Lords Committee to explore new approaches to adult social care
Today, Monday, 6 June 2022, the House of Lords Adult Social Care Committee will have its twelfth and thirteenth public evidence sessions with industry experts to explore asset-based approaches to care and the Personal Assistance (PA) model of care.
During the first evidence session, members will have the opportunity to look at asset-based approaches, which enable people with care needs to make the most of both their personal assets and community-based resources to build independence and avoid a reliance on institutional services. In the second evidence session, members will explore how to develop and scale the Personal Assistance model of care, and the importance of this model to enabling independent living.
- 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
At 3:15pm: Private discussion
Inquiry
Adult Social Care
At 3:45pm: Oral evidence
Inquiry
Adult Social Care
Director of the Local Area Coordination Network at Community Catalysts
Director for Adult Social Care at Thurrock Council
Community Enterprise Service Manager at Somerset County Council
At 4:40pm: Oral evidence
Inquiry
Adult Social Care
Founder at Stockholm Cooperative for Independent Living
Group CEO at Enable Group
At 5:35pm: Private discussion
Inquiry
Adult Social Care
Themes for discussion
- The role, if any, that co-production plays in an asset-based approach to social care, and how this compares to the way that traditional services are currently designed and delivered.
- The barriers to scaling up asset-based approaches, including from a workforce perspective, and how these barriers could be overcome to enable the model to spread to other parts of the country.
- The limitations of the micro-provider programme and of asset-based approaches to care, and how these limitations should be engaged with to ensure the successful deployment of asset-based approaches, alongside traditional services.
- The extent to which the Personal Assistance (PA) model of support enables equality for people with care needs, and how this model compares to other approaches to social care.
- The lessons that can be learnt from the development of the Stockholm Cooperative for Independent Living, and of the growth of the PA model of support in Sweden more generally.
- The extent to which the successful uptake of personal assistance is linked to the availability of funding, and the case for this model of care from an economic perspective.