Evidence to inform the commissioning of day centres for older people

Authors:
ORELLANA Katharine, MANTHORPE Jill, TINKER Anthea
Publisher:
King's College London. Institute of Gerontology
Publication year:
2017
Pagination:
2
Place of publication:
London

This briefing summarises the findings of research into the role and purpose of generalist day centres for older people. The results show that day centres result in benefits for older people attending centres, their family carers and centre volunteers. These include enriching the lives of socially isolated people who were unable to go out without support and improvements in the quality of life for family carers. In addition, day centres can provide access to information and support, monitoring of health and wellbeing and signposting to health and care services. The study also identified the potential for their development and optimisation to improve older people’s health and wellbeing, support carers and maximise the impact of health and social care services. The briefing highlights the implications of the findings for commissioners, which include the need to look beyond the obvious costs when commissioning or reviewing day centre provision. (Edited publisher abstract)

Subject terms:
day centres, older people, carers, quality of life, social isolation, commissioning, outcomes, wellbeing, very old people;
Content type:
research
Location(s):
England
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