Employing personal assistants during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons for social care practice
Kritika Samsi In progress
Kritika Samsi In progress
What happened to people employing their own care workers or Personal Assistants (PAs) during the Coronavirus pandemic? How did they manage? Did they stop this support; adjust to new ways of care and support; and have they restarted their PA or done something different? Did their local council contact them with advice, or was other information available? This study, focusing on the experiences of people employing their own care workers, will help answer these questions.
The objective of this study is to provide evidence of the experiences of people employing their own care workers (Personal Assistants) during and after the COVID-19 pandemic to inform and improve care practice.
The study aims to:
People who employ PAs about their experiences during the time of lockdown and beyond will be interviewed (70 individual employers (care users) and family members (if they are the employer because their relative cannot manage these arrangements)), to learn from their experiences. People from 5-6 brokerage or support agencies that help people find possible PAs, or support PA employers, will also be interviewed.