Annual ASCOT Workshop, 31st March 2014, Friends House, London
We had a fantastic turn-out for the annual ASCOT workshop this year with 49 delegates and speakers from all over the UK and abroad. Thank you to everyone who attended and a big thank you to all our speakers who gave such interesting and informative presentations. All presentations are available to download in PDF format below and should be referenced as follows:
Authors (date). Presentation title. Presented at the Annual ASCOT Workshop, 31st March 2014, London.
Introduction
ASCOT developments and future directions (Juliette Malley)
Using ASCOT to improve care practice and monitor quality in residential care (morning session A)
This session reported the ways in which ASCOT has been used to improve care practice and monitor quality.
Using ASCOT to improve care practice and monitor quality in care homes (Nick Smith, University of Kent)
ASCOT and East Sussex County Council Quality Monitoring Audits (Chikondi Matenda and Larry Maurice, East Sussex County Council)
Developing translated and accessible versions of ASCOT (morning session B)
This session discussed the development of translated and accessible versions of ASCOT drawing on work by the University of Kent and University of Verona, Italy.
Developing accessible versions of ASCOT: QORU Engagement programme (James Caiels, University of Kent)
Developing a translated and accessible version of ASCOT: the Italian experience (Gaia Cetrano, University of Verona)
Using ASCOT in Evaluations (afternoon session A)
ASCOT has been used in a number of studies evaluating social care and health interventions. This session presented the findings from two studies, one evaluating Extra Care Housing, the other evaluating the pilot of the personal health budgets.
Extra Care housing and ASCOT (Theresia Atkinson, University of Worcester)
Evaluation of the personal health budget pilot programme (Dr Karen Jones, University of Kent)
Using ASCOT data from surveys for quality improvement (afternoon session B)
This session explored the ways local authorities can and do use data from the Adult Social Care Survey and The Personal Social Services Survey of Adult Carers in England to improve policy and practice.
Maximising the value of survey data in adult social care (MAX) Project (Juliette Malley, University of Kent and LSE)
Adult Social Care Survey (ASCS) and carers survey in Cumbria (Louise Johnstone, Cumbria County Council)
How to get the most from your social care users survey and carers survey ASCOT data (Louise Reeve, Newcastle City Council)