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Preventative technology grant 2006/07-2007/08
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This circular sets out the arrangements surrounding the Preventative Technology Grant for 2006-07 and 2007-08. The grant will be paid as a specific formula grant with no conditions attached. It has been allocated using the relative share of older people’s Relative Needs Formulae (RNF)..
Preparing older people's strategies: linking housing to health, social care and other local strategies
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, HOUSING CORPORATION
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 88p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This document provides guidance on the preparation of housing strategies that link housing to health, social care, and other local strategies. The guidance follows a whole systems approach which acknowledges that housing services are one of a number of other services that together make up the whole system that affects older citizens. All local authorities are required to have an older people’s housing strategy. This document provides a framework for producing a strategy using a sample template comprising the following sections: an executive summary; an introduction to the strategy, setting the local context; identifying the housing ingredients, needs and demand; how the current housing and service systems work; planning for the future; proposals and recommendations; and taking the strategy forward. This document is aimed at those responsible for planning and delivering the housing function, but may also have a wider audience in health, social care, regeneration and planning.
Social exclusion of older people: evidence from the first wave of the English longitudinal study on ageing (ELSA): summary
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The study uses 2002-3 data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) which is a large-scale survey of people aged 50 and over living in England. The broad aim of the study was to see whether insights about social exclusion could be drawn from this relatively new data source in a way that might strengthen existing knowledge about the particular experiences of exclusion among older people. The main objective of this project was to measure the patterns of different forms of social exclusion among older people and to examine the key risk factors, or indicators, of social exclusion among older people.
Supporting people: key findings from the supporting people baseline user survey
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Summary that outlines the key findings from a survey of people using services that are eligible for funding via the Supporting People programme, conducted before the programme went live. Identifies older people with support needs as the key users of Supporting People (71%), with single homeless people making up 8% of users and homeless families 2% of all users. Examines types of services received by users and types of services they would like to receive.
Making life better for older people: an economic case for preventative services and activities
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The experience of exclusion is not unique to older people - it affects people of all ages. However, exclusion can be particularly acute in later life. It is all to rare that people who are excluded in mid-life are able to break the cycle of exclusion in later life, indeed it can often become more acute. The impact of age discrimination on both the aspirations of individuals and the environment within which they operate can lead to exclusion. Too often this exclusion is compounded by the failure of services which are not managed cost-effectively.
Quality and choice for older people's housing: a strategic framework; the story so far
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 36p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Housing issues are at the heart of the Governments agenda with the publication of the Housing Green Paper in April 2000. A number of clear demographic and social trends are shaping the nature of demand for housing, support, health and care services for older people over the next decades: the number of older people aged over 60 is on the increase; the number of frail older people is on the increase; older people who are owner-occupiers are on the increase; over half the older population are women; older people from black and minority ethnic groups are rising a group often marginalised from mainstream policies; the expectations and aspirations of older people are likely to rise over time.