Prevention services in adult social care: reablement

The Social Care Evidence in Practice project team recently hosted a workshop at the University of Birmingham on 23 January 2013 on the topic of reablement. The workshop was advertised as an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to discuss some of the latest practice issues and research in reablement and to determine how the project could support knowledge exchange in this area. Reablement services support people to learn or re-learn skills necessary for daily living which are lost due to deterioration in health or increase in support needs. The first presentation of the day was by Robin Miller and Kerry Allen, researchers at the University of Birmingham who shared the latest findings from a Health Services Management Centre (HMSC) study funded by the NIHR School for Social Care Research on Prevention services in adult social care.