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Ageing, fast and slow: when place and demography collide
- Author:
- McCURDY Charlie
- Publisher:
- Resolution Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 57
- Place of publication:
- London
This report provides an analysis of differences in ageing across regions and local authorities in the UK in order to understand the drivers of those differences and the implications for policy. The report shows that gaps in average ages vary substantially across the UK. The age differences between local areas have also grown. In 2001, 15 local authorities in the UK had an average age 10 per cent higher than the national average, and 17 had an average age 10 per cent lower than the national average. Recent figures for 2018, show that these have increased to 33 and 39 local authorities, respectively. This divergence has been driven primarily by differences in birth and migration rates. The report highlights the implications of demographic divergence for local authorities in relation to local services, economies, and politics. These include growing differences in demand for social care services, with this demand mapping increasingly poorly onto councils’ existing revenue-raising potential. (Edited publisher abstract)
Care of elderly people: UK market survey 2010-11
- Editors:
- LAING William, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- Laing and Buisson
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 23rd ed.
This survey offers a wide-ranging review of the current state and future prospects for this £20 billion sector, with facts, figures and analysis based on original research. Topics covered include: demand and capacity; market structure; facility openings and closures; the political and regulatory environment; fee rates; corporate penetration and consolidation; profitability; and the impact of public spending cuts. New to this edition is an appendix with financial information for up to four years for all significant providers of care homes and home care for older people. While national demand for care homes has stabilised in recent years, incumbent providers have been challenged by an unexpected surge in new capacity, as care home developers have found ways of moving forward despite bank lending constraints. The authors suggest that the market is becoming increasingly polarised as providers with high exposure to state-funded customers are finding their margins squeezed by funding cuts. Providers with a focus on private payers are said to be finding market conditions less difficult despite the recession. Those with the ability and vision to broaden their business to encompass a continuum of residential and non-residential services are believed to have good opportunities to build brand value with a new generation of care service consumers.
Assessment of the demand for specialist housing and accommodation for older people in Wales
- Authors:
- HASTINGS Reuben, COPEMAN Ian, PORTEUS Jeremy
- Publisher:
- Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 85
- Place of publication:
- London
Commissioned by the Welsh Government, this report identifies current provision and future demand to 2035 for different types of specialist housing and accommodation for older people. It covers estimates of specialist housing for older people, including sheltered housing and age-designated housing; housing with care such as extra care housing; residential care; nursing homes; and Step-up and Step-down intermediate care. It estimates by 2035 there are likely to be shortfalls of accommodation across Wales of: approximately 15,000 units of housing for older people, approximately 5,000 units of housing with care, approximately 7,000 nursing care beds, and approximately 120 step- up/step-down housing units. (Edited publisher abstract)
Measuring poverty 2019: a report of the Social Metrics Commission
- Author:
- SOCIAL METRICS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Social Metrics Commission
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 106
- Place of publication:
- London
Using the most recent data available, this report provides a comprehensive account of poverty based on the Social Metrics Commission’s measurement framework. It provides a detailed overview of the extent and nature of poverty in the UK today and original analysis that shows how this has changed since the first year where the data for the Commission’s measurement framework is available (2000/01). It also includes detailed factsheets which presents the findings on poverty by age, age group, gender and disability status of individuals. Based on the Commission's approach to measuring poverty, the report shows that there are 14.3 million people in poverty in the UK. This includes 8.3 million working age adults; 4.6 million children; and 1.3 million pension-age adults. Compared to previous reports, it finds that overall rates of poverty have changed relatively little since the millennium, although there have been changes in rates of poverty among different groups. It reports that of those in poverty, just under half (49 per cent) have also been in poverty for at least two of the previous three years; and nearly half (48 per cent) of people in poverty live in a family where someone is disabled. (Edited publisher abstract)
Adult and older mental health services 2012-2016. An analysis of mental health NHS Benchmarking Network data for England and Wales
- Authors:
- BELL Andy, et al
- Publisher:
- Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 18
- Place of publication:
- London
An independent analysis of NHS Benchmarking Network Data to show how acute inpatient care and community mental health services for adults are developing in England and Wales. The analysis highlights both reductions in inpatient care capacity, despite increases in the number of admissions and lengths of stay in hospitals, and a fall in community care provision. The analysis also identifies changes in the types of community mental health services available. Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) and Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment (CRHT) teams both reduced early in the period and then increased following the introduction of access and waiting time standards for first episode psychosis and the Crisis Care Concordat. There has also been a reduction in the number of Assertive Outreach teams in many parts of the country, whilst the number of Assessment and Brief Intervention teams have increased. The data highlights a need to review the capacity of community mental health services to meet people’s needs. (Edited publisher abstract)
The 2015 ageing report: economic and budgetary projections for the 28 EU Member States (2013-2060)
- Author:
- EUROPEAN COMMISSION. Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs
- Publisher:
- European Commission
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 397
- Place of publication:
- Brussels
This report sheds light on the economic, budgetary and societal challenges that policy makers in Europe will have to face in the future as a result of the ageing population. Demographic trends mean that the proportion of workers supporting those in retirement will halve from an average of four today, to just two, by 2060.The report’s long-term projections provide an indication of the timing and scale of challenges that can be expected so as to inform European policy makers about the scale and timing of the challenges they must face. The report is structured in two parts. The first one describes the underlying assumptions: the population projection, the labour force projection and the macroeconomic assumptions used. The second part presents the long-term budgetary projections on pensions, health care, long-term care, education and unemployment benefits. Statistical annexes give an overview of the projection results by area and by country. (Edited publisher abstract)
Care of elderly people: UK market survey 2011-12
- Editors:
- LAING William, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- Laing and Buisson
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 24th ed.
This market report presents a fully revised and updated analysis of trends in the long term care sector in the UK. The contents of the report is organised in the following sections: the impact of demographic change; market size and trends; government policy and regulation; the structure of the care home industry; demand and supply; customer profiles, services and amenities; sources of finance and fees, costs and profits. Statistical tables and charts are included throughout. Highly relevant for independent providers, commissioners, regulators and policy makers.
Future sight loss (1): the economic impact of partial sight loss in the UK adult population: full report
- Author:
- ACCESS ECONOMICS
- Publisher:
- Royal National Institute for the Blind
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 202p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report by Access Economics was commissioned by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) to estimate the economic impact of partial sight and blindness in the UK adult population. Five leading causes of partial sight and blindness were investigated, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD), cataract, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and refractive error. The report comprises the following estimates: prevalence in the UK by age, gender, ethnicity, severity, major region and major cause in 2008, and future projections by decade to 2050; direct health system costs in the UK adult population, disaggregated by cost components for 2008; indirect costs in the UK adult population, disaggregated by cost components for 2008; the burden of disease measured in terms of disability adjusted life years (DALYs) in the UK adult population, disaggregated by years of life lost due to premature death (YLL) and healthy years of life lost due to disability (YLD), and converted into a reasonable monetary equivalent; projection of health care system costs and indirect costs for 2009 to 2013; a comparison with Australia, US, Canada and Japan; and economic impact of four hypothetical eye care programs, including promotion of the prevention of eye injuries, improved access to integrated low vision and rehabilitation services, increased regular eye tests for those aged 60 years or more, and increased access to eye care services for minority ethnic groups. The results indicate that partial sight and blindness in the adult population places a large economic cost on the UK, totalling £22.0 billion in 2008.
Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2006
- Authors:
- PALMER Guy, MACINNES Tom, KENWAY Peter
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 104p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This is the 9th in a series of annual reports aiming to provide an independent assessment of progress in eliminating poverty and reducing social exclusion. It covers issues from work and education to health and housing. The analysis is built around a set of 50 indicators organised into 6 chapters. Four of the chapters are focused on particular age groups, namely children, young adults aged under 25, adults aged 25 to retirement, and adults above retirement. In addition, there is a chapter looking at low income and one looking at community issues. Among the findings are that half of all children still in poverty are living in families doing paid work. It concludes that unless the scale of in-work poverty can be reduced, future substantial reductions in child poverty are very unlikely. The big fall in poverty among pensioners has been a major success of the anti-poverty strategy. By contrast, the failure to reduce poverty among working-age adults has been a major weakness. Progress in the numbers reaching ‘headline’ standards at age 11 and 16 has been made but this diverts attention from the quarter of 19-year-olds who fail to reach a minimum educational standard.
Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2009
- Authors:
- MACINNES Tom, KENWAY Peter, PAREKH Anuresh
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 110p.
- Place of publication:
- York
This report is the twelfth in the series and presents many graphs which are not only updated but entirely new in format. In addition the text has been presented differently with division into five chapters entitled, low income, the recession, child and young adult well-being, adult well-being and communities. The recession is detailed in chapter two with key indicators of debt and employment. The Child Poverty Duty was introduced in parliament in 2009 and is discussed in chapter one along with a section on people in low-income households. Many of the indicators identified in this, and previous reports, track much longer-term trends, and evidence from the previous two recessions show that, for example, unemployment will keep rising for some time after the current recession comes to an end. Examples of such indicators are illustrated in the child and young people well-being chapter, where education and health are continuing on positive trajectories begun much earlier in the decade. Adult well-being is looked at in chapter 4 for working age adults and their economic circumstances, for older people, their savings and access to services and for both from the point of view of ill health. The final chapter on communities looks at homelessness, fuel poverty and volunteering activities and introduced some indicators new to this report which look at issues such as trust and empowerment in neighbourhoods. This report, wherever data allowed, covered the whole of the United Kingdom (UK) but if, on occasion, some data was not available from Northern Ireland it was restricted to mainland Britain.