Introduction This project focuses on understanding the risks and harms experienced by people who receive or provide home-based care, and is led by Chief Investigator, Professor Andrew Carson-Stevens. The study team includes members of the public with experience in home-based…
LEAP study – LGBTQ+ Inclusive Home Provision for older people
Introducing the LEAP study – LGBTQ+ Inclusive Home Provision for older people. Introduction: Commencing June 2025, this 27-month project aims to better understand how prepared people working in home care are to support older (aged 60+) LGBTQ+ people. This study…
How social care research can impact policy and practice
By Professor Paul Willis, CARE Director I was delighted to take part in a recent panel discussion at the annual Health and Care Research Wales Conference on how social care research can impact policy and practice, alongside Professor Donald Forrester,…
CARE Lived Experience Collective shortlisted for Public Involvement Award
The Centre for Adult Social Care Research was delighted to have the work of our Lived Experience Collective shortlisted for the Health and Care Research Wales 2025 Awards in the Public Involvement category. The award was announced at this year’s…
Webinar: Meals That Matter – Exploring food and care together
Tuesday, 25 November12:00-13:30Online Join us as we delve into the latest UK research at the intersection of food, eating practices, wellbeing, and adult social care. Through a series of bite-sized presentations followed by a panel discussion, we’ll explore how food…
Benefits and barriers to assistive technology use for social care
by Rachel Stevenson During my time at CARE, I assisted with analysis of transcripts, field notes and visual data collected by Dr Sofia Vougiokalou and Dr Roser Beneito-Montagu in the ‘Innovating Assistive Technology for Dementia’ research project. The main themes I have identified through my analysis were…
PhD studentship funded by NIHR: Exploring linked administrative data on adults in receipt of care and support in Wales
Deadline for applications: 12 midday on 28 July 2025 Supervisors: Professor Jonathan Scourfield and Dr Fiona Lugg-Widger Find out how to apply The following PhD studentship opportunity is now being advertised for 1st October 2025 entry. “Exploring linked administrative data…
Finding improvements to adult social care through data
An initiative to provide better insights from data on adult social care in Wales has launched. The Social Care Linked Data Lab (CARE Lab), led by Cardiff University’s Centre for Adult Social Care Research (CARE), has received £1,441,577 in funding…
10 Key adult social care research priority questions identified
A consensus workshop to finalise the top 10 research priorities for adult social care linked data research was held on 12 March. The workshop brought together people from across the social care sector, including members of the Centre for Adult…