206126.03

Unpaid care for older people

Bo Hu (Co-Lead), Raphael Wittenberg (Co-Lead), Amritpal Rehill, Nicola Brimblecombe​

May 2024 → October 2026

PROJECT PR-PRU-1217-21101.07

Analyses of trends in unpaid care for older people

Raphael Wittenberg (Lead), Bo Hu, Amritpal Rehill, Katarina Swanson, Nicola Brimblecombe

January 2019 → December 2023

PROJECT PR-PRU-1217-21101.R30

Assessing the impact of unmet needs in social care

Amritpal Rehill (Lead), Jose Luis Fernandez

January 2023 → October 2023

PROJECT PR-PRU-1217-21101.03A

Delayed transfer of care (DTOC) among older patients: Feasibility study within care homes

Karen Jones (Lead), Madeline Naick

July 2021 → December 2023

PROJECT PR-PRU-1217-21101.08

Developing adult social care modelling capability for policy analysis

Juliette Malley (Lead), Raphael Wittenberg, Jose Luis Fernandez

January 2019 → December 2019

PROJECT PR-PRU-1217-21101.R23

Economic and other impacts: unpaid carers

Nicola Brimblecombe (Lead), Javiera Cartagena-Farias

June 2021 → August 2022

PROJECT PR-PRU-1217-21101.06

Enhancing capacity for producing long-term care projections and investigating trends in disability in old age and their implications for future need for long-term care

Raphael Wittenberg (Lead), Bo Hu, Amritpal Rehill, Ruth Hancock

January 2019 → December 2023

PROJECT PR-PRU-1217-21101.21

Evaluating strengths-based approaches in social care and social work – a scoping study

James Caiels (Lead), Alisoun Milne, Julie Beadle-Brown, Barbora Silarova, Julien Forder

February 2022 → August 2023

PROJECT PR-PRU-1217-21101.19

Examining uncertainties and sensitivities in long-term care projections

Raphael Wittenberg (Co-Lead), Ruth Hancock (Co-Lead), Bo Hu

October 2021 → December 2023

PROJECT PR-PRU-1217-21101.R28

Lifetime social care costs and financial implications for individuals and the State

Jose Luis Fernandez (Co-Lead), Ruth Hancock (Co-Lead), Raphael Wittenberg, Bo Hu, Francesco D'Amico, Marcello Morciano

October 2022 → December 2023

PROJECT PR-PRU-1217-21101.04

Local funding and resource decision-making for adult social care – the role of cost-effectiveness logics

Julien Forder (Lead), Eirini Saloniki, Daniel Roland

January 2020 → December 2022

PROJECT PR-PRU-1217-21101.11

Modelling needs, services and outcomes for people with learning disabilities

Jose Luis Fernandez (Co-Lead), Raphael Wittenberg (Co-Lead), Chris Hatton, Eric Emerson, Derek King

October 2019 → December 2023

PROJECT PR-PRU-1217-21101.R25

Need and unmet need among older people in the community

Raphael Wittenberg (Co-Lead), Amritpal (Co-Lead), Jose Luis Fernandez, Tom Snell

November 2020 → November 2021

PROJECT PR-PRU-1217-21101.22

Pay and employment conditions in Adult Social Care and their relationship with workforce and care outcomes

Florin Vadean (Co-Lead), Stephen Allan (Co-Lead), Julien Forder, Olena Nizalova

October 2022 → December 2023

PROJECT PR-PRU-1217-21101.05

Quality, workforce and competition in home care

Stephen Allan (Co-Lead), Raphael Wittenberg (Co-Lead), Florin Vadean, Bo Hu, Amritpal Rehill

January 2019 → June 2024

PROJECT PR-PRU-1217-21101.09

Revisiting the economic case for social care spending: the case of informal care

Olena Nizalova (Lead), Julien Forder, Eirini Saloniki

January 2019 → March 2024

PROJECT PR-PRU-1217-21101.02

Strengths-based approaches in social care and social work

James Caiels (Lead), Alisoun Milne, Julie Beadle-Brown, Karen Jones, Julien Forder

January 2019 → January 2022

PROJECT PR-PRU-1217-21101.03B

The facilitators and challenges faced by care home managers in providing an efficient mechanism to discharge patients out of hospital in a timely manner

Karen Jones (Lead), Madeline Naick

September 2023 → December 2023

PROJECT PR-PRU-1217-21101.18

Understanding adult hidden carers

Amritpal Rehill (Lead), Jose Luis Fernandez, Raphael Wittenberg

December 2021 → March 2024

PROJECT PR-PRU-1217-21101.R26

Understanding Deferred Payment Agreement (DPA) uptake across England

Marcello Morciano (Lead), Jose Luis Fernandez, Julien Forder, Ruth Hancock, Florin Vadean, Raphael Wittenberg

November 2022 → February 2024

PROJECT PR-PRU-1217-21101.01

Understanding needs, services and outcomes

Jose Luis Fernandez (Lead), Javiera Cartagena-Farias, Francesco D’Amico, Sam Rickman, Tobias Leigh-Wood, Samantha-Jade Kelly

January 2019 → December 2023

PROJECT PR-PRU-1217-21101.10

Understanding policy amenable risk factors for long-term care use in old age

Olena Nizalova (Lead), Katerina Gousia, Gintare Malisauskaite, Diane Fox

January 2019 → March 2024

PROJECT PR-PRU-1217-21101.R27

Understanding social care quality

Jose Luis Fernandez (Lead), Juliette Malley, Valentina Zigante, Dina Srivastava

September 2020 → October 2020

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