Ask IMPACT

What is Ask IMPACT?

Ask IMPACT identifies ‘hot topics’ across adult social care, reviews existing evidence and produces very accessible guides to help people with the challenges and opportunities they’re facing. 

Ask IMPACT guides are designed to be really rigorous, but also practical and really accessible – building up a collection of trusted materials over time.

Ask IMPACT Guides

We all know that we need to do more to respond to climate change – but what should social care be thinking about and doing?

Adult social care systems across the UK are made up of people, buildings, infrastructure networks, supply chains, equipment and service provision from numerous providers. There are also lots of people and lots of travelling; for example, when a home carer is travelling across a large local authority to support lots of different people in their own homes. Services and buildings might also use high amounts of energy. All of this may contribute to climate change.
Read the full climate change guide

What value does involving people with lived experience make to the research and to the individuals involved?

Lots of people who draw on care and support get asked to be ‘involved’ in social care research but want to know that their contribution will be meaningful and valued. What value does involving people with lived experience make to the research and to the individuals involved?
Read the full co-research guide

What’s it like to be a self-funder, and what could we do differently?

We know that older people who fund their own care can have a very different experience than people who receive publicly-funded support – what’s it like to be a self-funder, and what could we do differently?
Read the full self-funders guide

Hospital discharge: What matters to older people and families?

Coming out of hospital has long been a difficult area of policy and practice. Rather than focusing only on freeing up beds, this guide explores what evidence shows matters to older people and families — things services may overlook.
Read the full hospital
discharge guide

COVID-19: what did we learn?

COVID was a terrible tragedy, and it’s still with us now. However, we also learned a lot about how to manage change in the middle of a crisis – what are some of the key lessons?
Read the full COVID-19:
What did we learn? guide

Recruitment and retention within social care services

Ask IMPACT has looked at the difficulty of recruiting and retaining staff within adult social care, and explored what can help.
Read the full recruitment
& retention guide
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