Dr Robin Darton

Senior Research Fellow

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Research Interests

Robin Darton is a Senior Research Fellow at the PSSRU at the University of Kent. He has a background in psychology and statistics, and has worked on a range of research projects concerning health and social services provision for older people, including several major surveys of care homes. He was awarded a PhD by Published Works in 2015. Between 2003 and 2011 he was part of the PSSRU team commissioned by the Department of Health to evaluate extra care housing schemes supported by the Extra Care Housing Fund, and was a member of the University of Sheffield/PSSRU team that developed the EVOLVE tool for the evaluation and assessment of extra care housing design, funded by the EPSRC.

Since 2012 he has been working with colleagues from the Universities of Bristol and Worcester, Housing and Care 21 and the Housing Learning and Improvement Network on the Adult Social Services Environments and Settings (ASSET) and the Provision of Social Care in Extra Care Housing (ECHO) studies, which were funded by the Department of Health’s NIHR School for Social Care Research to explore the provision and delivery of adult social care in housing with care schemes in England.

Robin Darton's Publications

Journal Articles

Journal Article

Incentives and deterrents to the supply of long-term care for the elderly in England: Evidence and experience in two local authorities (2021)

S Allan, R Darton

Social Policy and Society, 1-12

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Journal Article

Extra Care Housing: The Current State of Research and Prospects for the Future (2021)

R Darton

Social Policy and Society 21, 2, 292-303

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Journal Article

Can extra care housing support the changing needs of older people living with dementia? (2020)

Simon Chester Evans, Teresa Atkinson, Ailsa Cameron, Eleanor K Johnson, Randall Smith, Robin Darton, Jeremy Porteus, Liz Lloyd

Dementia 19, 5, 1492-1508

Sage

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Journal Article

Reflections on Cross-Cultural Comparison of the Impact of Housing Modification/Adaptation for Supporting Older People at Home: A Discussion (2020)

Peace S, Darton R

Journal of Aging and Environment 34, 2, 210-231

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Cross-Cultural Comparison of the Impact of Housing Modification/Adaptation for Supporting Older People at Home: An Introduction (2020)

Peace S, Darton R

Journal of Aging and Environment 34, 2, 104-109

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‘You have got to stick to your times’: Care workers and managers’ experiences of working in extra care housing (2020)

Cameron A, Johnson, E, Evans S, Lloyd E, Darton R, Smith R, Porteus J, Atkinson T

28, 2, 396-403

Wiley

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Journal Article

Ageing in extra-care housing: preparation, persistence and self-management at the boundary between the third and fourth age (2019)

Johnson, E, Cameron A, Lloyd E, Evans S, Darton R, Smith R, Atkinson T, Porteus J

Ageing & Society , 1-21

Cambridge University Press

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Journal Article

Using longitudinal qualitative research to explore extra care housing (2019)

Cameron A, Johnson, E, Lloyd E, Evans S, Smith R, Porteus J, Darton R, Atkinson T

Informa UK Limited, Taylor & Francis Group

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Journal Article

Outcomes-based commissioning for social care in extra care housing: is there a future? (2017)

Smith R, Atkinson T, Cameron A, Darton R, Evans S, Johnson E, Lloyd E, Porteus J

Housing, Care and Support 20, 2

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Journal Article

A community hub approach to older people’s housing (2017)

Evans S, Atkinson T, Darton R, Cameron A, Netten A, Smith R, Porteus J

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults 18, 1, 20-32

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Journal Article

Creating the asset base – a review of literature and policy on housing with care (2014)

Atkinson T, Evans S, Darton R, Cameron A, Porteus J, Smith R

Housing, Care and Support 17, 1, 16-25

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Journal Article

The relationship between building design and residents' quality of life in extra care housing schemes (2013)

Orrell A, McKee K, Torrington J, Barnes S, Darton R, Netten A, Lewis A

Health and Place 21, 52-64

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Journal Article

Great expectations: feedback from relatives and residents (2012)

Darton, R

Nursing and Residential Care 14, 10, 534-538

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Journal Article

Does the design of extra-care housing meet the needs of the residents? A focus group study (2012)

Barnes S, Torrington J, Darton R, Holder J, Lewis A, McKee K, Netten A, Orrell A

Ageing and Society 32, 7, 1193-1214

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Journal Article

Deciding to move into extra care housing: residents’ views (2012)

Bäumker T, Callaghan L, Darton R, Holder J, Netten A, Towers A

Ageing and Society 32, 7, 1215-1245

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Journal Article

The characteristics of residents in extra care housing and care homes in England (2012)

Darton R, Bäumker T, Callaghan L, Holder J, Netten A, Towers A

Health and Social Care in the Community 20, 1, 87-96

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Journal Article

Study of Care Home Residents' and Relatives' Expectations and Experiences. (2011)

Darton R

Registered Nursing Home Association

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Journal Article

Improving housing with care choices for older people: The PSSRU evaluation of extra care housing (2011)

Darton R, Bäumker T, Callaghan L, Netten A

Housing, Care and Support 14, 3, 77-82

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Journal Article

Development costs and funding of extra care housing (2011)

Bäumker T, Darton R, Netten A, Holder J

Public Money and Management 31, 6, 411-418

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Journal Article

Evaluating Extra Care Housing in England for older people: A comparative cost and outcome analysis with residential care (2011)

Bäumker T, Netten A, Darton R, Callaghan L

Journal of Service Science and Management 4, 4, 523-539

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