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Election '97: information for owners, managers, staff and residents of residential care and nursing homes
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Briefing paper on how to enable older people in residential care to vote.
Under inspection: a research project into how inspection of residential care homes for older people is perceived by residents, relatives and managers
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 55p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Appraisal of the way Inspection and Registration Units function in relation to residential care for older people.
Being cared for: a discussion document about older people with depression living at home
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Initial report from a research project looking at the quality of life of older people with depression living in the community, and at the services they are receiving and the kind of services they should be getting.
From home to a home: a study of older people's hopes, expectations and experiences of residential care
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 43p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report showing that older people, when considering the qualities they would most look for when moving into residential care, value choice and an input into what is provided over anything else. They also valued independence, privacy and being allowed to keep some of their own furniture.
Smarter spending for better care: ten ideas to make better use of social care funding for older people and carers
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- London
With the budgetary pressures facing local authorities in England, it is important to identify how better value for money could be achieved from current spending on social care. The drive for efficiencies should not be at the detriment of older people with care and support needs and their families and carers. This document provides 10 ideas to make better use of current social care funding while improving quality of care and experiences for older people and their carers. It argues that better value for money could be achieved by re-focusing resources on: providing easily accessible advice, information and advocacy; recognising the key role that families and carers play; specialist independent financial advice; supporting people to stay or move where they want to be in later life; integration of housing, health and care; new technology (telecare and telehealth); personalisation (making sure care is focused on the person); prevention, early intervention and homechecks; volunteering and intergenerational work; and dementia drugs and treatments. These ideas could result in the delivery of better care at the same time as saving up to £3 billion.
Care home handbook
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 56p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 4th ed.
Handbook providing information to service users and their carers about the issues around deciding on a care home, finding and paying for one, and living in a care home. Sections cover: Making a decision about care; Choosing a care home; Paying for a care home; Living in a care home, and Making a complaint. The final section provides a list of organisations that can provide further information and advice. Content is relevant for people in England and Wales.
Care home handbook
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 56p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
Provides information to service users and their carers about the issues around deciding on a care home, finding and paying for one, and living in a care home.
The real cost of quality care and support
- Authors:
- NATIONAL CARE FORUM, COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- National Care Forum; Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- Coventry
The findings of a survey of National Care Forum (NCF) member organisations to explore the issues of quality and cost in the provision of care and support services are presented. A total 189 care homes and 21 home care services responded to the survey. The key findings are briefly summarised under the following themes: the views of people who use services and their families; putting relationship-centred care into practice; effective leadership and management; learning and development; valuing and rewarding staff; service innovation; and income and costs.
Assessment and services from your local council
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- London
User-friendly factsheet intended for enquirers, and directly relevant to older people, their families and carers. This item deals with assessment and services from local councils.
Hospital discharge
- Author:
- COUNSEL AND CARE
- Publisher:
- Counsel and Care
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- London
User-friendly factsheet intended for enquirers, and directly relevant to older people, their families and carers. This item deals with hospital care and patient discharge.