Residential Forum was founded in 1994 on the initiative of Dame Gillian Wagner and with the support of the National Institute for Social Work. Its purpose is to promote the achievement of high standards of care for children and adults in nursing homes, residential homes and schools, and to contribute to improving the quality of service to the public. Members of the Forum are people of standing and experience drawn from the public, private and voluntary sectors, as well as some who can speak for service users and carers.

This new book ‘Residential Care – A Positive Future’ draws on the experience and knowledge of a range of leading practitioners, policy makers and practitioners, offers new perspectives in looking at future possibilities and attempting to see how challenges can be met.

It also considers the achievements of residential care and its place in a modern system of social care if those who use services are to be offered choice in a meaningful sense.
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The Residential Forum has produced booklets covering the residential care of ‘older peolple’, ‘younger adults’ and children and young people and the ‘workforce’.
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