How can the full range of social care outcomes be operationalised and measured (for example quality of life and wellbeing)? What are the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches?
Background
Understanding how people experience social care – either as people accessing or providing care and support – informs our evidence of what is working well for people, where there are challenges, and what factors influence positive and negative experiences. This evidence will guide future improvements and help us understand how existing policies, standards and outcomes are being put into practice. Survey data, qualitative research and mixed methods can all contribute to the improvement of social care experience data.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Social Care Analytical Unit Areas of Research Interest 2026 2029 published 25 March 2026
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Related UKRI funded projects
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University of Brighton and Guild Care KTP 23_24 R1
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Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON
Why might this be relevant?
The project aims to develop a monitoring and evaluation framework to assess the social impact of adult social care interventions, which directly addresses the question of operationalizing and measuring social care outcomes.
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Meaningful and measurable: developing approaches to the analysis and use of information on personal outcomes within health and social care
Policy and practice across the UK and beyond is committed to improving the lives of people who use services and unpaid carers. Over the past five to ten years there has been a particular concern to shift health and socia...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Edinburgh
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on developing approaches to analyzing and using information on personal outcomes within health and social care, aligning with the question's emphasis on measuring quality of life and wellbeing in social care.
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Carers Assessment Support
**A difficult time to care** Across the UK our social care system is more stretched than ever with increased demand and decreasing budgets. The lack of capacity in the system is placing additional pressures on the unpa...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: UPSTREAM OUTCOMES LIMITED
Why might this be relevant?
While the project addresses carer support and assessment, it does not directly focus on operationalizing and measuring the full range of social care outcomes as requested in the question.