How does adult social care support complement other community health support and wider services (for example housing and housing support) in meeting needs?
Background
Statutory adult social care is overseen and administered by local authorities, who provide data on this provision. However, this data is complex, and at times non-comparable or incomplete. There is also a substantial portion of the population who may access social care support outwith statutory provision, through privately funding part or all of their own care, as well as receiving support from unpaid carers. These individuals are often invisible in datasets that seek to track social care clients.
We want to increase our understanding of who accesses what kinds of social care, where, when, and how. Understanding how people are accessing social care includes understanding how social care operates as part of the wider system of health and social care and where there are opportunities to strengthen access through further integration of services. This could include for example, evidence on the application of the GIRFE (Getting It Right For Everyone) principles.
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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
To develop a monitoring and evaluation framework assessing the social impact of adult social care interventions to inform service design and engage donors to invest in new care approaches....
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on developing a monitoring and evaluation framework for adult social care interventions, which can provide insights into how social care support complements other community health support.
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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?
The project addresses the challenges faced by unpaid carers and the impact of social care reforms, which is related to the broader context of adult social care support.
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University of Essex and Colne Housing Society Limited
To map the impacts of social welfare reform, and develop a qualitative research toolkit for ongoing monitoring and evaluation of support service provision. To produce a dynamic digital map of welfare support service prov...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on mapping the impacts of social welfare reform, which is not directly related to how adult social care support complements other community health support.