Kate Baxter is a Senior Research Fellow in the Social Policy Research Unit (SPRU), part of the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at the University of York. Since joining SPRU in 2005, Kate’s research has centred on social care for adults and older people, home care, personal budgets and, more recently, self-funders. Recent projects have focussed on self-funders’ information needs and financial advice about paying for social care; the interface between social care and discharges from hospital; and integrated personal commissioning.