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Research Interests
I am a Senior Research Fellow at the PSSRU, University of Kent. I joined the unit in 2012 to work on the Identifying the Impact of Adult Social Care project, which informed the inclusion of a new outcome indicator (1J) in the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF) in England. Since then, I have worked on a number of research projects, including as part of the Quality and Outcomes of person-centred care policy Research Unit (www.qoru.ac.uk) and the Quality, Safety and Outcomes policy research unit (www.qso.ac.uk).
My research interests include the measurement and application of social care outcomes for service users and carers in policy and practice, unpaid care, and quality and safety of social care services. I am a member of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) team (www.pssru.ac.uk/ascot) focussed on the development and psychometric evaluation of new or adapted measures (e.g. ASCOT-Carer, ASCOT-ER and ASCOT-Proxy). I have also been involved in the translation and cross-cultural validation of ASCOT into Dutch, German, Finnish and Japanese.
Stacey Rand's Publications
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Routine data collection in home care: A national survey of home care providers in England (2025)
Quality in Ageing and Older Adults
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Factors associated with care home resident quality of life: Demonstrating the value of a pilot Minimum Data Set using cross-sectional analysis from the DACHA study (2025)
23, 3
Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
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Food and drink care-related quality of life of older adults accessing community-based care services in England. (2025)
International Journal of Care and Caring
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Use of the adult social care outcomes toolkit (ASCOT) in research studies: an international scoping review (2025)
Quality of Life Research
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Assessing the feasibility of measuring residents’ quality of life in English care homes and the construct validity and internal consistency of measures completed by staff proxy: a cross-sectional study (2025)
15, e090684
BMJ Open
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Piloting a minimum data set for older people living in care homes in England: a developmental study (2025)
Vol 54, Issue 1
Age and Ageing
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Determining the Cost-Effectiveness of Home Care: A Scoping Review (2024)
Gousia K, Teo H, Rand S, Vadean F
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The Role of Homecare in Addressing Food and Drink Care-Related Needs and Supporting Outcomes for Older Adults: An International Scoping Review (2024)
Rand S, Bertini L, Dargan A, Raats M
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Enhancing quality of life measurement: adapting the ASCOT easy read for older adults accessing social care.
Quality of Life Research
(2024)Caiels J, Rand S, Mikelyte R
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National stakeholder consultation on how to measure care home residents' quality of life
Health and Social Care Delivery Research
(2024)Akdur G, Irvine L, Rand S, Towers A-M, Webster L, Spilsbury K
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Exploratory factor analysis and Rasch analysis to assess the structural validity of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit Proxy version (ASCOT-Proxy) completed by care home staff (2024)
Rand S, Towers AM, Allan S, Webster L, Palmer S, Carroll R, Gordon A, Akdur G, Goodman C.
Quality of Life Research
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How well do the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit for Carers, Carer Experience Scale and Care-related Quality of Life capture aspects of quality of life important to informal carers in Australia? (2023)
32, 3109-3121
Quality of Life Research
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Measuring quality of life in care homes when self-report is challenging: the construct validity, structural characteristics and internal reliability consistency of the mixed-methods Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit. (2023)
52, 9, 1-8
Age and Ageing
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Developing a framework for reflection on policy-relevant care research using a study of older adults’ food and drink care-related needs (2023)
Rand S, Bertini L, Dargan A, Raats M, Sharp R
International Journal of Care and Caring
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Feasibility, validity and reliability of the ASCOT-Proxy and ASCOT-Carer among unpaid carers of people living with dementia in England (2023)
Barbora Silarova, Stacey Rand, Ann-Marie Towers, Karen Jones
Health and Quality of Life Outcome: 21,, 54
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Applying Outcomes in Community-Based Social Care Practice in England (2023)
Stacey Rand, Grace Collins, Wenjing Zhang, Alisoun Milne, Barbora Silarova
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Outcome measures from international older adult care home intervention research: a scoping review (2023)
Sarah Kelly, Andy Cowan, Gizdem Akdur, Lisa Irvine, Guy Peryer, Silje Welsh, Stacey Rand, Iain A Lang, Ann-Marie Towers, Karen Spilsbury, Anne Killett, Adam Lee Gordon, Barbara Hanratty, Liz Jones, Julienne Meyer, Claire Goodman, Jennifer Kirsty Burton
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The quality of life of older carers and the people they support: An international scoping review (2022)
Wenjing Zhang, Stacey Rand, Alisoun Milne, Grace Collins, Barbora Silarova,
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Applying a dyadic outcomes approach to supporting older carers and care-recipients: A qualitative study of social care professionals in England (2022)
Stacey Rand, Wenjing Zhang, Grace Collins, Barbora Silarova, Alisoun Milne
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Exploring theological perspectives on adult social care (2022)
Stacey Rand
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