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

Glasby, J, Farquharson, C, Needham, C & Hamblin, K 2025, 'Adult social care reform cannot afford to wait', British Medical Journal, vol. 388, no. 8455, r63. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r63

Tanner, D, Willis, P, Beedell, P, Nosowska, G, Milne, A, Nelson-Becker, H & Perry, E 2025, '‘Being that hopeful person’: the contribution of social workers to older people’s wellbeing', British Journal of Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcaf080

Lindley, L, Watkins, M, Dowding, D, Overton, L, Friend, A, Wilberforce, M & Birks, Y 2025, 'Developing a decision aid for older people who pay for social care', Journal of Long-Term Care, vol. 2025, pp. 142-153. https://doi.org/10.31389/jltc.406

Bradbury-Jones, C, Damery, S, Fruin, K, Gunby, C, Harlock, J, Hebberts, L, Isham, L, Jones, A-M, Maxted, F, Mighty, A, Parmar, P, Patterson, L, Schaub, J, Scott, F, Smailes, H, Smith, D & Taylor, J 2025, 'Exploring voluntary sector specialist services for victim-survivors of sexual violence in England: the PROSPER co-production study', NIHR Journals Library, vol. 13, no. 10, pp. 1-104. https://doi.org/10.3310/WWKT3077

Needham, C & Burn, E 2025, ''Law but not law': explaining unenacted policy as a type of policy failure', Policy and politics. https://doi.org/10.1332/03055736Y2024D000000057

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