Social care (loneliness) Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
In-depth interview study involving a national sample of 40-50 social care users who experience loneliness and 20 social care staff who provide support or manage these services with a remit to tackle l
Sponsors
Manchester Metropolitan University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: DISCOVERY PHASE 1. social care users who self-identify as being lonely 2. social care staff CO-DESIGN PHASE 3. social care users 4. social care staff
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Qualitative methods will be used: 1. To understand how loneliness is i) characterised and experienced by people who are in receipt of social care in England and ii) characterised by social care staff and the voluntary sector 2. To identify how services might be changed to help tackle the problem of loneliness experienced by users of social care 3. To test, with one local authority, whether an approach to service improvement, known to be effective in health care, could be adapted for use in social care | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Qualitative methods will be used to disseminate all study outputs and publish resources on a newly established Socialcaretalk.org platform for public, family carers, service users, voluntary organisations, researchers, teachers, policy makers and providers | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactEmmie Morrissey
Outcome results
None listed