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Pass the parcel
- Author:
- COHEN Phil
- Journal article citation:
- Health Visitor, 68(1), January 1995, p.11.
- Publisher:
- Health Visitors' Association
New guidelines from the Department of Health suggest that continuing care for the elderly moves from being part of the health service to become a means-tested social service.
Passing the buck
- Author:
- VOUSDEN Martin
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 31.8.94, 1994, p.22.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
New draft guidelines on long-term health care put the onus on social services. Looks at the debate surrounding the guidelines.
Unison submission to the national debate on care and support
- Author:
- UNISON
- Publisher:
- Unison
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report provides UNISON’s submission to the national debate on shaping the future of care and support in England to support the development of the proposed Green Paper. The focus of the debate is the need for a new system of funding for social care. UNISON argue that social care should follow the NHS model and be a universalist system, free at the point of need funded from general taxation. They also address the question of how care is provided, and raise issues around the aim of personalisation and the impact of marketisation. The report also discusses the need to develop the social care workforce and lists the following priority issues: the number of staff needed and where they will come from; skill mix, training and qualification levels; and major improvements to pay, working conditions and status required to address chronic recruitment and retention problems and to ensure a stable and committed workforce. This report lists a number of key recommendations.
Facing facts and tomorrow's reality today: the cost of care
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper looks in more detail at one of the central issues facing the future of adult social care and support: funding. Taking a broad perspective on the topic to examine three issues:the current system of funding and the current costs of care and support; the future cost of care and support; making the most of the money available. The funding debate naturally extends beyond sole considerations of money into principles regarding access and entitlement. This paper does not attempt to answer the intricate funding questions that regularly surface in conversations on adult social care. Rather it seeks to highlight some of the key issues, clarify key (and linked) problems, and offer thinking on possible options and solutions.
Notation of depression in case records of older adults in community long-term care
- Author:
- PROCTOR Enola K.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work: A journal of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), 53(3), July 2008, pp.243-253.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Although significant numbers of social service clients experience mental health problems, virtually no research has examined the responsiveness of social service agencies to mental disorder. This article examines the extent to which client depression is reflected in records of a public social service agency, community long-term care (CLTC) in the United States. Researchers assessed new, consenting CLTC clients for depression using standardized research criteria in a telephone interview. Agency case records were abstracted to determine the extent to which client depression was noted. Sensitivity and specificity of depression notation were 25.21 percent and 92.80 percent, respectively, indicating that agency records reflected depression for about one in four clients meeting depression criteria. Factors associated with accurate depression notation included cognitive impairments, low social support, psychotropic medications, and mental health treatment. The depression notation rates found are comparable to those in medical settings. Structured screening and assessment might enhance detection of mental disorder for social service clients.
Long-term care for older people: the future of social services of general interest in the European Union: discussion paper
- Author:
- HUBER Manfred
- Publisher:
- European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 47p.
- Place of publication:
- Vienna
The European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research released a discussion paper by Manfred Huber in May 2007 called "Long-term care for older people: The future of Social Services of General Interest in the European Union." While the paper acknowledges that unpaid family members provide most of the long-term care in European countries, there are also a number of public programs and services provided to adults with chronic conditions or long-term care needs. The paper examines the financial sustainability of those programs, the quality of care provided, projected staff shortages and other long-term care issues, particularly as they are affected by the aging of the European population.
Who pays?
- Authors:
- SCORE Cathy, McCABE Jenny
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 2.8.07, 2007, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Social services have been reluctant to challenge the NHS over continuing care decisions. The authors discuss whether the new eligibility framework, due to come into force in October, will change matters.
Free personal care in Scotland: recent developments
- Authors:
- BELL David, BOWES Alison, DAWSON Alison
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 64p.
- Place of publication:
- York
A report of a study into the operation of the free personal care policy in Scotland is presented. The study was based on analysis of statistical data since 2002 and a series of interviews conducted from August to October 2006 with local authorities and the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care. The report, which focuses on the local authority perspective, considers the impact, problems and limitations of the free personal care policy and suggests possible reasons for increases in demand for care. Although the policy has wide public support, local authorities report that misunderstandings remain, for example, concerning whether meal preparation is free. The study also investigates why there is variation between local authorities in controlling expenditure.
Understanding home care providers: live issues about management, quality and relationships with social services purchasers
- Author:
- PATMORE Charles
- Publisher:
- University of York. Social Policy Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 96p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This survey suggested that many Social Services Departments might soon seek to obtain all routine, long-term home care for older people from independent agencies, while reserving in-house providers for specialised roles. Such greater use of independent agencies makes particularly important the systems whereby Social Services Care Management commissions and controls their services. The report describes different approaches taken by different Authorities. It highlights areas where new, more flexible strategies are needed for purchasing care from independent agencies. Likewise it becomes more important to understand factors which affect service quality within independent agencies. The report examines independent sector dynamics - including workforce characteristics, how managers monitor care and effects from providing care to private customers alongside people funded by Social Services.
It's in the definition
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.3.03, 2003, pp.32-34.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
In 1999, an Appeal Court case ruling in the Coughlan suggested that continuing care for older and disabled people should in many cases, be paid for by the NHS. Looks at how, four years later, the confusion continues.