WRVS: delivering the preventative social care agenda

Author:
BERRY Lynne
Journal article citation:
Journal of Care Services Management, 4(2), January 2010, pp.150-156.
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis

This article starts by outlining the importance of increased prevention investment and produces a series of evidence that emphasises how preventative approaches improve the quality of life of older people, whilst providing value for money. It describes prevention in this context as: giving older people respect for who they are; giving older people the feeling they are in control; having people older people trust around them; and giving older people the help they want, when they need it. After providing simple statistics outlining the success, this article moves on to illustrate, through personal stories, how the work of the Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS) sits at the heart of delivering the preventative social care agenda. The paper ends by putting out a question for debate: what will the entitlement to preventative support mean in practice in a reformed social care system?

Subject terms:
older people, prevention, quality of life, social care, social care provision, voluntary organisations, volunteers, charities, cost effectiveness;
Content type:
practice example
Location(s):
England
Link:
Journal home page
ISSN online:
1750-1687
ISSN print:
1750-1679

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