Eskrigge Social Research: Roger Clough
Eskrigge Social Research is directed by Roger Clough, but draws on the expertise and experience of other researchers in the field.
Roger Clough is now Professor Emeritus and works independently. Formerly held the chair of Social Care at Lancaster University: the department was one of the top two social work departments for research and teaching in the UK.
Has directed large-scale projects and research on tenders won from national bodies.
Former county councillor - chair social services, vice chair finance committees. Chief Inspector of Social Services, Cumbria County Council. Established author of books and articles on social care.
Expertise in residential care (children and older people) and in social care for older people.
Set up first university validated course for older people to train as researchers: group has set up as research co-operative.
Early work - teacher/housemaster in senior boys' approved schools.
Lecturing in social work in Bristol.
Publications
5 Books as single author including:
- 2000 The Practice of Residential Work.
- 1990 Practice, Politics and Power in Social Services Departments, and
- 1981 Old Age Homes,
2 Books as joint author including:
- 2004 Housing Decisions in Later Life
- 1996 Care in Chaos: frustration and challenge in community care
Editor of 5 edited collections including:
- 1996 The Abuse of Care in Residential Institutions;
- 1994 Insights into Inspection: the regulation of social care;
- 1989 Groups and Groupings: life and work in day and residential centres.
34 chapters in books; 50 published papers and articles.
Recent chapters and articles
- 2010 Ageing: the last lap? Generations Review, April 2010.
- 2008 'We are not blaming anyone, but if we don't know about amenities, we cannot seek them out' black and minority older people's views on the quality of local health and personal social services in England, Manthorpe J., Iliffe S., Moriarty J., Cornes M., Clough R., Bright L., Rapaport J. and Older People Researching Social Issues (OPRSI), Ageing & Society 29, 2009, 93Ð113
- 2008 Can clinicians benefit from patient satisfaction surveys? Evaluating the NSF for Older People, 2005Ð2006, Iliffe S., Wilcock J., Manthorpe J., Moriarty J., Cornes M., Clough R., Bright L. and Older People Researching Social Issues (OPRSI) J R Soc Med 2008: 101: 598Ð604. DOI 10.1258/jrsm.2008.080103
- 2008 Local People, Local Services: Consultation on Social Care in Lancashire, Chorley: Age Concern Lancashire
- 2008 Home Improvement, Society Guardian, 09.01.2008
- 2008 Residential Child Care's Heritage - and its Future, Children's webmag, April 1st
- 2008 What do we want from care homes? The Relatives & Residents Association Newsletter Summer 2008
- 2008 Learning from the past, creating a better future in Philpot T. (ed.) Residential Care: A Positive Future, New Malden: The Residential Forum
- 2007 An inspector calls: adult protection in the context of the NSFOP review, Manthorpe J., Cornes M., Moriarty J., Rapaport J., Iliffe S., Wilcock J., Clough R., Bright L., Rapaport J. and Older People Researching Social Issues (OPRSI), The Journal of Adult Protection Volume 9 Issue 1 March
- 2007 'There Are Wonderful Social Workers but it's a Lottery': Older People's Views about Social Workers, Jill Manthorpe, Jo Moriarty, Joan Rapaport, Roger Clough, Michelle Cornes, Les Bright, Steve Iliffe, and OPRSI (Older People Researching Social Issues), British Journal of Social Work, Advance Access published on February 9, 2007; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl379
- 2007 Four years on: The impact of the National Service Framework for Older People on the experiences, expectations and views of older people, Jill Manthorpe; Roger Clough; Michelle Cornes; Les Bright; Jo Moriarty; Steve Iliffe; OPRSI (Older People Researching Social Issues) Age and Ageing 2007; doi: 10.1093/ageing/afm078
- 2005 Residential care in Axford, N., Berry, V., Little, M. and Morpeth, L. eds) (2005) Forty Years of Research, Policy and Practice in Children's Services: a festschrift for Roger Bullock, Chichester: Wiley
- 2004 Inspections and Inquiries (with Manthorpe J.) in Manthorpe J and Stanley N. (eds) The Age of the Inquiry, London: Routledge
You can contact Roger Clough through Eskrigge Social Research.