Terms of reference for Baroness Casey's independent commission into adult social care published

The independent commission into adult social care, headed up by Baroness Louise Casey, has published its terms of reference. It sets out the two-phase approach of the commission that will identify medium- and long-term recommendations over the next three years.

In Phase One, it will “aim to make adult social care more productive, preventative and to give people who draw on care, and their families and carers, more power in the system”. And, in Phase Two, it will “look at the model of care needed to address demographic change, how services must be organised to deliver this and discuss alternative models that could be considered in future to deliver a fair and affordable adult care system”.

While there is an emphasis on prevention, the terms of reference do not make specific mention of housing and/or technology and how they can play a part in the delivery of more preventative at home ‘care ready’ solutions. The Housing LIN has already had a conversation with the Casey Team to explain how housing and technology-enabled care interventions are already enabling self-care and planned care and support and we look forward to building on this over the two phases.

Lastly, join us at our upcoming HAPPI Hour session on 10 June when we will be exploring further the role of carers and care in housing with Carers UK, Matters Grey and a new University of Kent led research project on the benefits and costs of domiciliary care.