Webinar on Attitudes to Funding Social Care 
15 May 2020, 10:30-12:30 (BST), online

Hosted by the Policy Innovation & Evaluation Research Unit and the Centre for Ageing Better, this webinar will share research findings and promote discussion on attitudes to funding social care and their implications for policy and further research.

Personalisation in Care Homes for Older People 
10 June 2020, KCL, London (please monitor Coronavirus advice) 

Raphael Wittenberg, Deputy Director, and Dr Jacqueline Damant, Research Officer, at CPEC will present a study into how personalisation is understood and put into practice in care homes for older people in England and explores the context and challenges of providing personalised care in residential settings.

Supporting Adult Social Care Innovation (SASCI) Project Launch

13 January 2020, New Academic Building, LSE, London

The SASCI Project is a five-year (2019-2024) study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council that aims to build evidence on supporting the adult social care sector to start-up, implement, and spread affordable innovations that work well for everyone.

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The ESSENCE Project: Workshops on Economic Evaluation for Adult Social Care

17 July 2019, London, and 29 August 2019, York

These workshops introduced the aims and methods of economic evaluation (such as cost-effectiveness analysis) without much technical detail, as well as providing illustrations. They were aimed at non-economists interested in adult social care.

NIHR School for Social Care Research Annual Conference 2019

11 April 2019, Royal Society, London

Aside from celebrating its tenth anniversary, the School's annual conference brought together researchers, policy-makers, managers, commissioners, providers, people who use services, carers, and practitioners to hear about NIHR SSCR’s commissioned studies and their implications for adult social care practice.

Dementia Plays at LSE

29 October 2018, London

PSSRU plays host to Grandma Remember Me? and What Do You See by the AZ2B Theatre Company.

New Paradigms for Prevention in Mental Health: Insights from Brazil-UK Research Collaborations

19 October 2018, London

World-leading experts discuss their latest findings on adult and adolescent vulnerability to mental health issues, including perspectives from neuroscience, neuropsychology, and social sciences.

Fifth International Long-term Care Policy Network Conference

10-12 September 2018, Vienna

The 2018 ILPN conference took place between 10 and 12 September 2018 in Vienna.

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Promoting Mental Health: the economic case

Wednesday 08 March 2017

Chair: Dr Meredith Rossner

Mental health issues will affect one in four of us. This seminar focuses on the economic case for the promotion of better mental wellbeing and prevention of mental illness. 

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Viewing Autism through the Arts Lens
Revolutions LSE Literary Festival 2017

Recorded on 22 February 2017

Chair: Professor Martin Knapp

The scientific understanding of autism has developed significantly over the last few decades. But how realistically are autism and the experiences of autistic people and their families portrayed in the arts? 

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ILPN International Conference 2016

4 -7 September 2016

The Conference offered an opportunity to debate with international academics, policy makers and other experts key policy issues related to organisation, delivery, funding and regulation of long-term care services. 

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School for Social Care Research Annual Conference 2016
London School of Economics

12 April 2016

SSCR's Annual Conference brought together researchers, policy-makers, managers, commissioners, providers, people who use services, carers and practitioners, among others and provided them an opportunity to hear about our commissioned studies and implications for adult social care practice

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Evidencing the Care Act: science supporting practice
Part of ESRC's Festival of Social Science 2015

11 November 2015

This workshop provided space to discuss the current social science research on carers under the Care Act, sharing collective research evidence and discussing implications for practice to support evidence-informed implementation of the provisions of the Act.

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International evidence on the impact of budget cuts on long-term care systems
London School of Economics and Political Science

The financial crisis has led many countries to reign in public expenditure, sometimes with very significant implications for public services.

This event explored how different countries have managed the impact of the global recession on their long-term care systems, for instance in terms of changes in the targeting of publicly-funded long-term care services across the population, in the prioritisation of different types of care, and in funding arrangements for services.

The seminar brought together experts from the UK, US, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Netherlands, Poland and the OECD, and is funded by an award from the LSE HEIF5 Knowledge Exchange Fund. 

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Loneliness, prevention and wellbeing
SSCR event - Research showcase

17 April 2015

This research showcase – jointly hosted by the NIHR School for Social Care Research (SSCR) and the Campaign to End Loneliness - focused on research into loneliness, social isolation, wellbeing and prevention. 

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Perceptions of Madness: understanding mental illness through art, literature and drama
PSSRU Literary Festival Discussion
25 February 2015

This panel discussion explored how presentations of mental illness can affect public understanding of mental ill health with insights from research and personal experiences.  

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Creating an Impact: Social Care Research in Practice
PSSRU and NIHR
26 November 2014

The conference brought together learning and recommendations from just over two years of activity on knowledge exchange and impact in adult social care and presented findings from a LSE HEIF 5-funded project, Creating an Impact: Social Care Research in Action (SCEiP

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Evidence-based Policy in Long-Term Care: Where Next for Long-Term Care Reform?
3rd ILPN Conference, LSE
31 August - 3 September 2014

The opportunity to debate with international academics, policy makers and other experts key policy issues related to organisation, delivery, funding and regulation of long-term care services. 

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MODEM project launch
London School of Economics
15 May 2014

This event launched a new collaborative study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and the National Institute for Health Research.  MODEM - Comprehensive approach to modelling outcome and cost impacts of interventions for dementia.

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School for Social Care Research (SSCR) Annual Conference
London School of Economics
8th April 2014

The School's Annual Conference provided an opportunity to hear about emerging evidence from SSCR's commissioned studies and implications for adult social care practice.

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