Brimblecombe, Nic

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  • Brimblecombe, Nicola, Stevens, Madeleine, Rajagopalan, Jayeeta, Hu, Bo, Cartagena-Farias, Javiera, Pharoah, Daisy (2025). What is the relationship between older people’s housing characteristics and their care needs? Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 37(6), 1216 - 1233. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2024.2422664 picture_as_pdf
  • Walbaum, Magdalena, Zucker, Allyson, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Knapp, Martin (2025). The impact of unpaid caring on cognitive function: a rapid review. Aging and Mental Health, 29(10), 1774 - 1787. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2025.2499692 picture_as_pdf
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola, Cartagena-Farias, Javiera, Stevens, Madeleine, Rajagopalan, Jayeeta, Hu, Bo (2025). Housing quality and suitability and older people's use of formal and unpaid care. Housing Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2025.2565233 picture_as_pdf
  • Cartagena-Farias, Javiera, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Hu, Bo, Rickman, Sam (2025). Long-term care needs and fuel poverty among older people: beyond energy consumption and affordability. Social Indicators Research, 179(3), 1221 - 1240. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-025-03653-3 picture_as_pdf
  • Clark, Michael, Stevens, Madeleine, Carlisle, Jessica, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Johnson-MacGill, Miranda (2025). A relational understanding of strengths-based practice in social work. British Journal of Social Work, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcaf178 picture_as_pdf
  • Cartagena-Farias, Javiera, Brimblecombe, Nicola (2025). Understanding the characteristics of unpaid carers living in financial hardship: risks and vulnerabilities. International Journal of Care and Caring, 9(3), 434 - 452. https://doi.org/10.1332/23978821Y2025D000000104 picture_as_pdf
  • Hu, Bo, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Cartagena-Farias, Javiera (2025). Social care costs of depressive symptoms in the English older population: then role of housing quality improvements. Innovation in Aging, 9(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaf017 picture_as_pdf
  • Hu, Bo, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Cartagena-Farias, Javiera, Silva-Ribeiro, Wagner (2025). Projected costs of long-term care for older people in England: the impacts of housing quality improvements. Health Policy, 152, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105246 picture_as_pdf
  • De Poli, Chiara, Wittenberg, Raphael, Rehill, Amritpal, Stevens, Madeleine, Brimblecombe, Nicola (2025). I never planned for it” – exploration of expectations about caring for older parents. Social Policy and Administration, 59(1), 37 - 56. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.13030 picture_as_pdf
  • Stevens, Madeleine, Clark, Michael, Carlisle, Jessica, Brimblecombe, Nicola, MacGill, Miranda (2024). Supporting meaningful implementation and evaluation of strengths-based approaches in adult social care: a theory of change for The Three Conversations. British Journal of Social Work, 54(6), 2583 - 2602. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcae055 picture_as_pdf
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola, Stevens, Madeleine, Gowen, Sara, Skyer, Robin, Moriarty, Jo (2024). Understanding the unmet support needs of young and young adult carers and their families. PLOS ONE, 19(9). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310766 picture_as_pdf
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola, Stevens, Madeleine, Gowen, Sara, Moriarty, Jo, Skyer, Robin, Bauer, Annette, Bou, Camille (2024). Types and aspects of support that young carers need and value, and barriers and enablers to access: the REBIAS-YC qualitative study. Health and Social Care Delivery Research, 12(36), 1 - 108. https://doi.org/10.3310/ABAT6761 picture_as_pdf
  • Cartagena-Farias, Javiera, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Knapp, Martin (2024). Evaluating the association between receipt of a winter fuel cash transfer and older people’s care needs, quality of life, and housing quality: evidence from England. Social Science & Medicine, 355, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117128 picture_as_pdf
  • O’Neill, Adam, Shaw, Jenny, Plugge, Emma, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Hargreaves, Claire, Robinson, Catherine, Forsyth, Katrina (2024). Social care in prisons: urgent development required. Medicine, Science and the Law, 64(3), 175 - 178. https://doi.org/10.1177/00258024241233462
  • Stevens, Madeleine, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Gowen, Sara, Skyer, Robin, Moriarty, Jo (2024). Young carers’ experiences of services and support what is helpful and how can support be improved? PLOS ONE, 19(3). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300551 picture_as_pdf
  • Cartagena Farias, Javiera, Brimblecombe, Nicola (2023). The economic cost of unpaid care to the public finances: inequalities in welfare benefits, forgone earnings-related tax revenue, and health service utilisation. Social Policy and Society, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746423000477 picture_as_pdf
  • Hu, Bo, Cartagena-Farias, Javiera, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Jadoolal, Shari, Wittenberg, Raphael (2023). Projected costs of informal care for older people in England. European Journal of Health Economics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-023-01643-1 picture_as_pdf
  • Manthorpe, Jill, Moriarty, Jo, Damant, Jaqueline, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Marczak, Joanna, Knapp, Martin, Fernández, José Luis (2023). Local Online Information for carers in England: content and complexity. Practice, https://doi.org/10.1080/09503153.2023.2232567 picture_as_pdf
  • King, Derek, Gronholm, Petra C., Knapp, Martin, Hoffman, Mauricio S., Bonin, Eva-Maria, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Kadel, Rajendra, Maughan, Barbara, O'Shea, Nick & Richards, Marcus et al (2023). Effects of mental health status during adolescence on primary care costs in adulthood across three British cohorts. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-023-02507-y picture_as_pdf
  • Cartagena Farias, Javiera, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Hu, Bo (2023). Early onset of care needs in the older population: the protective role of housing conditions. Health and Place, 81, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103007 picture_as_pdf
  • Read, Sanna, Hu, Bo, Dixon, Josie, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Wittenberg, Raphael, Brayne, Carol, Banerjee, Sube (2023). Receipt of help by people with cognitive impairment: results from the English longitudinal study of ageing. Aging and Mental Health, 27(2), 272 - 280. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2021.2017846 picture_as_pdf
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola (2023). The consequences for unpaid carers of unmet need for long-term care services in England. International Journal of Care and Caring, 7(1), 114 - 130. https://doi.org/10.1332/239788222X16546112844546 picture_as_pdf
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola, Cartagena Farias, Javiera (2022). Inequalities in unpaid carer’s health, employment status and social isolation. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(6), e6564 - e6576. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.14104 picture_as_pdf
  • Stevens, Madeleine, Brimblecombe, Nicola (2022). What can the experiences of young adult carers tell us about what can make services more helpful for them and their families? Journal of Youth Studies, 25(9), 1182 - 1198. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2021.1945562 picture_as_pdf
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola (2022). Inequalities in receipt of long-term care services by disabled or older people and co-resident carer dyads in England. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 30(3), 268 - 286. https://doi.org/10.1332/175982721X16605972092524 picture_as_pdf
  • Marczak, Joanna, Fernández, José-Luis, Manthorpe, Jill, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Moriarty, Jo, Knapp, Martin, Snell, Tom (2022). How have the Care Act 2014 ambitions to support carers translated into local practice? Findings from a process evaluation study of local stakeholders' perceptions of Care Act implementation. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(5), e1711 - e1720. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13599 picture_as_pdf
  • Hu, Bo, Read, Sanna, Wittenberg, Raphael, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Rodrigues, Ricardo, Banerjee, Sube, Dixon, Josie, Robinson, Louise, Rehill, Amritpal, Fernández, José-Luis (2022). Socioeconomic inequality of long-term care for older people with and without dementia in England. Ageing and Society, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X22000885 picture_as_pdf
  • Gronholm, Petra C., Knapp, Martin, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Maughan, Barbara, Richards, Marcus, Bonin, Eva-Maria, Hoffmann, Mauricio S., Kadel, Rajendra, King, Derek & Hoomans, Ties et al (2022). Health service costs in adulthood associated with adolescent mental health problems in three British cohorts. Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 25(2), 39 - 52.
  • Hicks, Ben, Read, Sanna, Hu, Bo, Wittenberg, Raphael, Grahamslaw, Amanda, Karim, Anomita, Martin, Evelyn, Nuzum, Eleanor, Reichental, Jacob & Russell, Alice et al (2022). A cohort study of the impact of COVID-19 on the quality of life of people newly diagnosed with dementia and their family carers. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/trc2.12236 picture_as_pdf
  • Cartagena Farias, Javiera, Brimblecombe, Nicola (2022). Understanding health trajectories among unpaid carers in the United Kingdom. Journal of Long-Term Care, 2022, 102 – 113. https://doi.org/10.31389/jltc.124 picture_as_pdf
  • Stevens, Madeleine, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Bou, Camille, Wittenberg, Raphael (2022). Thinking about caring for older relatives in the future: a qualitative exploration. Ageing and Society, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X21002002 picture_as_pdf
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola, Stevens, Madeleine, King, Derek, Knapp, Martin (2022). The role of formal care services in supporting young people who provide unpaid care in England. Journal of Youth Studies, 25(1), 1 - 16. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2020.1828848 picture_as_pdf
  • Read, Sanna, Hu, Bo, Wittenberg, Raphael, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Robinson, Louise, Banerjee, Sube (2021). A longitudinal study of functional unmet need among people with dementia. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 84(2), 705 - 716. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-210724 picture_as_pdf
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola, Knapp, Martin, King, Derek, Stevens, Madeleine, Cartagena Farias, Javiera (2020). The high cost of unpaid care by young people: health and economic impacts of providing unpaid care. BMC Public Health, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09166-7 picture_as_pdf
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola, Dorling, Danny, Green, Mark (2020). Who still dies young in a rich city? Revisiting the case of Oxford. Geographical Journal, 186(2), 247 - 258. https://doi.org/10.1111/geoj.12336 picture_as_pdf
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola, Evans-Lacko, Sara, Knapp, Martin, King, Derek, Takizawa, Ryu, Maughan, Barbara, Arseneault, Louise (2018). Long term economic impact associated with childhood bullying victimisation. Social Science & Medicine, 208, 134-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.05.014
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola, Fernández, José-Luis, Knapp, Martin, Rehill, Amritpal, Wittenberg, Raphael (2018). Review of the international evidence on support for unpaid carers. Journal of Long-term Care, (September), 25-40. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.ffq4txr2nftf
  • Pickard, Linda, King, Derek, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Knapp, Martin (2017). Public expenditure costs of carers leaving employment in England, 2015/2016. Health and Social Care in the Community, 26(1), e132-e142. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12486
  • Pickard, Linda, Brimblecombe, Nicola, King, Derek, Knapp, Martin (2017). ‘Replacement Care’ for working carers? A longitudinal study in England, 2013–15. Social Policy and Administration, https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12345
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola, Pickard, Linda, King, Derek, Knapp, Martin (2017). Barriers to receipt of social care services for working carers and the people they care for in times of austerity. Journal of Social Policy, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279417000277
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola, Pickard, Linda, King, Derek, Knapp, Martin (2017). Perceptions of unmet needs for community social care services in England. A comparison of working carers and the people they care for. Health and Social Care in the Community, 25(2), 435-446. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12323
  • Evans-Lacko, Sara, Takizawa, Ryu, Brimblecombe, Nicola, King, Derek, Knapp, Martin, Maughan, Barbara, Arseneault, Louise (2017). Childhood bullying victimisation is associated with use of mental health services over five decades: a longitudinal nationally-representative cohort study. Psychological Medicine, 47(1), 127-135. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291716001719
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola, Knapp, Martin, Murguia, Silvia, Mbeah-Bankas, Henrietta, Crane, Steve, Harris, Abi, Evans-Lacko, Sara, Ardino, Vittoria, Iemmi, Valentina, King, Derek (2015). The role of youth mental health services in the treatment of young people with serious mental illness: two-year outcomes and economic implications. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1111/eip.12261
  • Pickard, L., King, D., Brimblecombe, N., Knapp, M. (2015). The effectiveness of paid services in supporting carers' employment in England. Journal of Social Policy, 44(3), 567-590. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279415000069
  • King, Derek, Pickard, Linda, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Knapp, Martin (2014). Numbers of working carers whose employment is 'at risk' in England. Research, Policy and Planning, 31(1), 29-42.
  • Shaw, Mary, Orford, Scott, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Dorling, Daniel (2000). Widening inequality in mortality between 160 regions of 15 European countries in the early 1990s. Social Science & Medicine, 50(7-8), 1047-1058. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00354-8
  • Brimblecombe, Nic, Dorling, Danny, Shaw, Mary (2000). Migration and geographical inequalities in health in Britain. Social Science & Medicine, 50(6), 861-878. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00371-8
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola, Dorling, Danny, Shaw, Mary (1999). Where the poor die in a rich city: the case of Oxford. Health and Place, 5(4), 287-300. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1353-8292(99)00019-2
  • Brimblecombe, Nic, Dorling, Danny, Shaw, Mary (1999). Mortality and migration in Britain, first results from the British Household Panel Survey. Social Science & Medicine, 49(7), 981-988. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00195-1
  • Shaw, M., Dorling, D., Brimblecombe, N. (1999). Life chances in Britain by housing wealth and for the homeless and vulnerably housed. Environment and Planning A, 31(12), 2239-2248. https://doi.org/10.1068/a312239
  • Shaw, Mary, Dorling, Danny, Brimblecombe, Nic (1998). Changing the map: health in Britain 1951–91. Sociology of Health and Illness, 20(5), 694-709. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.00125
  • Shaw, Mary, Dorling, Danny, Brimblecombe, Nicola (1998). Explaining geographical inequalities in health. Health Variations: the Official Newsletter of the ESRC Health Variations Programme, 2, 8-9.
  • Shaw, Mary, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Dorling, Danny (1998). Mortality rates in HMOs. Bedsit Briefing, (64),
  • Shaw, Mary, Dorling, Danny, Brimblecombe, Nicola (1998). Health problems in houses in multiple occupation. Environmental Health Journal, 106(10), 280-281.
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola, Shaw, Mary, Dorling, Danny (1997). It's not such a wonderful life. Roof,
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola, Shaw, Marian, Ormston, Michael (1996). Teachers' intention to change practice as a result of Ofsted school inspections. Educational Management Administration and Leadership, 24(4), 339-354. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263211X9602400401
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola, Ormston, Michael, Shaw, Marian (1996). Gender differences in teacher response to school inspection. Educational Studies, 22(1), 27-40. https://doi.org/10.1080/0305569960220103
  • Ormston, Michael, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Shaw, Marian (1995). Inspection and change: help or hindrance for the classroom teacher. British Journal of In-Service Education, 21(3), 311-318. https://doi.org/10.1080/0305763950210307
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola, Ormston, Michael, Shaw, Marian (1995). Teachers’ perceptions of school inspection: a stressful experience. Cambridge Journal of Education, 25(1), 53 - 61. https://doi.org/10.1080/0305764950250106
    • Book
  • Kröger, Teppo, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Rodrigues, Ricardo, Rummery, Kirstein (Eds.) (2025). Care poverty and unmet needs: inequalities in theory and practice. Policy Press. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447370109 picture_as_pdf
    • Chapter
  • Kröger, Teppo, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Rodrigues, Ricardo, Rummery, Kirstein (2025). Introduction: unmet care needs and care poverty in international perspective. In Kröger, T., Brimblecombe, N., Rodrigues, R. & Rummery, K. (Eds.), Care Poverty and Unmet Needs: Inequalities in Theory and Practice (pp. 3 - 12). Policy Press. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447370109.ch001 picture_as_pdf
  • Rummery, Kirstein, Kröger, Teppo, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Rodrigues, Ricardo (2025). Towards an understanding of care poverty. In Kröger, T., Brimblecombe, N., Rodrigues, R. & Rummery, K. (Eds.), Care Poverty and Unmet Needs: Inequalities in Theory and Practice (pp. 191 - 201). Policy Press. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447370109.ch013 picture_as_pdf
  • Dorling, Daniel, Shaw, Mary, Brimblecombe, Nicola (2000). Housing wealth and community health: exploring the role of migration. In Graham, H. (Ed.), Understanding Health Inequalites . Open University.
  • Shaw, Mary, Dorling, Danny, Brimblecombe, Nicola (2000). Researching national patterns in mortality through local investigation. In Earickson, R. & Macintyre, S. (Eds.), Selected Papers From the 8th International Symposium on Medical Geography . Pergamon Press (Oxford, England).
  • Shaw, Mary, Orford, Scott, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Dorling, Danny (2000). Widening inequality in mortality between 160 regions of 15 countries in the early 1990s. In Earickson, R. & Macintyre, S. (Eds.), Selected Papers From the 8th International Symposium on Medical Geography . Pergamon Press (Oxford, England).
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola (1999). Inspecting the inspection system. In Dorling, D. & Simpson, S. (Eds.), Statistics in Society: the Arithmetics of Politics . John Wiley & Sons.
  • Shaw, Mary, Dorling, Danny, Brimblecombe, Nicola (1998). Changing the map: health in Britain 1951-1991. In Bartley, M., Blane, D. & Davey Smith, G. (Eds.), The Sociology of Health Inequalities . Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola, Ormston, Michael, Shaw, Marian (1996). Teachers' perceptions of school inspection. In Ouston, J., Earley, P. & Fidler, B. (Eds.), Ofsted Inspections: The Early Experience . David Fulton Publishers.
    • Conference or Workshop Item
  • Pickard, Linda, King, Derek, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Knapp, Martin (2015-03-24) Social care services and carers’ employment: does 'replacement care' work? [Other]. NIHR School for Social Care Research Annual Conference, London, United Kingdom, GBR.
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola, Bonin, Eva-Maria, King, Derek, Beecham, Jennifer (2015-03-17) Using the ALSPAC cohort study to investigate the effect of clustering and persistence of adverse childhood experiences on education attainment [Other]. CLS Cohort Studies Research Conference, London, United Kingdom, GBR.
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola (2015-05-21) Youth mental health services [Poster]. LSE Research Festival 2015, London, United Kingdom, GBR.
  • Brimblecombe, N., Murguia, S., Mbeah-Banks, H., Crane, S., Harris, A., Knapp, M., Ardino, V., Evans-Lacko, Sara, Iemmi, Valentina & King, D. et al (2014-11-13 - 2014-11-15) Youth mental health services: an economic evaluation [Other]. World Association of Social Psychiatry (WASP) Jubilee congress, London, United Kingdom, GBR.
  • Brimblecombe, N., Pickard, L., King, D., Knapp, M. (2013-09-11 - 2013-09-13) Working and caring in England: initial results from a new survey of employees [Other]. British Society of Gerontology 42nd Annual conference, Oxford, United Kingdom, GBR.
  • Shaw, Marian, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Ormston, Michael (1995-09-01) Teachers' perceptions of school inspection [Paper]. BERA/ECER Conference.
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola, Ormston, Michael, Shaw, Marian (1994-09-08 - 2014-09-11) Teachers' perceptions of school inspection [Paper]. British Educational Research Association Annual Conference 1994, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, GBR.
    • Report
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola Susan, Burchardt, Tania (2021). Social care inequalities in England: evidence briefing. (Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes Research Briefs SPDORB03). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion. picture_as_pdf
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola, Fernández, José-Luis, Knapp, Martin, Rehill, Amritpal, Wittenberg, Raphael (2018). Unpaid care in England: future patterns and potential support strategies. University of Kent at Canterbury. Personal Social Services Research Unit.
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola (1998). Living and dying in Oxford : the spatial polarization of life chances. Univeristy of Bristol.
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola (1996). Evaluation of the work of the sexual health link worker in Oxfordshire. Oxford Brookes University.
    • Thesis
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola (2023). Unpaid carers and unmet need for social care services in England [Doctoral thesis]. London School of Economics and Political Science. https://doi.org/10.21953/lse.00004532
    • Online resource
  • Stevens, Madeleine, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Hu, Bo (2014). Sue and Aaron: services for struggling families.
  • Zigante, Valentina, Brimblecombe, Nicola, King, Derek (2014). Informing and improving policy and practice for carers through research and evaluation.
  • Shaw, Mary, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Dorling, Danny (1998). A dog’s life: there are deadly consequences to living in poverty.
  • Shaw, Mary, Brimblecombe, Nicola, Dorling, Danny (1998). The doctor won’t see you now.
  • Brimblecombe, N., Shaw, M., Dorking, D. (1998). Get well soon.
  • Shaw, M., Dorking, D., Brimblecombe, N. (1998). Hostels, health and health care.
  • Brimblecombe, Nicola, Ormston, Michael, Shaw, Marian (1995). Modified tactics.
    • Working paper
  • Shaw, M., Brimblecombe, N., Dorling, D. (1998). Access or exclusion?: healthcare for the homeless. Housing Today.