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Range and Capacity Review Group: second report: the future care of older people in Scotland
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Executive Range and Capacity Review Group
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 72p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This is the second and final report from the Scottish Executive Health Department’s Range and Capacity Review Group The National Delayed Discharge Action Plan (March 2002) highlighted the need to carry out a range and capacity review of community care services for older people, and led to the establishment of this Range and Capacity Review Group. The first report of the Group Projections of community care service users, workforce and costs was published on 16 July 2004. This was modelling work that presented 7 scenarios and then, for each of these scenarios, set out statistical projections of the numbers of community care service users and of workforce and cost implications at a Scotland level up to 2019. It did not set the context for care, nor did it make recommendations about the way forward. These matters are addressed in this report. This report does not provide, as some might have expected, a detailed analysis of the different models that were outlined in the Group’s first report. As the work progressed it quickly became apparent that the national review group could not decide what should happen at local level. Of the scenarios in the first report, scenario 7 (the joint future model) is the one that fits best with the direction of policy and practice in Scotland. But the way in which a joint future model is delivered in one area will be different from that in another area, because of the mix of existing services (and their inter-action, of which more is said later about a whole systems approach), and the local population and geography. This report therefore sets out: the group's understanding of the big problems, the context in the light of recent, major reports (notably Building a Health Service Fit for the Future (the Kerr Report), Delivering for Health, Better Outcomes for Older People, and the 21st Century Social Work Review), and a vision for care for the increasing ageing population in years to come. The report is therefore neither an action plan nor a model of care, but it sets out principles, a vision for care that has to be worked out in detail at local level.
Caregivers of frail elders: updating a national profile
- Authors:
- WOLFF Jennifer L., KASPER Judith D.
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 46(3), June 2006, pp.344-=356.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
In this American study data are drawn from the 1989 and 1999 National Long-Term Care Survey and Informal Caregiver Survey to develop nationally representative profiles of disabled older adults and their primary informal caregivers at two points in time. The proportion of chronically disabled community-dwelling older adults who were receiving informal assistance from family or friends declined over the period of interest, whereas the proportion receiving no human help increased. On average, recipients of informal care were older and more disabled in 1999 than in 1989. Primary caregivers were children (41.3%), spouses (38.4%), and other family or friends (20.4%); children were more likely and others less likely to serve as primary caregivers in 1999 relative to 1989. Primary caregivers provided frequent and high levels of help at both points in time. A striking increase was found (from 34.9% to 52.8%) in the proportion of primary caregivers working alone, without secondary caregiver involvement. In the context of projected demographic trends and budgetary constraints to public health insurance programs, these data underscore the importance of identifying viable strategies to monitor and support family caregivers in the coming years.
Systematic searching on the AgeInfo database
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, TAYLOR Brian J., et al
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
AgeInfo and six other databases relevant to social work were searched in order to identify relevant published studies on a specific question regarding decisions about admission of older people to homes in the community. The search was confined to research or reviews of research published in English-language, peer reviewed journals between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 2003. The outcome of the searches were compared in terms of sensitivity, precision and the number of relevant articles that were unique to a particular database. AgeInfo was found to be a professional database with a range of useful facilities. While not in the top league with Medline, Cinahl or PsycINFO in terms of facilities or size, it is of a comparable standard to other databases used in this study.
Good practice guidelines for UK clinical psychology training providers for the training and consolidation of clinical practice in relation to older people
- Authors:
- PSIGE, BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY
- Publisher:
- British Psychological Society
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- Leicester
Nearly a fifth (19.5 per cent) of people in the UK are aged 65 or older. They are consumers of 50 per cent of health and social care spending. Older people have at least equivalent rates of psychological distress generally as compared to younger people and show significant levels of depression and suicide as well as dementia. However, just over five per cent of the Clinical Psychology workforce specialises in work with older adults (DoH and BPS National Workforce Survey 2003) and fewer than 10 per cent of clinical psychology contacts are with older people (DOH), reflecting historical imbalances in resource allocation, under diagnosis and under treatment. The recent Workforce Survey of Applied Psychologists conducted jointly by the British Psychological Society and the Department of Health showed no proportionate growth in services to older people over the last decade.
Financial exclusion among older people
- Author:
- ANDREW IRVING ASSOCIATES
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report considers the nature and impact of financial exclusion among older people. The report highlights the challenges presented for older people by the move to direct payment of benefits, the shift towards chip and pin, and the increasing use of telephone and internet banking.
Older people's housing: policy, performance and practice
- Author:
- NATIONAL HOUSING FEDERATION
- Publisher:
- National Housing Federation
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 72p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In the last few years there has been an unprecedented level of interest across Government in Britain's ageing population and the challenges this presents for all aspects of society. One in three households living in social housing is headed by someone of pensionable age. Housing providers have to look at both the needs and aspirations of today's older population and at future markets.
Older people and suicide
- Author:
- BEESTON Derek
- Publisher:
- Care Services Improvement Partnership
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 69p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
The report concludes: People over 65 are the group most likely to carry out a threat of suicide in primary care, with almost one in four attempts resulting in death; People over the age of 65 are more successful than any other age group at taking their own lives; Two thirds of older people who take their own life have been in touch with a primary care professional in the weeks before their death ; Depression in older people is treatable and can be successfully managed.
Calling the question of "possible dying" among nursing home residents: triggers, barriers, and facilitators
- Author:
- BERN-KLUG Mercedes
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care, 2(3), 2006, pp.61-85.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia
Glaser and Strauss reported decades ago that in order for a person to be treated as dying, he/she must be defined as dying. Defining nursing home residents as "dying" can be complicated because most residents are in advanced old age with multiple chronic conditions. Using a social construction theoretical framework, this study looks at the step before the declaration of dying, that is, the consideration of the possibility of dying. This qualitative study is a secondary analysis of prospective data collected during 16 months of fieldwork on behalf of 45 nursing home residents whose health was considered declining. The purpose of this paper is to build understanding about the social construction of "possible dying" by reporting triggers that can call the question of possible dying and stimulate a discussion about the nursing home resident's status, prognosis, care options, and preferences. These triggers include: Health status decline; non-compliance with diet or medications; available medical interventions not being well suited for the residents; and family consideration of an out-of-town trip. The paper also reports barriers (family, staff, and disease process) and facilitators to calling the question of possible dying, including families having a sense of treatments they would like to avoid and having the opportunity to talk through options. Findings are discussed in light of basic assumptions of social construction. Implications for social workers include helping residents, families, and staff anticipate and address the possibility of dying, and to reflect these discussion in care plans, as well as the need to be available to help residents and family members with psychosocial issues related to living and dying in the nursing home setting, including the profound issues that can be provoked or exacerbated by resident health status decline and possible dying. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Rights for real: older people, human rights and the CEHR
- Author:
- BUTLER Frances
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 72p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines the importance of human rights law for older people, especially those who depend on public services. Shows that it is equally important to recognise any potential role of human rights as a framework of values underpinning the planning and delivery of public services. Argues that all public authorities have a role in making human rights a reality for older people.
Growing older and wiser together: a futures view on positive ageing
- Author:
- SCOTLAND'S FUTURES FORUM
- Publisher:
- Scotland's Futures Forum
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The results of an investigation commissioned in December 2005 by Scotland’s Futures Forum to take a futures look at some of the issues around ageing and specifically to stimulate public debate on the positive aspects of Scotland having an ageing population are presented. The Project Board concentrated on four specific themes: finance, employment, intergenerational issues and wellbeing. This report also sketches three scenarios of what the future might look like. Key questions arising from the project are outlined. Initially, the Forum conducted a system mapping exercise starting from the ‘current position’ in Scotland and then undertook a series of participative exercises with the view of both testing some of the learning to emerge from Stage 1 and to collect wider qualitative data around ageing.