NIHR School for Social Care Research

The NIHR School for Social Care Research is one of the leading funders into adult social care practice in England, and aims to improve adult social care practice in England through conducting and commissioning research.

Who's Who|

Led by Professor Martin Knapp (LSE, pictured), the SSCR is a partnership between six leading social care research centres in England and many more universities and other organisations.

 

Research Activities|

SSCR is working to ensure high-quality evidence exists to help social care develop - now and in future. 33 studies are underway...

 

 

Outputs|

Commissioned outputs from studies will be available from early 2012. See Scoping Reviews| and Method Reviews|.

 

Generating impact|

Research must be translated into practice to ensure the research we fund has real impact.

 

 

• Personal Social Services Research Unit, London School of Economics (LSE)
• Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Manchester
• Social Policy Research Unit, University of York
• Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent
• Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London
• Tizard Centre, University of Kent

Latest:

• The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Dementia & Neurodegenerative Research Network (DeNDRoN) has been working to increase the volume, quality and impact of dementia research.  A new toolkit, Enabling Research in Care Homes (ENRICH), produced in collaboration with the NIHR School for Social Care Research , has been launched to provide a central information point for care home staff, residents and relatives seeking information and advice about research. Other work is taking place to developing local research networks, clarify funding arrangements and to develop 'research ready' care homes. 
  
  Resource: The ENRICH Toolkit website is available now at www.dendron.org.uk/enrich
  
  See also: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/healthandsocialcare/2012/02/20/how-care-home-staff-can-improve-research-into-dementia-new-toolkit-enabling-research-in-care-homes/
• New methods reviews
• Annual Report 2010/11
• New Studies Commissioned
• Annual Meeting 2012

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