Xuemeng Li

Thesis

Thesis supervisors

Professor Yvonne Birks

Dr Phillip Whitehead

Thesis topic

Processes, experiences and outcomes for older adults who self-fund housing adaptations.

Thesis summary

This study will explore the processes, experiences and outcomes for older adults who self-fund, or are deemed able to self-fund, housing adaptations. It will be linked with a large multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial (BATH-OUT-2) which is examining the clinical and cost-effectiveness of major housing adaptations to bathing facilities. Possible phases include: 1) a review of the literature on self-funding with applied links to the housing adaptations literature, 2) qualitative interviews with self-funding older adults and other members of their household, 3) collection of outcome measures for comparison with outcomes collected in the BATH-OUT-2 study, and 4) analysis of outcome measures from other existing cohort studies.