Experts by experience to give evidence to Lords Adult Social Care Committee
On Monday, 21 March, the Adult Social Care Committee holds its third public evidence session, to explore the current adult social care system with a panel of individuals receiving social care. The session will be an opportunity to explore the changes that those with lived experience would like to see made to adult social care services.
Topics that will be discussed include the ‘invisibility’ of adult social care, the assumption underlying adult social care that individuals have family or friends who can provide unpaid care and support, and the relationship between unpaid carers and those for whom they care.
- This evidence session is due to be held remotely and streamed on Parliament TV.
- The Committee’s work can be followed on its website and via Twitter.
Meeting details
Themes for discussion
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What adult social care should actually achieve for those who need it.
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Barriers witnesses have experienced in accessing the kind of care and support that they need.
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Witnesses’ views on whether ‘invisibility’ is one of the fundamental challenges to the adult social care system, and the consequences of this invisibility on witnesses’ experience of care and support services.
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The alternative options, beyond unpaid care by family and friends, that should be available to ensure that individuals are appropriately supported.
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The degree to which difficulties encountered by witnesses’ informal or unpaid carers affected their own experience of care and support, and how better support for informal or unpaid carers could ultimately improve their experience of care and support.
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The most important community, if any, to witnesses and the role it has played in responding to their needs.
Further information