There have been increasing calls for innovation in the social care sector – and home care specifically – as a means of creating sustainable improvements in care quality and supply. However, though presented as a solution to the ‘crisis in home care’, the concept of innovation is inconsistently defined and examples presented often are neither ‘new’ nor neither ‘new’ nor capable of demonstrating significant change or improvement. This conversation explores how innovation in the field of home care is conceptualised, including the barriers and drivers to innovate, and some of the key trends in the innovation literature and in practice.
Please join us for what will be a thought provoking conversation on innovation in home care.

About the speakers
Dr Cate Goodlad is a Research Associate at the Centre for International Research on Care, Labour & Equalities, University of Sheffield
Dr Kate Hamblin is Co-Investigator and a Sustainable Care Research Fellow at the Centre for International Research on Care, Labour & Equalities, University of Sheffield
Dr Karla Zimpel-Leal is an UKRI Innovation Fellow at the Centre for International Research on Care, Labour & Equalities, University of Sheffield