Exploring the difference made by Support at home 3 acknowledgements Special thanks to: > All the service users, staff, volunteers and referrers who participated in the interviews and discussions, who gave up their time to share their views and experiences > The service teams in our five research sites for their collaboration and participation in the research study > Our London service team, in particular Debby Mulling and Lucie Maresova, the staff at King’s College Hospital for supporting the research set-up phase and piloting of our questionnaires, and for their invaluable feedback and support > Our project interns that supported many aspects of the research during their individual three-month internships with us, from policy and literature reviewing to data collection and inputting: Catriona Burniston, Hannah Florish, Eriq Lindqvist, Domitilla Masi, Nicola Mason, Reya Shah and Gayathri Sundar > Our fieldwork team of interviewers who travelled around the areas interviewing service users in their homes: Christine Bradley, Sharon Goodridge, Clíona Hallissey, Kimberley Rennick, Antonia Shahab and Kate Steele > Jennifer Tuft for her organisational skills and support at critical points throughout the research, and Fernanda Velasco for her dedicated co-ordination in compiling the data for the analysis of Hospital Episode Statistics > Our research and policy colleagues for providing opportunities for discussion to shape the project along the way, and our Health and Social Care colleagues for their support and advice