Success for Andy Burnham’s national care service will depend on home essentials

By Lesley Palmer, Professor, Ageing and Dementia Design, University of Stirling
Vikki McCall, Professor of Social Policy, University of Stirling

With Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s plans for adult social care reform in England, including a move towards a national care service, much of the focus has been on who receives care and who provides it.

A missing piece of the jigsaw, however, is where that care is provided. Any care revolution is going to fail without the right homes to conduct the care in.

At a time when a health and social care services are under intense…

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