Research Objectives

<BODY BGCOLOR="black" BACKGROUND="back3.gif" TEXT="#1031AD" LINK=RED VLINK=BLUE> <CENTER> <TABLE WIDTH=580 BORDER=0> <TR><TD> <CENTER> <FONT SIZE=6> <FONT FACE="HELVETICA"> <B> Liverpool Home Care Prospecting Initiative <BR> LTU Prospects Project </B> </FONT> </FONT> </CENTER> <FONT COLOR=RED> <H3> Research Objectives </H3> </FONT> <P> <B> Following the Induction programme the research objectives were defined and agreed as follows. <UL> <LI>To identify if there is an unmet demand/need for quality home care/support services. <LI>To identify if users and or/others would be willing or able to purchase privately. <LI>To investigate the possibility that Income Maximisation could provide the necessary funds to purchase such services. CSAs would assist in pursuing the take up of unclaimed welfare benefits in order to achieve this aim. <LI>To investigate if demand and ability to purchase was sufficient to support new or expanded business activity providing employment for long term unemployed people without displacing existing jobs or services. <LI>To present and disseminate findings and lessons of this action research to support the wider provision of job opportunities for long term unemployed people within the city boundary. </UL> These objectives are based upon the specification document for the project. <BR> In achieving the above objectives the team endeavoured to ensure that all research was carried out in a sensitive manner. </B> </TD></TR> </TABLE> </CENTER> <B> <H5> <A HREF="xecutive.html">[Executive Summary]</A> <A HREF="bacbot.html" >[Background of the LTU]</A> <A HREF="research.html" >[Research Objectives]</A> <A HREF="conclusi.html" >[Conclusions]</A> <A HREF="recommen.html" >[Recommendations]</A> <A HREF="glossary.html">[Glossary of Terms]</A> <A HREF="lpool.html">[Liverpool Community Care Ltd]</A> </H5> </B> </BODY>