Feasibility Study for future research on how people approach paying for care
As part of this work, Ipsos and CPEC are exploring the feasibility of conducting a survey to gather the required data. This would involve asking people about their care needs, how their care is paid for (funding status), income and assets (e.g., property and/or savings). However, asking questions about a person’s care needs and finances can be considered intrusive and highly sensitive. The project is therefore looking at how best to ask questions about these topics. We need to know if this information could be collected in ways which people would be comfortable with, and how it should be collected and processed.
The findings will help DHSC decide how best to collect the data it requires to understand the needs of adult social care users. Once completed, a summary of the outcomes from the interviews will be signposted to from this webpage.
Parts of this study require ethics approval, which was obtained from the Camberwell and St Giles Research Ethics Committee at the Health Research Authority. A summary of the research reviewed by the Research Ethics Committee is available.
If you want to know more about the project or have a query about it, please contact the research team at Ipsos on [email protected] or call Laura (senior researcher at Ipsos) on 0207 347 3764 or DHSC at [email protected].
