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Assessment denied?: council responsibilities towards self-funders moving into care
- Authors:
- DALLEY Gillian, MANDELSTAM Michael
- Publisher:
- Relatives and Residents Association
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 40p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Self-funders seeking help and information about moving into care are neglected by the system. Older people thinking of moving into residential care are often shocked by the complexity of care needs assessment and entitlements that faces them when they first make an attempt to negotiate their way through the social care system. This report explores the experiences of people who have to meet the costs of care themselves (self-funders) when they seek help from their local authority and sets out the legal position as to what they have a right to expect.
How do we care?: the availability of registered care homes and childrens homes in England and their performance against National Minimum Standards 2002-03
- Authors:
- DALLEY Gillian, et al
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office,|National Care Standards Commission
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 60p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report, issued under section 7 of the Care Standards Act 2000, is one of a series looking at specific topics. It examines the availability of care homes for older people and younger adults and children’s homes in England and examines their performance in relation to the National Minimum Standards. The report is based on registration information up to October 2003 and inspection data gathered during 2002-03, the Commission’s first year of operation.
National care home standards - issues of quality and size
- Author:
- DALLEY Gillian
- Journal article citation:
- Working with Older People, 3(2), April 1999, pp.21-23.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Discusses the new National Required Standards for Residential and Nursing Homes for Older People which are being drawn up by the Centre for Policy on Ageing. Goes on to look at why care home proprietors fighting against the proposed standards on minimum room size are being short sighted.
Trained to care?: investigating the skills and competencies of care assistants in homes for older people
- Authors:
- DALLEY Gillian, DENNISS Michael
- Publisher:
- Centre for Policy on Ageing
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 69p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Current government initiatives around raising the quality of care recognise the need for properly trained staff at all levels. Although care assistants provide the bulk of care in homes, little is known about the type and the extent of their training and qualifications. This report sets out to provide a clearer picture of training provision across the care home sector and to explore some of the problems associated with improving the position in England and Wales. In particular it addresses the following key topics: the range and type of training available to care homes how far the status and size of a home influences the type and extent of training that it provides what influences decisions to provide training the demonstrable or perceived benefits of training the number of care assistants currently trained or qualified The findings reveal great variation. There are some homes which provide little or no training while others have well-developed strategies. There are also some glaring gaps in the range of training undertaken; and while there is little idea of the cost of training, many homes argue that they cannot offer training because of the cost. This study provides an assessment of the state of training within the residential care sector.
Owning independence in retirement: the role and benefits of private sheltered housing for older people
- Author:
- DALLEY Gillian
- Publisher:
- Centre for Policy on Ageing
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 66p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Provides an overview of current policy an practice relating to private sheltered housing for older people, and considers the characteristics of the ageing population, trends in housing provision, and salient issues in planning policy. With the growth of older people, particularly the 'older old', and with changing living patterns the number of people in supported accommodation is growing, and is likely to grow further over the next twenty years. Private sheltered housing is going to be a significant and increasingly important player. Contents include: older people now and in the future;the income and resources of older people; developments in the field of sheltered housing; changing preferences in living arrangements: demographic, cultural and scion-economic issues; public policy relating to housing, health and social care for older people.
Estimating demand pressures arising from need for social services for older people
- Authors:
- CARR-HILL Roy, DALLEY Gillian
- Publisher:
- University of York. Centre for Health Economics
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 47p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- York
Looks at the increasing demand for health and social services generated by greater numbers of older people and at current capacities for meeting this demand. Examines funding issues, including the problems created by the STG (Special Transitional Grant) made to local authorities after the introduction of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990.