Case Study: Impact of Disability and Long-Term Conditions

This research project investigates the impact of living with disability and long-term conditions, focusing on a case study of Nuffield Health. The report begins with an introduction defining disability and long-term conditions, highlighting their impact on various aspects of a person's life, and introducing Nuffield Health as a provider of relevant services. Chapter 1 outlines the research proposal, including background, rationale, aims, objectives, and research questions, along with a brief literature review. The project also covers factors influencing research selection, such as cost, resources, communication, and risk. Chapter 2 presents a research diary detailing the investigation process. Chapter 3 focuses on analysis, including evaluation techniques and interpretation of results, along with recommendations for further consideration. Finally, chapter 4 includes a peer-to-peer viva with a transcript. The report emphasizes the importance of communication and resources in addressing the research questions and highlights the role of Nuffield Health in supporting individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions.

Research Project

Table of Contents
TOPIC: ............................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Chapter 1: Research Proposal and Short Literature Review............................................................1
1.1 Formulate and record possible research project outline specifications............................1
1.2 Factors that contribute to the process of research project selection.................................2
1.3 Critical review of key references......................................................................................3
1.4 Research project specification by developing a relevant Research Methodology..........4
1.5 Appropriate plan and procedures for the agreed research specification...........................5
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2.1 Resources efficiently to the research question or hypothesis...........................................6
Chapter 2: Research Diary...............................................................................................................7
2.2 Undertake the proposed research investigation in accordance with the agreed specification
and procedures........................................................................................................................7
2.3 Record and collate relevant data where appropriate.........................................................8
Chapter 3: Analysis.........................................................................................................................9
3.1 Appropriate research evaluation techniques.....................................................................9
3.2 Interpret and analyse the results in terms of the original research specification ...........10
3.3 Make recommendations and justify areas for further consideration..............................13
Chapter 4: Peer-to-Peer Viva with Transcript..............................................................................14
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................15

TOPIC:
“To identify the impact of Living with disability and long term conditions. A case study
on Nuffield Health”.
INTRODUCTION
Disability is an illness, condition or injury that makes it more difficult for different
person to do the things that other person do. A long-term conditions is introduced as an illness
that cannot be processed but can usually be handled with medicines and many other treatments.
There are some long-term conditions such as asthma, arthritis, heart failure, diabetes,
hypertension, angina and so on. All these have high impact on different areas of patients life
(Bailly and et. al., 2015). These may cover uspatient's ability to work, family, relationship,
education needs, accommodation and finances. Disability includes different mental and physical
impairments that can decrease or hamper an individual's ability to execute their day to day
activities. It can impact capacity of person to interact and communicate with each other.
Therefore, both long term conditions and living with disability impact on a person's health. For
this report, chosen health and social care organization is Nuffield Health, it was founded in 1957
by Steve Gray and mainly specialize in providing of different products or services namely
nutritional therapy, Hospitals, medical centres, health clinics, rehabilitation centres,
physiotherapy, fitness and wellbeing gyms, occupational health, employee wellbeing etc.
Chapter 1: Research Proposal and Short Literature Review
1.1 Formulate and record possible research project outline specifications.
Background of the research: Disability is refer as a permanent illness, injury, mental or
physical situation that tends to control the way that some people can live their life (Carrier,
2015). There are different types of disabilities such as vision impairment, mental health
conditions, deaf or hard of hearing, intellectual disability, autism brain injury, physical disability
etc. All this type of disability are highly impact on individual's health and life. Long term
conditions are refer as a type of conditions for which there is actually no cure, and which are
handed with drugs and many other treatment. For this Nuffield Health organization play vital
role by providing appropriate care and treatment to user who face such type of problem.
Rational of research: Main reason behind selecting this topic is to identify the impact of
living with disabilities and long term conditions for an individual (Magasi and et. al., 2015). In
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order to analyze information about such topic, an investigator need to conduct a research which
will help them to overcome such problem effectively.
Research aim: Main aim of this research is:
“To investigate the consequences of Living with disability and long term conditions on the
life of a person. A study on Nuffield Health”.
Research Objectives: It is another important part of the research in which researcher
prepare some objectives as per the research aim (Chatterji and et. al., 2015). Some main and
essential research objectives are determined as under:
 To analyze the concept of long term condition on patients.
 To investigate the consequences of living with disability for an individual.
 To identify consequences of Living with disability and long term conditions on the life of
person. To evaluate different ways through which Nuffield Health organization help person to
fight with against the disability in long run.
Research Questions: It is another essential part which is completely based on research
objectives (Edwards and et. al., 2015). Thus, according to research objectives some useful
questions are frame which are determined as under:
 What are the basic idea of Living with disability and long term conditions?
 What are the impact of long term condition on patients?
 What are the different ways through which Nuffield Health organization help person to
fight with long term condition and living with disability issue?
1.2 Factors that contribute to the process of research project selection.
In research project specification, different number of factors are includes which are
determined as under:
Cost: It introduces the amount of capital which an health and social care organization
need to spend for implementing different technology with purpose to treating health related issue
easily and safely (Falvo and Holland, 2017). For completion of this project, project manager
need accurate fund so that positive result can be accomplishing. Approx cost that may incur for
this research is 30 - 40 dollars.
Resources: This identify the data regarding different resources that are highly needed by
Nuffield Health for completing research project with more effective manner. This cover different
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resources such a technical expertise, financial resources, computer system, web designer and
developer, software manager and so on (Crichton and et. al., 2016).
Communication: It is another important resource which is require by the project manager
to communicate all information with their team members (Krahn, Walker and Correa-De-Araujo,
2015). In cover meetings, presentation, mails etc.
Risk: This part determine regading the risk or issue that are involve in project of health
and social care such as loss of human life, lack of time or cost etc.
1.3 Critical review of key references
It is a identify as an important and essential part in which different number of authors are
give their opinion about the research topic. In this section, all research objectives are address
with effective way.
Basic concept of long term condition on patients
As per Turner and et. al., (2015), long term condition is more prevalent or common in
older people approximately 58% of people over 60 compared to 14% under age group of 40. care
and treatment for large number of person with long term conditions is identified to take up
approximately £7 in every around £10 of total H&S care expenditure (Long term condition,
2018). On the other hand, approximately 9% of children aged 11-15 and 8% of young adults
aged 16 to 24 were classified as disabled. In this Equity act 2010 describe disability as a mental
or physical impairment that has long term and substantial effect on an individual's capability to
do daily activities.
Concequences of long term condition and living with disability on patients
As per the point of view of Bailly and et. al., (2015) Long term conditions will impact
many area of a person. This may cover it ability to work, education requirement,
accommodation, family relationship etc. Living with long term condition and disability can have
a tremendous effect on many aspects of an individual's life. Repeated medications and
appointments take a toll on both mental and physical health. Along with this, work ability and
progress professionally is affected by long time of disability or absence, impacting self-esteem,
housing and fiance. Meanwhile, friendship and family ties can be changed dramatically,
specially if they take on caring responsibilities and feel unsupported. Long term condition also
place a large pressure on the system of health, with approximately 70 percent of national health
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and social care spend on around 30 percent of population who have long term condition (The
impact of disability and multiple long-term conditions, 2018).
Different ways through which Nuffield Health organization help person to fight with long
term condition and living with disability issue.
According to the Carrier, (2015) there are different ways used by the Nuffield Health
organization to support those patients who have one of more disability and long term conditions
issue. For the health and social care enterprises apply some some ways which are determined as
under:
Engaging with patients: It is identify as one of the best way which is used by the health
care to identify feeling of patients (Managing the psychological effects of long-term conditions,
2018). There are different reasons about this such as its own limitation or embarrassment in what
they trust. With the help of this company can easily support patient to fight with such type of
issue.
Provide regular treatment: This is introduce as another important way which is applied
by the health care. In this, they provide regular treatment and checkup services to those patients
who has disability and long term conditions.
1.4 Research project specification by developing a relevant Research Methodology
There are different methods of research methodology which is used by the researcher to
collect accurate amount of information from the respondents. Some methods are described as
under:
Research philosophy: There are basically two types of philosophy such as interpretivism
and positivism (Makizako and et. al., 2015). According to the topic, interpretivism philosophy
will be applied which will support in analyzing information effectively. Positivism philosophy is
not suitable for carrying out research in appropriate manner.
Data collection: For collecting accurate information from the respondents, there are
mainly two types of data collection source such as primary and secondary. In case of primary
source, researcher need to prepare a questioning which will assist in accumulating relevant data
about the topic from the participants. On the other side, under secondary source, investigator use
different journals, articles, books, publication research and many other tools to collect
appropriate data of research topic from the respondents.
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Research design: This section of the research methodology is classified into three parts
namely descriptive, experimental and exploratory. Both are useful design but according to
research topic, descriptive design is more suitable and appropriate for researcher to derived valid
conclusion.
Research approach: This part of the methodology is classified into two parts such as
deductive and inductive. Both are appropriate and useful approach but according to topic
inductive approach is used. This approach helps an investigator to accumulate accurate
information and drive valid conclusion for the research.
1.5 Appropriate plan and procedures for the agreed research specification.
For the agreed research specification, appropriate plan and procedures required by the
researcher (Mossabir and et. al., 2015). For this Gantt Chart introduce as an effective and
appropriate method for identifying the opening and closing time period of project. In addition,
Gantt chart introduce to a horizontal bar chart which gives a graphical illustration of research
activity schedule that support a project manager in coordinating, planning and tracking particular
task within this project.
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2.1 Resources efficiently to the research question or hypothesis.
Communication and cost are identifying as one of the main sources for the project. Both
source help the researcher to address research questions or hypothesis in an effective and
appropriate manner (Smith, Cheater and Bekker, 2015). With the help of communication, project
manager is able to communicate entire information about the topic to their staff members. On the
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other hand, cost is also identifying as essential and appropriate resource because it will help an
investigator to complete each and every activity of research in given cost and systematically.
Chapter 2: Research Diary
2.2 Undertake the proposed research investigation in accordance with the agreed specification
and procedures.
Research diary
Research diary refers to collection of every activities done by an individual at the time of
conducting authentic research.
Week 1
Targeted work days
Market research 71 days of starting week
Analysation of consequences of Living with
disability and long term conditions on the life
of a person.
Remaining 22 days
Work done Days
Topic selection: Life of disable person is hard
as they can not many things which a disable
free person can do. To identify their life and
effect of disability in long term, after thorough
analysis of disable person, I have decided my
topic of research i.e., Impact of Living with
disability and long term conditions. It took 2
days to select topic of my research.
In starting 5 days of first week
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Approval of tutor: After deciding topic of my
research, now I have to show it to the tutor so
that they can give their approval of it. But
before going to them, I have made aims and
objectives of my research. My tutor took 1 day
to analyse the topic as they have analysed the
credibility and durability of topic.
3 days.
Setting aims and objectives:
It took me 3 days to set aims and objectives of
research as I have to cover every aspect of
topic.
4 Days
Development of literature review
After getting approval from my tutor,
now I have to read information and data about
it so to understand the concept clearly. Various
resources have been used by me like books,
journals, online sites, magazines, research
paper etc. Seven days is required by me to read
various findings which is already done on this
topic.
10 days
Week 2
Targeted work days
Market research 71 days of ending week
Analysation of consequences of Living with
disability and long term conditions on the life
of a person.
Remaining 31 days
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Work done Days
I did market research to identifying the
consequences of Living with disability and
long term conditions on the life of a person.
For this I need to develop methodology and
different methods to collect accurate data about
the topic.
It is a process which is used to select,
analyse, process and identify detailed
information regarding a particular topic.
Basically, there are two methods to carry out a
research i.e. primary and secondary method.
Primary method helps in collecting raw data
and information which haven't published
before. Secondary method involves collection
of required information with the help of books,
magazines, internet, journals etc. In this
research, primary method is used as it is more
effective and results in better outcomes during
a research. Primary research can be carried out
through surveys, questionnaire, observations
and focus groups. In this research,
questionnaire is used as it helps in
acknowledging opinions of people
appropriately.
In 15 days
I did market research and analysis data about
the topic. Data analysis is the procedure of 12 days.
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cleansing, modelling and transforming data
with the aim of collecting useful information.
There are different kind of data analysis like
descriptive, regression, neural, thematic and
others. In this research thematic analysis is
used so that overall summery of research can
be acknowledged properly.
From all research methods which can be used,
primary method is best to gather raw
information. This is because it results in
acknowledging opinions of people in a desired
way. By using thematic data analysis, complete
summary of research can be acknowledged
which is very beneficial for researcher I saving
time.
In order to conduct valid conclusion I require
minimum 3 days.
At last I submit my research project. 1 days
In preparing above diary, researcher gain different knowledge about the topic,
respondents response, impact of long term conditions and so on. Along with this, researcher
improve their management skill by completing each and every activity in given time period.
During market research, I was asked different questions to the selected respondents about the
topic. This process increase confidence level and management skill of researcher.
2.3 Record and collate relevant data where appropriate.
This comprises to be an essential section of research study that gives a proper direction to
the investigator to collect reliable and original information for the completion of research
activities. In this specific exploration work information has been collected via primary sources of
data collection as in this an effective questionnaire is being developed that covers entire research
aims and objectives systematically (Davidson and et. al., 2015). This part of research is mainly
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