Social Care and Adult Well-Being - including Older People and the arena of Disability

2021-2023 - Why are we stuck in hospital? Understanding service user, family and staff perspectives when transforming care for people with learning disabilities and/or autism
Co-Investigators: Professor Jon Glasby, Professor Robin Miller, Anne-Marie Glasby

2019-2022 - Combining Asset and Strengths Based Innovations in adult social care (CASBI). Principal Investigator: Jerry Tew, Co-Investigators: Robin Miller, Sandhya Duggal, Phil Kinghorn

2017-20: Older People: care and self-funding experiences’ a research collaboration between Universities of Brighton, Birmingham and Lincoln, funded by Wellcome Trust. Principal Investigator: Denise Tanner   http://www.olderpeopleselffundingcare.com/

2016-19: Implementing the Care Act 2014: Preventing, reducing or delaying needs for care and support in adult social care in England, Department of Health Policy Research Programme (£500K). Principal Investigator: Jerry Tew, Co-Investigator: Denise Tanner.

2014-19: Chronic disease (integrated and holistic care)

2014-17: Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards – Implications for Practice, funded by NHS England and CWHHE CCG Collaborative (£225,000) Principal Investigator: Jason Schaub.

2013-14: Clinical Research Group on Mental Wellbeing, Public Mental Health and Recovery.  National Institute of Health Research - Mental Health Research Network. £5k. with University of Warwick.  

2011-14: Can whole family approaches contribute to the reablement of people with mental health difficulties? National Institute of Health Research - School for Social Care Research (£170k).

Fawcett, B., Weber, Z. and Bannister, H. (forthcoming 2018) Medicalisation of Everyday Life, Palgrave.

Tanner, D., Ward, L. and Ray, M. (2017) 'Paying our own way': Application of the capability approach to explore older people’s experiences of self-funding social care. Critical Social Policy, OnlineFirst 17 August 2017. DOI: DOI:10.1177/0261018317724344

Fawcett, B. (2016) Feminism and Disability in S. Wendt and N. Moulding Feminist Social Work, London/Thousand Oaks, Sage.

Tew, J, Nicholls, V, Plumridge, G and Clarke, H (2016) Family-inclusive approaches to reablement in mental health: models, mechanisms and outcomes British Journal of Social Work DOI:10.1093/bjsw/bcw106

Fawcett. B. and Pockett, R. (2015 ) Turning Ideas into Research: Theory, Design and Practice, London, Thousand Oaks, Sage

Schaub, J., Smith, F., Bridges, L., Addis, G., and Griffiths, L. (2015) FutureCare: A training needs analysis of the ‘out of hospital’ workforce across Thames Valley. Oxford: Health Education Thames Valley. Available at: https://hee.nhs.uk/hee-your-area/thames-valley/news-events/thames-valley-news/reporting-out-hospital-workforce-across-thames-valley

Fawcett, B. (2014) Well-Being and Older People: The Place of Day Clubs in Reconceptualising Participation and Challenging British Journal of Social Work, 44 (4): 831-848

Fawcett, B. and Plath. D. (2012) A National Disability Insurance Scheme: What Social Work Has to Offer, British Journal of Social Work, DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcs141

Fawcett, B. and Reynolds, J. (2010)  ‘Mental Health and Older Women: The Challenges for Social Perspectives and Asset Orientated Community Capacity Building’ . British Journal of Social Work, Vol. 40, (5): 1488 – 1502 DOI 10.1093/bjsw/bcs141

Fawcett, B., Goodwin, S., Phillips, R. and Meagher, G. (2010) Social Policy for Social Change. , Melbourne, Palgrave, ISBN 9781420256161

Fawcett, B. (2009) Long Term Illness and Disability: Conflicts and Challenges, in P.Bywaters, E.McCleod and L.Napier Social Work and Global Health Inequalities, Bristol, Policy Press: 119 – 131,

Fawcett, B.  (2000) Feminist Perspectives on Disability, Harlow, Prentice Hall